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2019 Child Development Conference: Building Resilient Children: Request for speakers and vendors
The theme is "Building Resilient Children." This year will feature Keynote Speaker Julie Kurtz, LMFT. Ms. Kurtz is the Co-Director for Trauma Informed Practices for Early Childhood Education at the Center for Family & Child Studies at WestEd. WHAT : 2019 Child Development Conference WHEN : April 20, 2019 WHERE: UC Davis Activities and Recreation Center TIME : 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The conference is free to the community, and lunch is included. Registration details will follow. Attached...
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4th Annual Bay Area Maternal Mental Health Conference
By UCSF Continuing Medical Education, December 12, 2019 This is the fourth annual conference here in the Bay Area focusing on maternal mental health and well-being, with speakers from throughout the area covering important topics that will improve the care our patients are receiving. We welcome anyone with a personal or professional interest in maternal mental health. Participants will: Review the state of the current opioid crisis in this country and learn about tools to help identity...
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Community advocates and Bay Area county health agencies work together on trauma-informed systems change
The talk around the table is not what one might expect when community advocates begin a meeting with county health officials. “I went into this [work] through my own lived experience of trauma and family addiction,” said Toni DeMarco, the deputy director of children’s services for San Mateo County Health System. Rocsana Enriquez, who teaches yoga to teens in juvenile hall in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties and in high schools for the Palo Alto-based Art of Yoga Project , chimed in. “I’m...
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Diversion Can Help Us Reduce Youth Violence By Aligning Caseloads With Risk Factors [jjie.org]
Juvenile probation professionals know better than most the multitude and complexity of issues our justice-involved youth are facing, and what puts these young men and women at risk for violence. Get IN Chicago , as a youth violence prevention funder working to support the most effective and promising interventions in Chicago, wanted to better understand the youth probation population to inform quality service provision. Toward that end we commissioned Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago...
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California issues update on state residents' ACE scores from 2011 & 2013 surveys
The latest adverse childhood experiences survey from the California Department of Public Health shows that 42% of the population has an ACE score of 3 or higher; 16% have an ACE score of 4 or higher. Those with an ACE score of 4 or higher are: 3x more likely to be current smokers 4x more likely to have a depressive disorder 2x more likely to have asthma 2x more likely to be obese 4x more likely to have COPD 3x more likely to have a stroke Here are a few other highlights from the six-page...
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Would you be surprised to hear that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women? Even more than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined. But domestic violence doesn’t just affect women, it can also affect men. It isn’t always physical either, it can mean threatening, withholding money and other forms of emotional abuse. Domestic violence can affect so many and this month is a good reminder to take a stand against domestic violence and show our support for victims and...
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Education Preventing Teen Dating Violence
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Did you know? *Nearly 1.5 million high school students nationwide experience physical abuse from a dating partner in a single year. ( loveisrespect.org ) *Girls and young women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the hightest rate of intimate partner violence. *Violent behavior typically begins between the ages of 12 and 18. Prevention Education: Empower Yolo's Prevention Education Program is focused on promoting healthy relationships and...
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Empower Yolo's Services Guide (for Providers)
Attached please find Empower Yolo's Services Guide (with walk-in versus appointment only services). Please share with any professionals who may want to refer clients to Empower Yolo, but please do not hand it out to clients . It was intended for professionals to use as a guide.
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Empower Yolo will offer "The Journey": Support group for women who have experienced, and have left, violent relationships
“The Journey ” Support Group This is an 8 week closed support group for women who have experienced intimate partner violence, who ended their relationship, and are currently managing the transitions involved past this relationship. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Journey Support Group is both a process and educational group that will focus on general as well as topics of interest of group members including (but not limited to): transition challenges and coping,...
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Enochs High School students adamant about "Ending the Culture of Violence"
YOU GOTTA WATCH THIS VIDEO!!! I will be showing this to my 14-year old daughter tonight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04AxgjxxM80 Sylvia Paull writes about students' project to address violence in their community on ACEs...
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First ‘100 Men Who Give a Damn’ gathering raises $5,900 [Daily Democrat]
By Hans Peter, hpeter@dailydemocrat.com Skip the doilies, speeches and jazz combos — all this fundraising effort needs is beer and checkbooks. The debut “100 Men Who Give a Damn About Yolo County” fundraiser kicked off at Blue Note Brewery in Woodland on Wednesday; sure enough several men in the community appeared to give their damns — in the form of $5,900 — to a local nonprofit. Based on other successful groups including Davis’ “100 Women Who Care,” the fundraiser is based on efficiency...
