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ACEs Connection Network and The Kennedy Forum host pre-premiere of the documentary "Paper Tigers"

Gail Kennedy ·
Please read article below by ACEs Connection staff member, Elizabeth Prewitt, about the screening of Paper Tigers as we in Yolo plan for a screening of the documentary this Fall! - Gail   When I heard this vignette, I realized the full potential...
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Changing Minds and Creating Trauma-Informed Communities Convenings - South and North

Jane Stevens ·
Last week, on two separate days in Los Angeles and in San Francisco, about 150 people (total) convened to listen and brainstorm about creating trauma-informed communities. Futures Without Violence, which is rolling out its Changing Minds campaign later this year, hosted both events.  Some very interesting and important themes emerged from the two days: Residents with lived experiences should participate in the decision-making bodies of service providers and vested...
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Community advocates and Bay Area county health agencies work together on trauma-informed systems change

Laurie Udesky ·
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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CYW releases "Children Can Thrive: A Vision for California's Response to ACEs"

Jane Stevens ·
The  Center for Youth Wellness  released a new report “Children Can Thrive: A Vision for California’s Response to ACEs”.     This report is a follow up to last November’s Children Can Thrive Summit.  ...
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ACES Science 101 (FAQs)

Jane Stevens ·
What are ACEs? ACEs are adverse childhood experiences that harm children's developing brains so profoundly that the effects show up decades later; they cause much of chronic disease, most mental illness, and are at the root of most violence. ...
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ACEs science can prevent school shootings, but first people have to learn about ACEs science

Jane Stevens ·
The shooting in Florida isn’t only a gun regulation issue. It’s a systems change issue. All of our systems have to change their approach to changing behavior — whether it’s criminal, unhealthy or unwanted behavior — from a blame, shame and punishment approach, to one that is based in understanding, nurturing and healing….in other words, ACEs science.
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Beyond Trauma: Building Resilience to ACEs (brochure)

Christine Cissy White ·
Wish you had a fairly easy and short way to share all about ACEs? Wish it was in-depth enough to share with teachers, doctors, nurses and therapists but not so long or jargony it puts family and friends to sleep? Here's the perfect thing to share when you've been all up in the faces with ACEs and want to back up your words before, during or after. This brochure is comprehensive but not so long that it remains in the "I'll get to it later," pile. Please feel free to print, forward, download...
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BREASTFEEDING RESOURCES from WIC

Bonnie Berman ·
The WIC Program is working to serve all our clients. WIC staff is conducting appointments by phone. We want to ensure that all clients receive their benefits. For breastfeeding help they can call the Breastfeeding Warm Line at 1-800-663-8685 and leave a message. They can email me directly if have questions or need help. If you are interested in getting an extensive list of breastfeeding resources and links, please contact Lizeth Betancourt at lizeth.betancourt@ yolocounty.org .
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California Protective Parents Association Spring conference, April 8 in Davis, CA

Connie Valentine ·
California Protective Parents Association (CPPA) is celebrating our 20 th Anniversary at a Spring conference. Domestic Violence and the Battle for Custody: Moving Towards Child Safety will take place on April 8, 2018 from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm at the Brunelle Performing Arts Center, 315 West 14 th Street, Davis CA 95616. The program includes: Rachel Meyrick’s excellent documentary What Doesn’t Kill Me A panel discussion including Kathleen Russell from the Center for Judicial Excellence Retired...
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Campus Suicide and the Pressure of Perfection [NYTimes.com]

Gail Kennedy ·
  See NYT article about stress in our kids.   BTW, Davis Parent University will be hosting author  Julie Lythcott-Haims sometime this coming school year.     Kathryn DeWitt conquered high school like a gold-medal decathlete....
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Early childhood educators learn new ways to spot trauma triggers, build resilience in preschoolers

