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From Feb. 1st - 15th, anyone can stream the entire series at www.raisingofamerica.org -- for free . And on Feb. 3rd or Feb. 7th , most public television stations will broadcast The Raising of America-Signature Hour on their WORLD Channel during prime time. 

Present: Sara Gavin, Julie Langston, Anna Sutton, 1-1:30pm Discussion Items Finalize plans for provider presentation at CommuniCare Health Centers on 2/16 @ 12pm. Jane confirmed by text with Anna that she has it on her calendar. Anna will ask Jane to send her ppt slides and a bio to Sara Gavin prior to the presentation as Sara needs it for administration to review it.  Health/BH workgroup report back to Community Meeting on 2/24:  Julie, Sara and Anna will decide at the next...

ACEs Connection staff member Jennifer Hossler writes a summary of the Academy on Violence and Abuse's   session, titled: Building Trauma Informed, Resilience, and Healthy Communities: Regional, National, and Global Perspectives.    Read about the all-star cast of experts in the field.  For those of you that haven't heard Dr. Felitti's story about how he developed the ACEs study, she summarizes it well below... Last week, I was fortunate to be a part of a small group of...

For two decades, there's been evidence that people who suffered childhood trauma — violence, sexual abuse or family dysfunction — are much more likely to have a chronic health problems and engage in risky behavior. Now, 14 community health centers around the U.S. are acting as laboratories for an experiment to see if screening and then treating people for trauma can improve the results from treatment they get for their diabetes, heart disease, pulmonary disease or other ailment.

Sharing ….. See the link below for further details.  Gail To celebrate our 20 th anniversary, UCSF is hosting a daylong conference, Attachment and Trauma in Early Childhood: Embracing the Family in Clinical Practice, Research, and Public Policy " that will take place at UCSF on January 29, 2016. Please see this link for more information about the conference: http://www.ucsfcme.com/2016/MPS16001/info.html Printable brochure: http://www.ucsfcme.com/2016/MP...dTraumaBro2016db.pdf

Watch this quick Ted Talk HERE with a perspective on systematic ways in which to create apathy in our communities.  I *hope* that ACEs Connection is seen as a place for folks in our community to get involved and make a difference!

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Everyone interested in trauma-informed schools, please read about the upcoming Echo Parenting and Education conference coming up March 16th & 17th in Los Angeles. http://www.acesconnection.com/g/california-aces-action/blog/the-conference-you-ve-been-waiting-for

Is mediation the answer?  Find out, when Yolo Conflict Resolution Center (YCRC) hosts a workshop about tenants and landlords.  Keith Banks, Esq, will be leading the workshop.  Learn about the rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords, as well as available mediation services to assist with resolution of tenant-landlord disputes.  This workshop will cover a variety of topics, including the nuts and bolts of landlord-tenant law, lease requirements, tenant...

Please join Yolo Conflict Resolution Center for our next community event on Tuesday, February 9 th , 7pm-8:30pm.  The event will be held at the Woodland Public Library in the Leak Community Room and is free to the public. YCRC welcomes Dan DeSantis, the outgoing Executive Director of the Yolo Community Foundation as the featured speaker.  Dan is passionate about restorative justice and has years of experience as a peace maker.  He will be sharing his path, through various...

Hi everyone, Please join us on  January 26, 2015 3:30-4:30 at the Yolo County Office of Education for a Trauma Informed Schools Meeting . Susan Jones, who trains school sites in San Juan School District, has offered to do a short presentation for us.  We can do some updates on what is happening in the districts and in the county and will share some potential opportunities for sites to get some technical assistance on becoming trauma informed.  Please consider...