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CLASSES FOR KIDS: Virtual music classes from Help Me Grow!

Bonnie Berman ·
Starting April 6th, Help Me Grow will be offering virtual music classes! Families have to sign up using the following link tinyurl.com/CTCMusicGroup and must download the free Zoom Cloud Meeting app. For any questions, contact Help Me Grow Yolo at 1-844-410-GROW or email information@HelpMeGrowYolo. org. Please see the attached flyers for more information.
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CONGRESSMAN JOHN GARAMENDI: Information and Q&A session for businesses and nonprofits

Bonnie Berman ·
Starting today, small businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by the coronavirus pandemic can access new financial resources to help cover overhead and payroll. I have included a list of these opportunities below and encourage impacted business and nonprofit organizations to apply as soon as possible. If you have questions about this assistance, I will be hosting an online Q&A Session with representatives from the Small Business Administration on April, 9 at 3:30 p.m. PST to...
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COVID-19: Free Online Self-Help Mental Health Resources

Daren Casagrande ·
Hello All, I avoided it for a long time, but I made a Facebook page for my counseling office (Clarity Counseling) to better send support and resources to my clients and the broader community during a time that is an impactful on people's mental health as it potentially is on their physical health! My office Facebook page will be posting resources and videos for coping with anxiety, panic, loneliness, sadness or depressive symptoms. We will also be doing some Facebook Live events (such as...
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Additional FREE Monday Music group from Help Me Grow and Children's Therapy Center

Bonnie Berman ·
Due to the overwhelming attendance at our Monday music therapy group, Children's Therapy Center and Help Me Grow are happy to announce the addition of a new class, and some changes to the current structure which may help keep class sizes more manageable. Effective Monday 3/2/2020, we will be adding an additional FREE Monday Music group!! ~Starting next Monday, the 9:30-10:15 music group will be for children ages 0 up to 2* years . ~Then, the 10:30-11:15 music group will be for children ages...
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Make Time for Yourself—A Self-Care Guide for Busy Parents from Yolo County Children's Alliance

Natalie Audage ·
Yolo County Children’s Alliance is excited to share our new self-care resource for parents and caregivers for Child Abuse Prevention Month. Make Time for Yourself—A Self-Care Guide for Busy Parents talks about the importance of self-care and provides many ideas to try. The guide is available in English, Spanish, and Russian at www.yolokids.org/forfamilies/ . To help parents prioritize self-care, the guide divides specific self-care ideas into those that only take 5 minutes to do and those...
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Do You Have a Story to Tell? Speak at the 2018 Fall Trauma-Informed School Conference

Florence Connally ·
Beyond Consequences is excited to announce that our Call for Proposals for the 2018 Fall Trauma-Informed School Conference has been extended. If you have a great story to share about your experience in working with students who’ve had adverse childhood experiences, we would love to hear from you! Here are some examples of sessions that fit in at our nationally recognized conference: Administrative/School-Wide Track • Mindfulness Instead of Suspension • Special Education Law & Advocacy •...
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YOLO PROGRAM UPDATES

Bonnie Berman ·
POSTPONED: Partners in Parenting Groups from Help Me Grow of Children’s Therapy Center Attached please find information about groups for 5/12 (Understand Your Child’s Sensory System) and 6/23 (Sensory Development) that have been postponed until further notice. If you have questions, please contact Mayra Gonzalez: mayra.gonzalez@ctchelpskids. org . COMMUNICARE UPDATE: Davis CommuniCare is undergoing renovation, but services continue in a new location As a temporary measure, Davis Community...
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Help Me Grow; Free Developmental Screening Events on 10/12 and 11/8

Bonnie Berman ·
The Event is called Books, Balls, and Blocks; A Free Developmental Screening Event for children birth through five-years-old. WHEN: offered 2 dates * Friday, October 12th at 10:30am-12:30pm OR * Thursday, November 8th at 1:30pm-3:30pm LOCATION: 1301 College Street, Woodland
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Help Me Grow Quarterly Screening Events

Bonnie Berman ·
Please find the attached flyer for Help Me Grow’s upcoming screening events (March 12, June 11, August 13, and December 10). Help Me Grow will have staff available to answer your questions in real time about all areas of child development and free screenings. This is a free event for families with children 0-5. If you have questions, please contact Mayra Gonzalez at 530.650.6077 or Mayra.Gonzalezl@ctcHelpsKids. org .
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Partners in Prevention workshops