Laurie Udesky ·
A hug may be comforting to many children, but for a child who has experienced trauma it may not feel safe. That’s an example used by Julie Kurtz, co-director of trauma informed practices in early childhood education at the WestEd Center for Child & Family Studies (CCFS), as she begins a trauma training session. Her audience, preschool teachers and staff of the San Francisco-based Wu Yee Children’s Services at San Francisco’s Women’s Building, listen attentively.
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Yolo County CASA: Let’s build the resilience muscle together

Bonnie Berman ·
This article by Tracy Fauver originally appeared in the Davis Enterprise on July 9, 2017. In response to her husband’s unexpected death in 2015, Cheryl Sandberg contacted Wharton professor Adam Grant, a psychologist, to better understand her trauma and grief, and gain hope for recovery. She learned so much about resilience that she coauthored a book about it with Grant, titled “Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy.” In her keynote address at Virginia Tech’s 2017...
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Yolo County supervisor’s story forces a hard look at foster care [SacBee.com]

Jane Stevens ·
Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad is an Iraq War veteran, a Marine, and a no-nonsense political consultant who works to elect Republicans. And his voice cracks when he talks about the little boy he came to call Bonus Baby. He and his wife, Jennifer, and their two young children took Bonus Baby into their Woodland home as a foster child when he was a newborn. The county had deemed the infant’s young mother unable to care for him. For the next two years, Rexroad proudly posted Bonus Baby’s...
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Taming the Dragons - Helping Children Cope, ages birth to 12 yrs

Gail Kennedy ·
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 Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative (CRC) first Quarterly Adaptation Exchange in 2018

Grace Kaufman ·
The Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative (CRC) conducted our first Quarterly Adaptation Exchange in 2018 on how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma can be a detriment to an individual’s physical, social, and mental health that has lasting effects into adulthood. Climate impacts and an individual’s and/or community’s capacity to respond to trauma with resilience is intrinsically tied to access to a support system, resources, and past traumas. The reality is with Climate...
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The Economics of Child Abuse: A Study of California

Jenny Pearlman ·
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 Quiet Time Program: Restoring a positive culture of academics and well-being in high-need school communities

Gail Kennedy ·
See attached a brochure for this innovative program in San Francisco. Might we be able to replicate something like this in Yolo schools?
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Helping Traumatized Children Learn 2: Creating and Advocating for Trauma-Sensitive Schools

Gail Kennedy ·
  I am reposting from ACEs in Education group a manual on Trauma-sensitive schools from Massachusetts.   The release of Helping Traumatized Children Learn 2 represents an exciting next step in the evolution of the cultural movement to...
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National Council Webinar: Organizational Approaches to Effective Trauma-Informed Services - Slides included!

Gail Kennedy ·
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 Brief on Play & Trauma Available

Mai Le ·
Bay Area Early Childhood Funders have released a new brief, “The Power of Play for Addressing Trauma in Early Years,” available in both English and Spanish . The brief provides families, teachers and caregivers an easy-to-read, one-page online brief about the importance of play for addressing trauma in young children and tips for helping children cope. Additional materials on the importance of play are available here .
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Not 'Just in Your Head': California Rolls Out Mental Health Guides for Coping With Coronavirus [kqed.org]

Mai Le ·
By Marisa Lagos Apr 7 Gov. Gavin Newsom opened his daily briefing Tuesday on the status of the coronavirus pandemic in California a bit differently than normal: With a mantra he says his mother used to repeat. "She said, 'Stand guard at the door of your mind,'" Newsom said. "Honestly, it took me a decade-plus to figure out what she was ultimately saying. But she was focused on, more than anything else, our capacity to be resilient and to meet challenges head-on, our capacity as human beings...
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Paper Tigers - Meet the students

Julie Langston ·
Their are many stars in this film - but none bigger than these young people                     
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Program shows teachers how to see signs of childhood trauma [TheET.com]