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FREE GUIDED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION PRACTICE - Woodland
FREE GUIDED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION PRACTICE . Longtime mediator and Woodland resident Cherie Porter offers a free weekly mediation. 2-3 guided meditations over a 60-90 minute period, with short breaks in between. We practice mindfulness, which means we pay attention on purpose , in the present moment, with acceptance and without judgement. WHO We are a small sangha; women and men, all ages, beliefs. Both beginning and experienced meditators who enjoy being together to learn about and...
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Yolo County Child and Family Initiatives
In an effort to help us know more about the great work that is happening in Yolo County and to increase opportunities for collaboration, Natalie Audage of YCCA created a spreadsheet of Yolo County child and family initiatives. For this effort, initiatives are defined as multi-organization or agency collaboratives, meetings, or committees related to children and families in Yolo County. Natalie will revise this document on an ongoing basis. If you have any additions or changes, please let...
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Yolo County has more abused children than state average [Daily Democrat]
By HEATHER KEMP | hkemp@dailydemocrat.com | PUBLISHED: December 12, 2018 at 8:03 am | UPDATED: December 12, 2018 at 11:10 am Children in Yolo County are experiencing abuse and neglect almost 5 percent more than average in California, according to a presentation given by the local Child Abuse Prevention Council. The presentation at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting served as an annual update and brought up some major concerns. Among them, the fact that the county has a rate of 12.3 per...
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A Youth Empowerment Summit — “YES!”
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Ritual Abuse and Mind Control: History and Scope
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Summary of AVA Regional Academies: Building Trauma-Informed, Resilient, and Healthy Communities
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...
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The Economics of Child Abuse: A Study of California
While the impact of maltreatment on a child and their family is devastating, child maltreatment also has serious effects far beyond those for the victim. Maltreatment results in ongoing costs to taxpayers, institutions, businesses, and society at large. Local communities bear the brunt of these costs in the form of medical, educational, and judicial costs, though more tragic signs are seen in homelessness, addiction, and teen pregnancy. To create a concrete understanding of the widespread...
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The League of Women Voters Davis Area (LWV) and CivEnergy Present "Housing...Past is Prologue"
By League of Women Voters Davis Area, November 18, 2019 The LWV and CivEnergy bring noted author and speaker Richard Rothstein to Davis. Mr. Rothstein's book deals with how our government enacted Housing Policies produced and maintained segregation—and he discusses how this history effects housing and housing policies today. This is an impactful and interesting topic, we hope you will join us. [ Please click here for more information .]
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Toxic Stress, Behavioral Health, and the Next Major Era in Public Health by Mental Health America
To view the document, click on the following link: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/toxic-stress-behavioral-health-and-next-major-era-public-health
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TRAINING: Advanced Clinical Training in Perinatal Mental Health on 5/13
This training is for mental health clinicians serving Yolo County and the surrounding communities who want to enhance their expertise in serving pregnant and postpartum women and their families. The training is on May 13, 2019. 9 AM – 4:30 PM , at Woodland Health Care (Medical Office Building; 632 West Gibson Road, Woodland, CA). Please see the attached flyer for more information and to register.
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TRAINING: Free Maternal and Adv Perinatal Mental Health Training in May
There are still spots available for the 5/10 Maternal Mental Health (MMH) Training which is designed for front line staff who are not licensed clinicians or healthcare providers. It is also ideal for anyone who wants an all day MMH 101. Tegwin Millard’s training is wonderful, and she weaves in ACEs and trauma informed principals throughout. This FREE training includes lunch and is being hosted by Dignity Health in Woodland. Additionally, there are also still spots for the 5/13 Advanced...
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TRAINING: Integrating Maternal Mental Health Education, Screening, and Referral into Your Clinic
These trainings are for clinical and non-clinical staff serving perinatal women and their families in Yolo County and surrounding communities. May 2nd , 9 AM - 5 PM Woodland Health Care Medical Office Building in Woodland May 10th , 9 AM - 5 PM Woodland Memorial Hospital in Woodland. Please see the attached flyer for more information and to register.
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How Schools Are Handling An 'Overparenting' Crisis [NPR.org]
Have you ever done your children's homework for them? Have you driven to school to drop off an assignment that they forgot? Have you done a college student's laundry? What about coming along to Junior's first job interview? These...
