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Educators, families, and community health practitioners are at the front line cultivating mental health and well-being for students of all ages. These critical aspects to learning cannot be nurtured alone. We need to work in collaboration to provide students (and each other) with the support needed to thrive. Join ParentPowered and edWeb on Monday, March 25, 2024 @ 2:00 pm EDT / 11:00 am PDT for a timely and important webinar to learn how to effectively bring everyone to the table as...

As we continue to honor women in the worldwide PACEs movement, this week our guest is Beth Tyson. Beth Tyson is a childhood trauma consultant and author. Our discussion will center on the state of infant and child mental health post-Covid. Beth Tyson, MA , is an international childhood trauma consultant, acclaimed author, CASA volunteer, and co-chair of the PA Child Abuse Prevention Team. With a background as a family-based trauma therapist, she honed her expertise in stabilizing mental...

Children who grow up in a polluted area are at serious risk of developing long-term health conditions later in life. This sentiment is echoed by UNESCO research , which shows air pollution is associated with 1 in 10 under-five deaths. Exposure also increases the risk of heart disease, respiratory illnesses, and stroke. Unfortunately, children are more likely to breathe polluted air today than ever before. That’s because the majority of the population now live in urban areas where traffic...

Come join our next San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team (SDTIGT) meeting on Friday, April 5th, from 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm. We are a hybrid meeting via Zoom and in-person at the San Diego Center for Children. Join in-person at the San Diego Center for Children located at 3002 Armstrong Street, San Diego, CA 92111. Please sign in at their front office. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89760652302 Meeting ID: 897 6065 2302 Call mobile +1(669)444-9171

An Event to Heal Historical Trauma Igbo Landing Conference 2024 May 24-26 2024 St. Simon Island, Georgia This is a FREE event Small swollen hungry African bellies on tv; Black men, women and children in chains; Naked flesh on the auction block; Strange low hanging fruit on southern trees. These are the images we embody as our identity. Igbo Landing tells the truth of our souls. In May 1803, a ship with kidnapped human beings from West Africa arrived in Georgia. After the human cargo was sold...

PRB just published a new research brief that may be of interest: Among common forms of discipline, only reasoning with a child is associated with positive developmental outcomes, according to a new analysis by Kaitlin Paxton Ward and colleagues from the University of Michigan and University of Nevada.[1] You can read the full brief here: https://www.prb.org/articles/is-your-child-misbehaving-try-reasoning-with-them/ References: 1. Kaitlin P. Ward, et al. “Associations Between 11 Parental...

We are delighted to share that our special section on 'Innovations in Trauma-Informed Health Care' is now available online. Access the special collection: https://www.thepermanentejournal.org/collection-trauma-informed-healthcare Access the full issue: https://www.thepermanentejournal.org/toc/tpj/28/1 Download a pdf of the entire special section (TOC attached): https://tihcer.weebly.com/trauma-informed-health-care.html Please help us to spread the word by sharing the above URLs with your...

Hi. Since this is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, I'm re-sharing the attached document. It's also time to do an update to this packet, and if you have anything to add to it, please let me know. 
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Advancing Parenting received a $5000 donation from a generous lady in Washington. This will allow us to print and ship 50 sets of our parenting tips bumper stickers. Thank you, Jasmin (not a member of Paces Connection). AP has requests for thousands of sets…from schools, child abuse prevention councils, family resource centers, children’s advocacy groups, United Ways, CASAs and GALs, and pediatricians. They would like to put the stickers in holders and place them on counters so folks can...

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By Laura Gallant, 3/14/24, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ We are less than a week away from the Fourth Annual HOPE Summit – The HOPE Transformation and the Week of HOPE ! Register now to participate in these exciting events centered around the HOPE framework and positive childhood experiences! Interactive events throughout the Summit This year’s HOPE Summit features over 20 different workshops that participants can choose from across three sessions. We are excited to partner with...