Bonnie Berman ·
Please share the attached flyers for upcoming Partners in Parenting groups that Children's Therapy Center and Help Me Grow Yolo County will be offering to the community. You will also find a document with all groups that are offered at CTC and new guidelines implemented. Please contact Mayra Gonzalez if you have any questions: 530.668.1010 or Mayra.Gonzalez@ ctcHelpsKids.org
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PROGRAMS CANCELED TEMPORARILY DUE TO CORONAVIRUS: For up to date information on Coronavirus in Yolo County visit www.yolocounty.org/coronavirus

Bonnie Berman ·
a) Yolo County Library programs and community meetings b) Music Groups and Play Groups by Help Me Grow c) YCCA Homeless Resource Fair a) Yolo County Library programs and community meetings Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, all non-essential Yolo County Library programs and community meetings are cancelled through March 31, 2020. Keeping you safe is our priority. Standard hours of operation will continue at all Yolo County Library branch locations and at the Archives facility. You may also visit...
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WEBINAR: Resilience and Self-Care for Helping Professionals in Uncertain Times on 4/3

Bonnie Berman ·
10:30AM PT on April 3 Resilience is the ability to overcome difficulty. Self-care strategies are how we manage stress to overcome that difficulty. Join this fee live webinar to learn how to effective develop resilience and self-care routines that work. We'll take a deep dive into what self-care and resilience is and review pragmatic and concrete tools you can implement immediately! https://zoom.us/webinar/ register/WN_Z9slZFRlQcqJj- 8thN6Qpw?
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WEBINARS related to resilience, racism, child abuse and neglect, self-care, and implementing programs

Bonnie Berman ·
Tips to help you get into your resilience zone and build your resilience muscle and new video on 4/15 from Origins Building from previous videos, Andi Fetzner from Origins offered some concrete practices that you can do to build that resilience muscle and keep yourself in that resilience zone. Be sure to follow Origins on Facebook @OriginsTC and tune in at 4:00 PST 4/15/20 where we will wrap up this video series and talk about how all of these concepts can be translated into practice in both...
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WEBINARS: STRATEGIES 2.0 Webinars in April and May

Bonnie Berman ·
Please see the attached flyers or visit https://strategiesca.asentialms.com/catalog/ to register. Self-Care for Human Services on 4/22 10am-11:30am on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 This 90-minute webinar is designed to support family strengthening workers in exploring methods to reduce compassion fatigue and burnout. Webinar concepts reinforce the importance of the inside-out approach of practitioners modeling and teaching self-care for families through their own practice. Participants will be...
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What Our Children Need Us to Know, Right Now

Jondi Whitis ·
Teaching children how to better navigate crisis, right now.
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White Paper on 5 Key Elements to Trauma-Informed Care

Bonnie Berman ·
The experience of trauma leads to or exacerbates mental illnesses, substance use, and physical health conditions, making it a vital component of any effective treatment plan. A trauma-informed care framework involves real-time strategies to promote staff and organizational wellness and equip organizations to retain their staff, reduce the number of critical incidents, and increase client engagement in their care. This white paper from Relias discusses the 5 key components in implementing and...
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Transition Age Youth (TAY) Conference in March 2020

Bonnie Berman ·
TAYCON 2020 is the third annual Transition Age Youth (TAY) conference, which will be held on March 2nd and 3rd, 2020, in the City of Industry. This conference brings together transition age youth and professionals from across the state for collaboration and learning opportunities. This year’s conference theme is “Creating a Web Self-Sufficiency, Stability, and Support”. We selected this theme because, like superheroes, our youth overcome adversity to discover their potential. As with...
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Trauma Sensitive Yoga offerings in Davis

Dion Wiedenhoefer ·
Located in Davis, herSpace offers private sessions and small group interoceptive yoga classes as a healing modality for the treatment of trauma, secondary trauma for caregivers and general well-being for all. A guided meditation and intention setting class is also on the weekly schedule. The practice of yoga from a trauma-informed perspective, is an empirically validated method of bringing your body into the healing process, to integrate and transcend the effects of trauma. The concept of...
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VIRTUAL CLASSES FOR KIDS from Children’s Therapy Center/Help Me Grow Yolo County

