Save the Date, October 11, 2016m from 8am - 4pm Location: Yolo County Office of Education, Woodland Join us to discuss and learn about the latest in relationship based strategies for keeping students in and engaged in school.
Today I had the privilege of attending a Health Affairs briefing at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. In the photo is Alan Weil, Editor-in-chief of Health Affairs. He, along with 4 panels of researchers/principal investigators talked about this particularly special June 2016 issue that focuses on Behavioral Health. What was striking was the statement from one of the principal investigators -- " trauma informed care is critical '" And there it is again...at a National platform, at a...
There were several nuggets of wisdom from featured speaker Sandy Bloom, who has conducted interviews with several leaders in trauma-informed practice.
Please think about taking part in a FREE Four part series; OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Parenting the Hurt Child - Offers Tips on How to Successfully Parent Traumatized Children Thursday Evening Classes. Great information about building stronger relationships with “reparation” - taking a look at Dan Siegel’s work, “Parenting From the Inside Out” which is a fantastic book for all parents! Location: Woodland Community College: 2300 E. Gibson Rd, Woodland, CA 95776, # 109 Nurturing and guiding a...
This video is about 2 years old, but I just came across it last week and wanted to share with you all. It is a powerful statement by the students at Leadership High School in San Francisco, CA. They speak about the ongoing adversity and toxic stress in their daily lives and in their community, all through the power of music. The youth voice is so important as we work to bring trauma-informed and resilience building practices to communities. Link to video: Toxic Stress, Toxic Streets
Check out this free online webinar course on trauma sensitive mindfulness awareness. It was developed with people in recovery in mind, but can be a useful tool to adapt for others struggling to heal from trauma. Wednesday, June 1, 2016 @ 3-4:30pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT) Instructor: Angela Jones, LCMHC, MLADC, RYT, has over two decades of experience working in addictions and behavioral health. Learning Objectives: As a result of participating in this webinar, you will be able to: Understand the...
Help wanted. The 3rd Annual Community Networking Conference hosted by Communities & Health Professionals Together is scheduled June 7, 8:30A-1:00P at UC Davis Ambulatory Care Center. I believe this would be a great opportunity to inform the health care professionals about ACEs Connection, Yolo Resilience Network (YRN) and Resilient Sac. Unfortunately, I am booked that day. Could we pull together a team to represent YRN and Resilient Sac at the event that day. I would be happy to help...
UC Davis map attached. See everyone on Thursday, May 26th!
YRN Steering Committee Noon – 1:30pm 5/20/16 Yolo CASA Woodland, CA Luncheon Notes Welcome - Mindfulness Moment Introductions – see attendance list below Teen & Baby Court Presentation – ####### Evans Pilot project - community collaborator, Goal to prevent toxic stress for infants (0-12 months) by building relationships and teaching teen parents how to reach out for help. Then the positive relationship is passed along to their children to enable normal brain and development progress.
Vincent Felitti, a Kaiser Permanente physician in San Diego in the 1990s, had a radical idea. Instead of just asking patients about their symptoms, what would happen if doctors asked them about their childhoods? His hypothesis, built on a hunch informed by experience, was that childhood trauma was connected to poor health later in life. Felitti helped lead an exhaustive study of 17,000 patients that seemed to confirm his theory. That was in 1998. But for years Felitti’s study and his...
In December of 2015 Yolo County Sheriff’s Office applied for SAMHSA’s “How Being Trauma Informed Improves Criminal Justice System Responses Train-the-Trainer” event (http://www.samhsa.gov/gains-center/trauma-training-criminal-justice-professionals). With the support of Yolo Probation, Yolo Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), Yolo County Administrator’s Office (CAO), the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, Yolo District Attorney, Yolo Public Defender, and Municipal Police Chiefs we were...
5 graphs to help you tell the world how it affects you and how it DOES NOT define you. So Many Stereotypes When your mind and body don't care about what's rational If you had a nickel… It's not all in your head And in case you need this reminder Find them all here http://womenshealth.gov/blog/w...iety-feels-like.html
Social and mental health issues that plague women who are pregnant or postpartum often have roots that go back to childhood, teen years and their young adulthood. Here's a great article about maternal depression that articulates why addressing adverse experiences early and through young adulthood critically matters for our future generations. http://theconversation.com/pos...ealth-problems-43006
The Yolo Resilience Network and Yolo CASA were one of the many information booths laid out at Community Park in Davis last Thursday night. This is an annual event put on by the Davis City Chamber of Commerce. Besides free brownies, tote bags and pens, this event is a wonderful opportunity for organizations like the Yolo Resilience Network and Yolo CASA to introduce the public to our organizations, show them what we are doing, and listen to learn what is needed. We used our magnet dart board...
Yolo County's Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative hosted its first Maternal Wellness Summit last Thursday, 5/12/16. It was a huge success and thank you to all who came to support us! We unveiled several "deliverables" including a Maternal Wellness Resource list based on the Strengthening Families Framework's "5 Protective Factors". One downloadable PDF focuses on RESILIENCE factors and how to increase social connections as a means to address, mitigate and hopefully prevent serious maternal...