Community initiatives that raise awareness of ACEs and toxic stress among parents and caregivers?

We provide trauma-informed parenting classes and this fall will be offering a training of trainers in our curriculum. 

Thank you so much for sharing this, Louise! 

Roshni:

Please browse around Parenting with ACEs and our Resource Center for more. And, there's lots of great stuff in the comments if you have time to search when similar questions have been asked in the past. 

There's a lot to cull through. 

@Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz might have some specifics for you and I would have suggested Echo Parenting as well so I'm glad Louise already commented.

I'm also going to private message you. 
Cissy

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Roshni, 

Click the link here for an overview of many resources at LucidWitness.com  

I would suggest starting with the Mission Statement, which is followed by many links.

The short narratives in the "Nowhere to Hide" series can be used in social media similar to "PSAs" .  Over time, rotating as a group, they help grow awareness of the basics of childhood, or "developmental" trauma.

I'm happy to answer questions or explain further !

Daun

A number [9 US and 1 Canadian] of 'initiatives' are noted in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded "Community Resilience Cookbook". "Trauma-Informed Communities", such as Tarpon Springs, and a few others may also merit attention. Initiatives like the "PE/ACE" program at the Troy, N.Y. Housing Authority may also be noteworthy in this regard, too. Rural initiatives such as "Monadnock Thrives" may add to your 'resource supply' ! ! !

Christine Cissy White (AC Staff) posted:

Roshni:

Please browse around Parenting with ACEs and our Resource Center for more. And, there's lots of great stuff in the comments if you have time to search when similar questions have been asked in the past. 

There's a lot to cull through. 

@Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz might have some specifics for you and I would have suggested Echo Parenting as well so I'm glad Louise already commented.

I'm also going to private message you. 
Cissy

Thank you so much for the helpful links, Cissy!

Daun Kauffman posted:

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Roshni, 

Click the link here for an overview of many resources at LucidWitness.com  

I would suggest starting with the Mission Statement, which is followed by many links.

The short narratives in the "Nowhere to Hide" series can be used in social media similar to "PSAs" .  Over time, rotating as a group, they help grow awareness of the basics of childhood, or "developmental" trauma.

 

I'm happy to answer questions or explain further !

Daun

 

Thank you for sharing this, Daun! I look forward to learning more about LucidWitness and I will certainly let you know if I have any questions!

Robert Olcott posted:

A number [9 US and 1 Canadian] of 'initiatives' are noted in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded "Community Resilience Cookbook". "Trauma-Informed Communities", such as Tarpon Springs, and a few others may also merit attention. Initiatives like the "PE/ACE" program at the Troy, N.Y. Housing Authority may also be noteworthy in this regard, too. Rural initiatives such as "Monadnock Thrives" may add to your 'resource supply' ! ! !

Thank you Robert for sharing the Cookbook - it's such a rich resource! Thank you also for the suggestions of specific initiatives to look into. 

  There are a few things we have done in our community.  A local community coalition hosted two showings of the film Resilience.  This was a starting point in getting the community discussing the effects of trauma and the protective factors.  This generated a lot of interest in continued training on mental health related topics for community members, and teachers. 

    We also teach a trauma informed parenting class based on the TBRI principles developed by Dr. Purvis, and other research on trauma, at a local substance abuse recovery program.  This has been very well received and been a great opportunity to discuss trauma, and healing with mothers.  

Brandy Parks posted:

  There are a few things we have done in our community.  A local community coalition hosted two showings of the film Resilience.  This was a starting point in getting the community discussing the effects of trauma and the protective factors.  This generated a lot of interest in continued training on mental health related topics for community members, and teachers. 

    We also teach a trauma informed parenting class based on the TBRI principles developed by Dr. Purvis, and other research on trauma, at a local substance abuse recovery program.  This has been very well received and been a great opportunity to discuss trauma, and healing with mothers.  

Thanks so much Brandy!

Roshni Wadhwani posted:

Hi everyone!

I am interested in learning about different models for local community initiatives that (i) raise parent and caregiver awareness of ACEs and toxic stress, and (ii) help parents and caregivers develop the knowledge and skills to protect children from the negative effects of ACEs and toxic stress.

These could be peer-to-peer models, trusted messenger models, training-of-trainers models etc. For example, I recently learnt about the Healthy Generations Project in the Potrero Terrace and Annex community in San Francisco (https://www.healthygenerationsproject.org/), which is based on a peer-to-peer model. 

I would love to hear about any other community initiatives and projects in this domain that you have come across. 

Thank you so much! 

Best regards,
Roshni

Hi, Roshni. I use my own narrative as a parent with an ace score of 9, and experience co-editing the book Parenting with PTSD to help family systems improve their understanding of triggers and barriers parenting survivors face. I believe that the triggers offer windows into the parts of a parent survivor that still need healing, which provides more opportunity for healing for the family as a whole. If you're interested in learning more about our mission, check out www.parentingwithptsd.com, and please do reach out anytime.

Kindly, ~Dawn

Dawn Daum posted:

Roshni Wadhwani posted:

Hi everyone!

I am interested in learning about different models for local community initiatives that (i) raise parent and caregiver awareness of ACEs and toxic stress, and (ii) help parents and caregivers develop the knowledge and skills to protect children from the negative effects of ACEs and toxic stress.

These could be peer-to-peer models, trusted messenger models, training-of-trainers models etc. For example, I recently learnt about the Healthy Generations Project in the Potrero Terrace and Annex community in San Francisco (https://www.healthygenerationsproject.org/), which is based on a peer-to-peer model. 

I would love to hear about any other community initiatives and projects in this domain that you have come across. 

Thank you so much! 

Best regards,
Roshni

Hi, Roshni. I use my own narrative as a parent with an ace score of 9, and experience co-editing the book Parenting with PTSD to help family systems improve their understanding of triggers and barriers parenting survivors face. I believe that the triggers offer windows into the parts of a parent survivor that still need healing, which provides more opportunity for healing for the family as a whole. If you're interested in learning more about our mission, check out www.parentingwithptsd.com, and please do reach out anytime.

Kindly, ~Dawn

Thank you so much for sharing this rich resource, Dawn! 

Hi

FYI, the (,) included in your hyperlink, www.parentingwithptsd.com makes it fail on Firefox, when you remove the (,) it works!