Bonnie Berman ·
Free, virtual groups are now being offered by Children’s Therapy Center/Help Me Grow Yolo County (CTC/HMGYC) every day! Parents must register their children one time for each type of group...they will then be registered for all future sessions for that group. After registration, they will get an email with the link to the group. The link will be the same for that group every week. It is recommended that they download the free Zoom Cloud Meetings app before the start of the group. Please find...
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Webinar featuring Laura Porter on Self-Healing Communities Model to be held Feb. 28

Please join ACEs Connection and the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) for a free 60-minute webinar on Thursday, Feb. 28 starting noon PT/3:00 pm ET that features the Self-Healing Communities Model (SHCM) presented by Interface, Inc. co-founder, Laura Porter. The webinar is the second in a series on state-to-state best practices; the first webinar was on Alaska’s new statute directing state policy to incorporate principles of brain development. Self-Healing Community...
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RESOURCE FOR PARENTS: Resilience Booster: Parent Tip Tool

Bonnie Berman ·
Developed by American Psychological Association's Children, Youth, and Families Office and its Office on Socioeconomic Status, this site provides parents and caregivers with tips on how to boost children’s resilience in the face of adverse experiences. This site is organized around the various places where children spend their time—home, school, child-care settings, neighborhoods and communities—and outlines how each environment can help build resilience among children living in poverty.
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Self-Care - Mobile Apps and more

Gail Kennedy ·
Developed out of Trauma Informed Oregon, find lots of innovative ways to take care of ourselves with this cool resou rce  o f mobile apps for self care.  http://traumainformedoregon.or...-apps-for-self-care/     And take a...
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Help Me Grow Outreach Coordinator

Bonnie Berman ·
Help me Grow is looking to fill their Spanish Outreach Coordinator position. See the flyer attached for more information. Feel free to share.
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Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Focus Group for parents/caregivers; 11/5

Bonnie Berman ·
On Tuesday, November 5, at 5:30PM , Help Me Grow Yolo County is hosting a Family/Caregiver Focus group for families and primary caregivers to have a chance to voice their thoughts on Yolo County Mental Health Services for children 0-5 and their families. Attached please find the flyers with all the details. Feel free to share the Family Focus Group Flyer with families that you work with. Please RSVP to Liz Sardinas at Help Me Grow Yolo County via phone 1-844-410-4769 or email...
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Mindfulness Self-Compassion classes in Sacramento

Julie Langston ·
Mindfulness Self Compassion (MSC) is an empirically-supported, 8-week, training program designed to cultivate the skill of self-compassion. Based on fifteen years of academic research by Kristin Neff and the clinical expertise of Christopher Germer, MSC teaches core principles and practices that enable participants to respond to difficult moments in their lives with kindness, care and understanding. For more information go to: http://www.threeriversmindfulness.com/mindfulness-courses/
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Free Virtual Developmental Screening Event from Help Me Grow on 6/11

Bonnie Berman ·
Please find the attached flyer for an upcoming developmental screening event. This will be a virtual event and families will have to register ahead of time using the following link tinyurl.com/ HMGYCJune2020 . The attached document also includes all the other flyers for the developmental playgroups offered by Northern California Children's Therapy Center/ Help Me Grow Yolo County funded by First 5 Yolo.
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WEBINARS on self-soothing, economic stability to reduce child maltreatment, gun violence as an ACE

Bonnie Berman ·
Mind Matters Lesson One: Self-Soothing 2pm on Wednesday, July 8 Self-soothing is a skill that is developed over time, through practice. The goal of self-soothing is to dial-down the reactive response of the body’s central nervous system. A traumatized person needs a means of reducing the automatic reactivity of their nervous system. Self-soothing will help. You will learn and practice four self-soothing skills that you can use personally as well as share with colleagues, clients, and...
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WEBINARS on health, self-care, and child poverty

Bonnie Berman ·
Rebuilding a Global Approach to Health from Physicians for Human Rights 9am on Thursday, July 16 The devastating spread of COVID-19 has ravaged health care systems around the globe, laying bare the gaping holes in a broken system. When we eventually emerge from this crisis that has changed the world as we know it, our health care systems must change with it. This moment presents an opportunity to reconstruct our global approach to health care in order to create systems that respect health as...
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RESOURCES FOR CLIENTS for free legal assistance and on self-care