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In ACEs Connection webinar, physicians talk trauma, offer tips for helping pediatric immigrant patients
Dr. Raul Gutierrez, a pediatrician in the San Francisco Bay Area, said he and his fellow clinicians see constant fear and its health consequences every single day among the largely immigrant and Latino population they serve. It’s all the result of anti-immigrant policies and the news cycle that feeds the fear. Dr. Raul Gutierrez “It is almost inescapable with the repercussions of immigration policy on the radio, television, social media and from friends and family,” Gutierrez told the 69...
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National Council Webinar: Organizational Approaches to Effective Trauma-Informed Services - Slides included!
I viewed this webinar a couple of weeks ago and found it quite useful. https://www.thenationalcouncil...ars/webinar-archive/ Scroll down to find Organizational Approaches to Effective Trauma-Informed Services Cheryl Sharp, Senior Advisor for...
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New ACEs data on Kidsdata.org
On behalf of California Essentials for Childhood, I am very excited to announce the release of a new Child Adversity and Resilience data topic on Kidsdata.org! This has been a collaborative effort between the CA Essentials for Childhood Initiative's Shared Data and Outcomes Work Group and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. I represent ACEs Connection Network on Essentials and am the co-chair of the Shared Data & Outcomes Work Group so I couldn't be more thrilled about...
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New and improved 2nd edition of the "Bruised Reeds & Smoldering Wicks" trauma-informed curriculum for churches now available!
I am pleased to announce that a NEW, 8-week version of the study, "Bruised Reeds and Smoldering Wicks," is now available. This 2nd edition includes input I received from the ACEsConnection community and others which resulted in two additional weeks of material. You still get the movie, "Paper Tigers," and the licensing to show it to up to 250 in an educational or religious setting, but there is much more... And, while a number of edits have gone into this second edition of the curriculum, my...
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NEW: Updated Yolo Child and Family Initiatives spreadsheet
In an effort to help us know more about the great work that is happening in Yolo County and to increase opportunities for collaboration, please find an updated version of the spreadsheet of Yolo County child and family initiatives attached below. For this effort, initiatives are defined as multi-organization or agency collaboratives, meetings, or committees related to children and families in Yolo County. If you have any changes or additions to make for the next version, please email me.
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OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN: Soroptimist Live Your Dream program grants for $2,000
The Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Education & Training Awards for Women program has been helping women around the world since 1972. This program provides cash grants to women who are working to better their lives through additional schooling and skills training. Eligible applicants must: Be a woman with primary financial responsibility for herself and her dependents Attend an undergraduate degree program or vocational skills training program Live in Yolo County. The Soroptimist...
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Prenatal outcomes start with our teens and young adults.
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
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Presentations, tool kits
PositiveYouthJustice-YoloCounty.pptx -- Panel presentation by Karleen Jakowski and Leanna Libolt at April 5 child abuse conference in Davis. DevelopingTIOrganizationsToolKit.pdf -- Series of questions for organization that wants to become...
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Recruiting out of school youth to participate in Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Things are getting busy again with the WIOA team! We have exited 30 individuals from the 2017-2018 program year and are beginning to enroll new participants for the 2018-2019 year. We are mainly looking for Out of School Youth at this time, as we have many more spots available than for those that are in school. The eligibility requirements are as followed. First, the individual must: 1) Be a Yolo County Resident (Residing in West Sac, Davis or Clarksburg) 2) Not Currently Enrolled in School...
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What Is Postpartum Depression? Recognizing The Signs And Getting Help (NPR)
"There's this kind of myth that women couldn't possibly be depressed during pregnancy, [that] this is such a happy time," says Jennifer Payne, a psychiatrist and the director of the Women's Mood Disorders Center at Johns Hopkins University. "The reality is that a lot of women struggle with anxiety and depression during pregnancy as well as during the postpartum period." It's important that women seek treatment, says Payne, because depression during and after pregnancy (called perinatal...
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Working Towards a Truama Informed Criminal Justice System
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...
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Updated YFSN Parent Resource Lists
Updated YFSN parent resource lists are here! They include the following: Concrete Support in Times of Need Resources Parental Resilience and Social Connections Resources Strengthening Parent-Child Interactions Resources for ages 0-5, 6-12, 13-18 For those of you who aren't familiar with this project, the YFSN (Youth & Family Services Network) Resource List Committee updated the Maternal Mental Health Collaborative's resource lists that were organized by protective factor (...
