Noon - 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 10
California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris set a bold vision to cut ACEs and toxic stress in half in one generation through a strategically deployed, coordinated public health initiative designed to raise awareness, reduce transmission of ACEs and strengthen our response networks. As part of this work, the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) developed the Roadmap for Resilience: The California Surgeon General’s Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Toxic Stress, and Health, which lays out how to advance systemic reforms that recognize and respond to the effects of ACEs and toxic stress. Read the full press release here and visit osg.ca.gov for more information. Tomorrow, Dr. Burke Harris will:
- Share key findings of the report that serves as a blueprint for primary, secondary and tertiary prevention to address ACEs and toxic stress in a systematic way.
- Provide the most up-to-date science and highlight evidence based and promising practices at the national, state, county and community levels.
- Offer critical insights for policymakers, scientists, healthcare providers, educators, and advocates to advance evidence-based solutions and approaches to act now to prevent and health childhood adversity.
Ideas From the Field: Bringing Conversation Clubs to Zoom on 12/10
11am-12 on Thursday, December 10
Conversation is essential for learning. It’s how adults share ideas and learn from others. For ESOL students, conversations transforms English from an academic exercise to an essential tool for daily life. Mike Godown, volunteer tutor for Literacy Services of Indian River County in Vero Beach, Florida understands this. It’s why he created a conversation class for ESOL students in the fall of 2019. Then, when COVID hit, he needed to transfer his conversation class to Zoom while maintaining the same level of engaged conversation. Come hear how Mike uses art to elicit conversation, includes family members in the class, and uses Zoom tools like virtual backgrounds and the chat tool to keep students engaged. Mike will share tips, teaching strategies, and lessons learned. He will also discuss how he uses Zoom to help students improve their English listening skills.
Tackling Homelessness Nationally: Adapting Services and Improving Housing Options on 12/16 (fee associated with event)
9:30am-1:10pm on December 16
Dr. Alice Colegrove is a public health expert with 25 years of experience in direct service, systems improvement, cross-sector partnership-building, and program development for youth and young adults experiencing homeless. A fierce advocate for social justice, Alice loves data-driven design, alignment of best practices, and equitable systems transformation. Alice has facilitated numerous workshops and lectures on improving systems and programs designed to prevent and end youth homelessness. She holds a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) from Boston University, with doctoral research focused on housing for young adults experiencing homelessness. She is a lead co-author of the MA State Plan to End Youth Homelessness, the Boston Plan to End Youth Homelessness, and the MA DYS (Juvenile Justice) Strategic Plan to Improve Housing Stability, and currently is a senior consultant with the MA Executive Offices of Health and Human Services co-directing the work to prevent and end youth homelessness in MA.
We Are Resilient: Strengthening Resilience in Ourselves and Our Patients on 12/16
3-4pm on December 16
This one-hour webinar by Dovetail Learning is cosponsored by the Center for Care Innovations and ACEs Connection. It is second in a webinar series on health care provider wellness. Healthcare providers are experiencing high levels of stress from the COVID surge. Add vicarious trauma from screening for ACEs and it can feel overwhelming. We Are Resilient™ designed to improve our own resilience as healthcare providers. It also helps us offer anticipatory guidance about resilience for coaching patients and their families. The introductory training puts resilience in the context of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), the Cultural Patterns we view the world through, and our Protective Patterns—our automatic reactions that can help or harm us. Through interactive experiences and participatory dialog, we explore practical Resilience Skills for Centering, Connecting, and Collaborating and how to guide others toward their own resilience. Speakers will provide practical tips on how We Are Resilient can be used in healthcare practices.
Continuing the Dialogue: Infants and Toddlers Face Racism Too on 12/17
11am-12 on December 17
Gain new insights about how racism shapes our lives from our earliest days. Join us for a special ZERO TO THREE Annual Conference session re-broadcast with a live facilitated dialogue. We’ll share excerpts from the session “Infants and Toddlers Face Racism Too: Science, Practice, and Policy”. Hear from the presenters about how racism affects America’s youngest residents–infants and toddlers. Continue the conversation with your peers and ZERO TO THREE faculty, Katrina Macasaet, as we share strategies and resources to help address racism and advance equity in early childhood systems, services, and programs.
Leveraging the Science of Adversity and Resilience to Generate Greater Impacts on ‘Whole Child’ Development by Jack P. Shonkoff, MD (recording)
Dr. Shonkoff of the Harvard Center on the Developing Child was a keynote speaker at the 2020 Pediatric Brain Health Summit. The purpose of the 2020 Pediatric Brain Health Summit was to focus on building stronger connections between pediatric providers and community-based organizations that provide support and services for families. The Summit is part of the Texas Pediatric Brain Health Initiative, a multi-sector, multi-agency collaboration focused on the prenatal to three-year-old developmental window. For more information, visit https://www.txsafebabies.org/2020summit/.
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