Bonnie Berman ·
· Free legal assistance: Voluntary Legal Services Program of Northern California is a volunteer-based “pro bono” legal aid program that provides free assistance with civil and legal matters to low income clients living in the Sacramento region (Yolo, Sacramento, San Joaquin, El Dorado and Placer counties). Voluntary Legal Services Program is still open and is accepting calls regarding unemployment insurance benefits, bankruptcy and debt collection defense, guardianship and conservatorship,...
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WEBINARS on resilience, self-care, and stress

Bonnie Berman ·
· Resilience and Self-Care for Helping Professionals in Uncertain Times from the Center for Adolescent Studies (recording now available) · Regulating the Stress Response for Kids: Practical Tips for Primary Care Providers on 8/26 Noon-1pm on Wednesday, August 26 This webinar will offer practical tips and examples on how providers can incorporate stress regulation strategies into their treatment planning for pediatric patients.
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WEBINARS: Self-Advocacy Chats; LGBTQI+ well-being; All Children Thrive; Supporting CalWORKS parents in community college programs; Race and class inequalities in higher ed; Mental health; Trauma-informed care

Bonnie Berman ·
Register to Reserve Your Spot at the Monthly California Statewide Self-Advocacy Chats The third Wednesday of each month; the first will be held on Wednesday, October 21st @ 11:00 A.M. The California State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) is excited to announce the first in a series of monthly California Statewide Self-Advocacy Chats and encourage those who are interested to join in the conversation! The “California Statewide Self-Advocacy Chats” are designed to provide...
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RESOURCES FOR PARENTS: Help Me Grow Developmental Screening events; Videos from Positive Parenting

Bonnie Berman ·
* Help Me Grow FREE Virtual Developmental Screening event for families with children 0-5 This virtual event will take place Thursday, December 10th between 3pm-5pm on Zoom. We will have online screening tools. staff available to assist, and real-time answers to child development questions. Registration is required and we recommend you register ahead of time so we can schedule a staff member to assist you in your own private virtual “room”. Families can register at this link...
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No-Cost “Mind Matters Minutes” Builds Resilience in Youth

Bonnie Berman ·
BERKELEY, CA (January 11, 2021) - Young people, especially in these times, can be stressed and anxious. Are you seeing this in the youth you serve? What about those youth who have experienced prior trauma or ACEs? Would building resilience skills help them? The Dibble Institute is pleased to announce Mind Matters Minutes , a free, virtual self-regulation series, created especially for today’s youth. Mind Matters Minutes provide teachers and youth workers with nine no-cost, short video...
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Equipping Hope: A Holistic Approach to Building Trauma-Informed and Resilient Communities - $15 Mini-Event

Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz ·
Are you seeking support to build a truly trauma-informed school or community? Trauma-informed work is never a one-size-fits-all program. It is about building a responsive and actionable culture that is rooted in the science of Hope. Building healthy communities takes a full-spectrum approach, from building the buy-in, to implementing and sustaining the process. In this online conference, you will learn the components for building change: understanding how to develop Hope ; learning how to...
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Free developmental screenings for children aged 0-5

Bonnie Berman ·
Help Me Grow Yolo County flyers in English and Spanish. Free developmental screenings for children aged 0-5. See flyer for more information.
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Developmental play groups

Bonnie Berman ·
With funding provided by First 5 Yolo, starting July 7th, Help Me Grow Yolo and Northern California Children's Therapy Center will be offering our Developmental Sensory group and Movement and Dance playgroups at Gracie Hiddleson Park in Woodland. Registration required. Please see attached flyers for more information. ***The music groups which are held Mondays and Fridays will remain virtual from 9:30-10:30 AM. https://tinyurl.com/ ctcmusicgroup
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Re: Self-Care - Mobile Apps and more

Kenneth T Gauthier ·
For someone like me who's always on the move, Toosim.com - buy esim online has been a lifesaver. Their detailed guide on esim around the world is a gem. I've ditched the hassle of swapping SIM cards every time I cross a border. The site breaks down esim providers, plans, and compatibility effortlessly. It's like having a well-traveled friend who spills all the secrets on staying connected without the fuss. If you're a digital nomad, adventurer, or just someone who loves their phone,...
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