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Webinar: Cultivating Our Best Selves in Response to COVID-19 | Tuesday, March 17 at Noon PDT
How to use the skills of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) for self and others to be the calm in the storm as we face the unknown. Free Webinar Tuesday, March 17 at Noon PDT Speakers: Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW Linda Grabbe, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC Zoom Webinar Registration Link: https://zoom.us/j/715837300 Additional ways to join are listed at the bottom of this post. About the webinar leaders: Elaine Miller-Karas is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Trauma Resource Institute and...
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Webinar: Key findings from the Listening to Mothers in California Survey
Webinar: Key findings from the Listening to Mothers in California Survey. For more information and to register, please see below. Webinar is Thursday, September 20 , from 12-1:00 PM In 2017, a team led by the National Partnership for Women & Families surveyed more than 2,500 women in California about their views and experiences with childbirth. The results, which will be released September 12, reveal what is and isn't working with maternity care in the Golden State. Join us Thursday,...
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RESOURCE: Handouts on Protecting Immigrant Families
Attached are updated handouts (English & Spanish) from Protecting Immigrant Families. Please share widely.
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RESOURCE: Marijuana and Motherhood
With the legalization of marijuana, new resources have been made available by the California Department of Public Health to educate women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or plan to become pregnant, about the health risks it can pose on their babies. Learn more at the California Department of Public Health's website: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/DO/letstalkcannabis/Pages/pregnantbreastfeedingwomen.aspx Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women - cdph.ca.gov Research shows that if you use cannabis...
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RESOURCE: Overviews of some of CommuniCare’s programs
Attached please find documents with an overview of some of the CommuniCare Health Centers (CCHC) Programs. These programs are coordinated by CCHC perinatal (PN), behavioral health (BH) and health prevention and wellness (HPAW) departments.
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Saving Families, One Child At A Time [Comstock's Business Insight for the Capital Region]
Yolo Crisis Nursery provides a safe, temporary home for children during family crisis Karen Adams, Yolo Crisis Nursery board member and interim coordinator of marketing and communications, tells a story about a woman named Michelle. Michelle was about to give birth to her second child and, having recently fled her abusive husband, brought her 4-year-old son to Yolo Crisis Nursery for 24-hour care during her hospitalization. She later returned to the hospital to treat severe complications...
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Speaking and training services from a first-hand, tenaciously resilient experience
My name is Rebekah Couch and I am a former teen mother of five children, the youngest child being my only clean & sober pregnancy allowed to remain in my care. I am a survivor of multiple sexual assaults and was afflicted with untreated mental health issues as an adolescent. My destructive journey began with self-medicating and illegal activities in Jr. High and a daily cocaine addiction by the age of fifteen that eventually advanced to methamphetamine abuse. My addiction and criminal...
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: NAMI is hiring
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Yolo County is hiring a Part Time Administrative Assistant. If you are interested, please check out the attached job description. The job is posted on Indeed.
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Job positions: Family Hui/Lead4Tomorrow is hiring childcare workers
The childcare workers will look after the children of women participating in a UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement wellbeing project. The childcare site is in the Mack Road area of Sacramento. The project lasts for 22 weeks. Childcare workers will receive $20/hr plus travel reimbursement. The job will start on January 21st and will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. Application deadline is January 1st. Please contact Lucy Roberts at lroberts@lead4tomorrow.org for more ...
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Living in Tumultuous Times: Responding to the "Hidden" Public Health Crisis in the U.S.
Living in Tumultuous Times: Responding to the “Hidden” Public Health Crisis in the U.S. We live in tumultuous times. Although our minds might immediately take us to issues with North Korea, or ISIS, or the dysfunction in Washington D.C., these are not the primary focus of this article. Washington’s dysfunction over the past couple decades is a contributing factor, yet the dynamics discussed here go far beyond our nation’s capital. With the ongoing focus on the Affordable Care Act, health...
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Medical students' ACE scores mirror general population, study finds
A national survey published in 2014 revealed a disturbing finding. Compared to college graduates pursuing other professions, medical students, residents and early career physicians experienced a higher degree of burnout. Citing that article, a group of researchers at University of California at Davis School of Medicine wondered whether medical students’ childhood adversity and resilience played a role in their burnout, said Dr. Andres Sciolla, an associate professor of psychiatry and...