AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Robotics teams, top-notch theater programs, a flock of seniors off to elite universities each year - Palo Alto Senior High School and Henry M. Gunn High School in Silicon Valley are the kinds of schools parents dream about....
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In lin e with the work we are doing with creating a Toolkit of self-care for Parents and Children, see below info about a Toolkit for Caregivers. Public health nurses at Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) developed a 178-page toolkit...
Yolo Conflict Resolution Center (YCRC) is excited to offer a 40-hour mediation certificate training in January. This is a professional certificate program for individuals who want to advance their conflict resolution and communication skills,...
W estEd is offering this webinar to learn about current research on why it is important for educators to understand the impact of trauma on students. Presenters will describe promising trauma-informed practices at Sally Ride Elementary School in...
This was posted by Jane Stevens last night. Read about Yolo Co efforts which are featured prominently in her story! Last Thursday, on opposite sides of the country, two groundbreaking projects launched. In Philadelphia, 14 communities were...
Fourteen communities from across the country (including Sonoma County and San Diego) now have an opportunity to expand their innovative work in addressing childhood adversity through a new project launched by The by The Health...
Originally posted by Wendie Skala from Sacramento ACEs Connection Group - I will be looking at Yolo data and let you know what i find! (Gail Kennedy) According to kidsdata.org, developed by Lucille Packard Hospital, the number one...
Anna Sutton and I spent a couple of hours on Friday with Lucy Roberts, Greg Bourne and Katie Kennedy from Family Hui discussing their current parenting curriculum and ways to integrate ACEs information into it. With funding from Yolo First 5,...
[Pictured in photo are (l to r) Lynne Shockey, her son Jacob, and Cherie Schroeder, director of foster and kinship care education at Woodland Community College, and a member of Yolo County ACEs Connection.] WOODLAND — Lynne Shockey couldn’t tell you how many foster children she and her husband, Skip Evey, have opened their hearts and homes to over the past two decades. There have been 10 to 15 just in the past couple of years alone — children...
Yolo Resilience I. Introductions Lisa Young, Sarah Baum, Cyndi Hale, Haydee Dabritz, Jacalyn Washington-Ansley, Tracy, Ramy, Karleen , Julie, Regan, Val Crisp II. Summit/Conference in Sacramento Friday – Karleen’s report - Many...
Community event : R e v. Kristin Stoneking, Executive Director of Fellowship of Reconciliation. When : Wednesday, October 28th Time : 7 pm-8:30 pm Where : Redwood Community Building located at 1001 Anderson Road. Davis Our...
Everyone needs some stress in their lives to build mental strength and resilience, even children. However, chronic stress in kids damages both their psyche and their physiology. Here’s how one hospital’s innovative care models help...
Read about this -- many folks from our community participated in a workshop this weekend with folks highlighted here. We are SO LUCKY to have had them! Near the end of the school day Wednesday, students at the Tuolumne Learning Center played...
If you missed the screening of Paper Tigers in Yolo and Davis, you have one more opportunity to see the film locally! ACEs Connection of Sacramento will be showing it at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street in Downtown Sacramento, this Friday October 16th...