Tagged With "Safe and Sound"
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CONFERENCE: Safer California 2020 (unintentional injury prevention)
Save the date for a Safer California 2020: A Conference to Promote Unintentional Injury Prevention for Children and Youth in Sacramento. WHEN and WHERE; November 17 and 18, 2020 in Sacramento, CA at the Double Tree Hotel. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
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Davis Parent University (DPU) - Lisa Damour Ph.D., author of "Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood”
Lisa Damour Ph.D. is a psychologist, best-selling author, monthly New York Times online columnist, and regular contributor to CBS News. She blends years of experience with the latest research developments to provide sound, practical guidance to children and adolescents as well as their parents, teachers, and advocates. If you missed hearing Lisa's insightful, funny and frank presentation about raising a teenager (yes, I think there's lot of info here for parents of teenage boys too!), I...
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Yolo County federal contract for immigrant teen detention ctr ending?
Article from the Sacramento Bee by Elliott Wailoo, Aug 9, 2019, updated Aug 10 https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article233668107.html Yolo County appears ready to end federal contract for immigrant teen detention center Yolo County supervisors appear ready to terminate a decade-old contract with federal immigration authorities to house unaccompanied migrant teenagers in a high-security detention center in Woodland. This fall, the five-member Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on...
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Strategies for Promoting Healthy Teen Relationships
Join us for a free webinar to learn important Strategies for Promoting Healthy Teen Relationships. Tuesday, February 25, 2020 @ 11:00AM Pacific Time This webinar presents a compelling case for including teen dating violence prevention in your school’s efforts to improve school climate. Safe Dates, Hazelden Publishing’s evidence-based program, has decades of research showing its ability to prevent and reduce teen dating violence by helping students develop skills for building caring and...
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Suisun Elementary (CA) makes ACEs science intrinsic to everyday life
Students start each day with meditation During her first year as principal of Suisun Elementary in Suisun City, Calif., in 2014 Ann Marie Neubert suspended 102 students — out of a student population of 550 —for disrupting their classes. It was a serious problem, but the school’s teachers didn’t know what to do. “[Teachers] felt like they were using all the tools in their toolbox and it wasn’t changing behavior,” she recalls. Ann Marie Neubert Too many students were spending too much time out...
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Taming the Dragons - Helping Children Cope, ages birth to 12 yrs
Attached find Sue Delucchi's manual for childcare providers. Tips and tools to help kids with trauma heal and develop resilience. Sue was the Director of a crisis nursery in Washington State throughout her career. This manual was developed based on...
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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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Help Your Community Safely with COVID-19
From California Volunteers, Office of the Governor, March 2020 DELIVER MEALS Vulnerable seniors are at greatest risk amid COVID-19. Let’s help keep them safe and cared for. Contact your local Meals on Wheels organization, visit www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org . DONATE TO A SHELTER OR FOOD BANK During this time organizations are running low on food items, help them stay well stocked for those in need. See below for a list of shelters and food banks in need. VOLUNTEER AT A FOOD BANK Food banks...
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HOW TO HELP Your Community Safely with COVID-19
Every Californian can safely help their community during these difficult times. Here are some ways you can make a difference. https://californiavolunteers. ca.gov/get-involved/covid-19/
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In MA schools, focus on social-emotional well-being
READING, MA — The only sound that could be heard in Maria Simon’s first-grade classroom one December morning was the soothing hum from a vibrating Tibetan singing bowl. Her students had gathered on a brightly colored rug at the back of the classroom, sitting with their eyes shut, their legs crossed, and their arms extended outward palms up. Each time a classmate struck the small bowl with a mallet — releasing a low sounding gong — the students breathed in. Then as the...
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Prevent Child Abuse - Sonoma County
Check out the insert in Sonoma County's local paper. This colorful and helpful resource guide offered stories, tips, resources and tools for helping to strengthen families and reduce child abuse. Page 7 featured an article about "Trauma Informed Care" and included a pocket card folks can use as a tool for letting doctors, dentists, and other care providers know they might need some extra care to avoid feeling triggered or uncomfortable. (Check out the attachment to see the article and pocket...
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Webinar: Strategies for Promoting Healthy Teen Relationships
Join us for a free webinar to learn important Strategies for Promoting Healthy Teen Relationships. This webinar presents a compelling case for including teen dating violence prevention in your school’s efforts to improve school climate. Safe Dates , Hazelden Publishing’s evidence-based program, has decades of research showing its ability to prevent and reduce teen dating violence by helping students develop skills for building caring and supportive relationships. In this presentation,...