Samantha Sangenito ·
When a child is acting out or not paying attention in school, it might not be because he or she is misbehaving. It might be because a parent was arrested the previous night. Teachers don't always know about the traumatic events a child experiences at home, but a new program being organized in Mercer County could give teachers notice when one of their students need to be handled with care. Andrea Darr, director of the West Virginia Center for Children's Justice spoke May 6 at Mercer County...
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Yolo CASA: Good outcomes shouldn’t feel strange

Bonnie Berman ·
This article by Tracy Fauver was originally posted in the Davis Enterprise on May 14, 2017 May is National Foster Care Awareness Month. To put this into perspective, the National Foster Care Coalition says that at any given time, there are more than 400,000 children nationally in foster care. To illustrate this, that’s almost twice the number of people who live in Yolo County and six times the size of the city of Davis. In our county alone, there are 506 children in our foster care system, a...
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Yolo CASA in Action

Julie Langston ·
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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Updated YFSN Parent Resource Lists

Bonnie Berman ·
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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VIDEO: Moms Protect Against Teen Violence?

Bonnie Berman ·
Research from the University of Buffalo finds that children in eight grade who experienced positive parenting strategies from their mothers were less likely to be involved in a violent dating relationship as a teen. https://positiveparentingnews.org/news-reports/moms-protect-against-teen-violence/
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Speaking and training services from a first-hand, tenaciously resilient experience

Rebekah Couch ·
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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Landmark lawsuit filed in California to make trauma-informed practices mandatory for all public schools

Gail Kennedy ·
  A landmark first step was taken today to insure that all public schools in the United States be legally required to address the unique learning needs of children affected by adverse childhood experiences.   A class action suit on behalf of...
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LIVE WEBCAST: 2020 Mom Forum on Maternal and Mental Health Care; Feb 12 & 13

Bonnie Berman ·
Join the Yolo Maternal Mental Health Collaborative for a live webcast of the 2020 Mom Forum: Yolo County HHSA, 25 N Cottonwood, Clarksburg Room, February 12 & 13, 2020. CEUs available. Throughout the two day event, topics such as pathways to transform systems of care and access to the right care at the right time at the right price will be addressed, including discussions about technology, employer strategies, regulatory levers and more. Please see the attached flyer for more information...
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Medical students' ACE scores mirror general population, study finds

Laurie Udesky ·
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...
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Re: Prenatal outcomes start with our teens and young adults.

Barbara Jones Stern ·
Here is more evidence that we should be intervening at least during pregnancy with successful treatments such as Prenatal Bonding (BA). The mother can be helped as well as the baby and the father and the passing of trauma through generations can be stopped.
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Re: The Impoverishing Effects of Federal Immigration Policy in California: Psychological, Social, and Economic

Cherie Schroeder ·
Is it possible to include these workshop opportunities on the ACEs Calendar? Thank you, Cherie _____ Indian Child Welfare Act and Positive Indian Parenting Workshops February 15 & 16, 2018 – Reserve your seats Now Presented by National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) Hosted by Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation 18960 Puhkum Rd/County Road 75A in Brooks, CA Participants are welcome to attend one or all of the following workshops: Thursday, February 15, 2018 Introduction to ICWA 10:00 a.m.
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Re: The Impoverishing Effects of Federal Immigration Policy in California: Psychological, Social, and Economic

Tracy Fauver ·
Yes!! Great idea. On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Cherie Schroeder < cherie@yolofostercare.com > wrote: > Is it possible to include these workshop opportunities on the ACEs > Calendar? > > Thank you, Cherie > ------------------------------ > > > > [image: NICWA_Identity_Primary_Tag_2014]*Indian Child Welfare Act and * > > *Positive Indian Parenting Workshops * > > *February 15 & 16, 2018 – Reserve your seats Now* > > > >...
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Resilient Yolo Slides.pptx

Bonnie Berman ·
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Quiet-Time-Brochure.pdf

Gail Kennedy ·
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NEARatHome.pdf

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ACEs_Toolkit_Crittenton.pdf

Gail Kennedy ·
 
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