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By Nicole Lynn Lewis and Vinice Davis, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 13, 2021 When Ariel Ventura-Lazo’s son was born, he had a lot on his mind. Would he be a good father? Would he be able to support his young family as the bills piled up? He had tried community college while working full time shortly after graduating from high school, but he didn’t do well and figured college wasn’t for him. Now that he was a father, he realized his job as a cash vault teller wouldn’t pay the bills and...

A recording and materials are now available for the second in a series of webinars exploring the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress, presented by Al Race, Deputy Director and Chief Knowledge Officer from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. Providers seeking CME/CE and MOC credits* must complete a separate activity evaluation in order to request CME/CE certificate. Those seeking MOC credits must also successfully complete the post-test with...

A Child's Early Experiences & Brain Development As a primary care provider, promoting strong parent-child relationships and positive parenting behaviors is critical to your role. Research tells us that a child's early experiences, and the environment in which they are raised, dramatically affect how the brain, and thus the child, develops. See the following clip to learn more about early brain development from expert Dan Siegel, MD: From the Keystones of Development Secure Attachment...

By Bob Sege, 7/14/21, positiveexperience.org/blog Many of you undoubtedly remember the spectacular keynote address that Rev. Darrell Armstrong gave at our First Annual HOPE Summit . He and Shiloh Baptist Church are being considered for an award from the American Heart Association “Empowered to Serve Business Accelerator” Program for non-profits. There will be three winners – each of which will share a percentage of the $105,000 Grand Prize that would go a long way towards seeding his...

By Shania Degroot, New York Amsterdam News, July 8, 2021 Consolee Nishimwe, 41, lives in New York City and devotes much of her time to advocating for women’s rights as well as helping the people who have survived genocide-related trauma. Nishimwe, a Rwandan genocide survivor, recalls much of her current work being influenced by the trauma she experienced during her childhood in Rwanda. Consolee grew up in Rwanda, where both of her parents worked as teachers. Prior to 1994, she was raised...

"Unlocking the Puzzle of PTSD, A Holistic Guide to Restoring Inner Peace" is a unique and comprehensive Holistic manual and workbook to understand and treat PTSD. The book is for health professionals as well as for lay people interested in the subject. It includes information about PTSD, Complex PTSD and trauma from a Holistic (mind, body, spirit) perspective. It presents easy to use practical tools and activities for both clients, and for individuals not in therapy to use themselves. The...

Trauma can cause one to spiral down into darkness. Using spirituality and creativity with holistic tools can help one find Light again. Restoring the Broken Threads: Out of Trauma, Into the Light discusses several holistic (body, mind, spirit) methods for healing from trauma. The book presents education and easy to use tools for increasing insight and restoring balance. It also presents personal experiences from the writer's own evolution out of the effects of trauma. Methods are based on...

Learn how True Sage was built alongside the ACE Study to improve mental health and wellness across the globe with effective, accessible, and engaging educational content.

By Daelin Brown, Inside Climate News, July 5, 2021 Dorthia Pebbles inhaled harmful pollutants and smelled noxious odors from the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery for years when she would leave her rowhome on Hoffman Street to walk to the corner store. After losing family members to cancer, she and her neighbors who lived across the street from the massive South Philadelphia refinery, once the largest on the East Coast, couldn’t help but conclude that its emissions were giving them...

By Anahad O'Connor, The New York Times, July 12, 2021 Like many people who struggle to control their drinking, Andy Mathisen tried a lot of ways to cut back. He attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, went to a rehab center for alcohol abuse, and tried using willpower to stop himself from binge drinking. But nothing seemed to work. This past year, with the stress of the pandemic weighing on him, he found himself craving beer every morning, drinking in his car and polishing off two liters of...

By Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post, July 9, 2021 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer detain most pregnant, nursing and postpartum women for deportation, reversing a Trump-era rule that permitted officials to jail thousands of immigrants in those circumstances, according to a new policy released Friday. ICE’s new policy is even more expansive than it was during the Obama era, when President Biden was vice president. The Obama administration generally exempted pregnant...