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WEBINARS on Be the One Campaign; Professional Resilience; Safe Sleep; Primary Care and Telehealth; and NAEYC presentations
RESCHEDULED: Be the One Campaign on 6/2 1-2:30 on Tuesday, June 2 The Be the One webinar will present research and action steps designed to engage community members, agencies, and leaders in trauma/healing and resilience focused work. The overall goal is to present information that will assist agencies, leaders, and community members in building safer, more stable, more nurturing relationships and stronger, healthier communities. This is foundational work and can serve as a base for engaging...
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What is Yoga Therapy? - Davis Free Information Seminar
Please come along to this Free Information Seminar to find out what yogic therapy is and how you might work with a Yoga Therapist as a useful complement to the work you do with your clients, or for your own well-being. Free Admission - All Welcome When: Wednesday August 14, 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Where: Davis Shambhala Meditation Center, 133 D St H, Davis, CA 95616
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Yolo CASA in Action
This is wonderful story of how a CASA Volunteer can directly affect a child and family. The Foster Care program provides a safe haven for children during periods of family crisis or serve as a bridge for a child awaiting a 'forever family'. So many times the headlines inform us about times when this system does not match our expectations, and that information is needed to help us improve, but it's also nice to hear success stories to inspire us. Hear is such a story from Yolo CASA! To read...
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WEBINAR: Keeping Kids and Families Safe During the COVID-19 Crisis on 5/8
12:30-1:30pm on Friday, May 8 https://ncg.org/events/keeping-kids-and-families-safe-during-covid-19-crisis For many kids, home is not a safe place. School closures and the statewide shelter in place order, combined with health fears, massive layoffs, and economic uncertainty has resulted in increased stress for families and fewer eyes on children. Current data on child abuse are hard to assess, as experts believe there is under-reporting while kids are cut off from schools, friends, and...
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RESOURCE: October is Safe Sleep Month
Did you know that each year about 4,000 infants die during sleep time from SIDS, accidental suffocation or other causes? The OCAP is raising awareness in October for Safe Sleep Month! Learning about safe sleep isn’t just important for parents, but for all caregivers. For more information and free resources to share with your community, visit: https://safetosleep.nichd.nih. gov/ .
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RESOURCE: Parent guide information
Please share the with the families you serve the attached a 2-page document for parents and caregivers about the parent guides that Yolo County Children's Alliance has produced as a project of the Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC). All of the guides are available at www.yolokids.org/forfamilies . There are some hard copies of the following guides and we would love for them to get into the hands of parents. Please let me know if you would like some of these materials!
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Re: Introduction to Trauma-Informed - UCD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Our CASA Volunteers and Supporters, Because of you, we are continuing to build our capacity to change the lives of children who need it most. Your support has enabled us to train more CASA volunteers than ever before and add a full-time advocate supervisor to our staff, giving us the potential to increase our caseload by 40 CASA...
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ACEs Aware Grantees By County
ACEs Connection will begin highlighting ACEs and Resilience initiatives by county. We're starting this effort off by listing the recent ACEs Aware grantees by county.
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DATA RESOURCE: Safe & Sound's New Website on the Economic Impact of Abuse in California
Safe & Sound has developed an interactive website that details the rates of child abuse and the economic impact of abuse on California’s community, as well as the factors that both help to protect children and those that place them in greater risk. The information unveils the ongoing ills of child abuse underlying each community, and its impact on each of us. The data is viewable by county or region, downloadable, and is shareable. The Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC)...
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Portraits of Professional Caregivers documentary available for viewing from ACEs Connection this weekend
Our Transform Trauma with ACEs Science film festival launches this weekend. We are thrilled to share the documentary , P ortraits of Professional CAREgivers: Their Passion, Their Pain on Saturday, September 12th, and Sunday , September 13th. The documentary will be streamed from our Transform Trauma with ACEs Science Communit y . Click here to join. Registration is not required for viewing. You need to be a member of ACEs Connection and join this community site to watch the film this...
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ACEs & Trauma-Informed Pediatric Care in COVID-19 [ucsfbenioffchildrens.org]
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Portal & Center for Child & Community Health Register now and be eligible for 5 hours of AMA Category 1 CME credit and ABP MOC Part 2 credit. Saturday, October 10, 2020 8am - 3:30 pm Recognizing & Addressing Childhood Trauma - Dayna Long MD Trauma-Informed Care Principles in COVID-19 - Saun-Toy Trotter MFT & Ken Epstein LCSW, PhD Patient Perspective - Jen Leland MFT & Joan Jeung MD Early Adopters Discuss...
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ACEs & Trauma-Informed Pediatric Care in COVID-19 [ucsfbenioffchildrens.org]
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Portal & Center for Child & Community Health Register now and be eligible for 5 hours of AMA Category 1 CME credit and ABP MOC Part 2 credit. Saturday, October 10, 2020 8am - 3:30 pm Recognizing & Addressing Childhood Trauma - Dayna Long MD Trauma-Informed Care Principles in COVID-19 - Saun-Toy Trotter MFT & Ken Epstein LCSW, PhD Patient Perspective - Jen Leland MFT & Joan Jeung MD Early Adopters Discuss...
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OCTOBER AWARENESS MONTH: Safe Sleep; Drug Abuse Prevention; Domestic Violence
· Safe Sleep Month : Learning about safe sleep isn’t just important for parents, but for all caregivers, including grandparents, childcare workers and other family members. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) website has fantastic resources to share with parents and caregivers about safe sleep practices, as well as, ways that you can help promote safe sleep practices in your communities. For more information and free resources to share with your community, visit:...
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EVENT: Safer Communities through Racial Justice 10/26
1:00-2:30pm Monday, October 26 Join Prevention Institute on October 26 for the APHA 2020 Day of Action, Safer Communities through Racial Justice . In this virtual action, while we tweet storm for safer communities through racial justice, you’ll hear about and be invited to join Get Out The Vote efforts and critical campaigns to invest in schools and communities. We know that this work has to be sustained, so you’ll also learn about longer-term strategies for community-driven, public health...
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Job position: First 5 Yolo hiring Systems Improvement Officer
First 5 Yolo is hiring for a Systems Improvement Officer as a part of a 2-year Home Visiting Coordination Grant from F5 CA. The job posting is attached. Please share with your networks. If you know someone who might fit the description please let me know! Gina Daleiden; Executive Director gdaleiden@first5yolo.org The position is part-time with benefits prorated. The grant is 2-years (and the position at F5Y was required), though it may be extended.
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS: YCRC and First 5 Yolo are hiring!
· Yolo Conflict Resolution Center (YCRC) is hiring a Program Assistant : YCRC is currently expanding their programs and need more help! Attached is the job description. Please share widely! · First 5 Yolo is hiring an Accounting and Office Support Specialist. Please see the attached job description, and please share!
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RESOURCE FOR PROVIDERS: Community Conditions That Strengthen Families: Protective Factors at the Community Level
Attached is the executive summary of the Community Conditions That Strengthen Families: Protective Factors at the Community Level Report from the Center for the Study of Social Policy. The link to the full report is also here . Feel free to share.
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Healthcare providers learn skills to prevent burnout, build resilience
It’s an enormous understatement to say that healthcare workers today are suffering. Every day, you hear interviews with nurses, physicians, social workers, and others in healthcare saying they’re pushed to the breaking point and beyond. But, by using skills taught in the Community Resiliency Mode l (CRM), even people under severe stress can weather the onslaught, do their work, and get along with colleagues. CRM is an evidence-based training program that’s being used by millions of people in...
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Protective Factors & ACEs training sessions this month
Learn about the Five Protective Factors Framework and how to leverage this approach in screening for ACEs. Read more on the attached flyer.
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Protective Factors & ACEs: Meeting Families with Hope and Healing
Please join us for an interactive, virtual session to learn about the Five Protective Factors Framework and how to leverage a healing approach in the context of screening for Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs). REGISTER TODAY! *CME Credit Available SUMMARY This session will build the capacity of providers serving families with young children (physicians, behavioral health clinicians, social workers, case managers) to approach family interactions with a protective factors framework. As...
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Opportunity to provide feedback by 6/2 on The Economics of Child Abuse in 2020: A Study of California & Its Counties
Safe & Sound is excited to share The Economics of Child Abuse in 2020: A Study of California & Its Counties . On this website, you can learn about the cost of child maltreatment in every community in California and how to take action to protect kids, strengthen families, and build communities. We would love your feedback on the site. Please take 5 minutes to complete our survey by Wednesday, June 2, so we can continue highlighting research and building tools that communities need.
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How to Help Families and Staff Build Resilience During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Information provided by Harvard University. You can go to their Center on the Developing Child website for the information. The handout, available in English only, is attached to this email ( 6 th attachment ). Also, they have a Toxic Stress video and Guide on their website .