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Claire's Story: Davy draws a "good" daddy. Part 89.

By K. Hecht, P. Berman & A. Hosack Humm, I have used the brown and the yellow. What color would be good for ears? Davy was concentrating hard; his tongue sticking out as he tried to draw carefully what he was imagining in his head. He was at the kitchen table drawing his good daddy- Mr. Carson. Davy had literally dragged a laughing Mr. Carson in from the living room and told him he needed to sit very still until his picture was drawn so that Davy didn’t make any mistakes. Mr. Carson was...

New CDC Resource: Preventing ACEs

CDC Toolkit: Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Leveraging the Best Available Evidence Access other technical packages for violence prevention at: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/communicationresources/pub/technical-packages.html?deliveryName=USCDC_2023-DM9684

Healing From Emotional Trauma

We will all experience some form of emotional trauma to some degree in our lifetimes. Emotional trauma can be caused by events in any aspect of life. The loss of a friend or family member, a failed relationship or divorce, loss of employment or loss of financial stability can all create emotional instability and trauma. A certain failure or negative event in life can hinder our ability to ever want to step out of our comfort zone again. Emotional trauma can affect us psychologically and...

Connections Matter Training: Preventing and Mitigating ACEs

Every day connections are more important than we ever believed . Science tells us that relationships have the power to shape our brains. Relationships help us learn better, work better, parent better. When we experience tough times or traumatic experiences, they help us heal . With each connection, we develop a healthier stronger community. Connections Matter Georgia is an in-person training designed to engage community members in building caring connections to: • Improve resiliency, •...

District 54 Staff Members Work Hard to Know Students [dailyherald.com]

By Andrew DuRoss, Daily Herald, October 4, 2019 "Every child deserves a champion: An adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best they can possibly be." This statement from former educator Rita Pierson exemplifies our philosophy in School District 54. We serve more than 15,000 students, and I believe all of them need someone in their corner. Someone to seek them out in the hallway and check in with them each day. Someone they...

Healthy Relationships Matter: Building Resilience in the Face of Traumatic Experiences [hometownfocus.us]

By John Soghigian, Hometown Focus, October 4, 2019 Who would have thought that prenatal and childhood trauma could lead to teen and adult depression, obesity, smoking, heart disease, cancer and other ailments throughout life? Study after study has demonstrated just that. Such trauma can take many forms. Imagine life as a child beset by a home with a mentally ill parent, domestic violence, parental divorce or separation, substance abuse, or incarceration; physical, emotional, or sexual abuse;...

Connections Among Biologic Embedding of Childhood Adversity, Adult Chronic Illness, and Wound Care: A Systematic Review [o-wm.com]

By Rebecca Bryan and Janice M. Beitz, Wound Management & Prevention, October 2019 Abstract Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) biologically embed by altering brain development and influencing epigenetic mechanisms. These experiences may generate health risk factors. Purpose: A literature review was conducted to compare ACE-generated health risk factors with risk factors for wound development and aberrant healing, as well as to identify a gap in literature regarding critical connections...

Uninsured Native Americans Often Lack Needed Prenatal Care [ocregister.com]

By Yesenia Amaro and Deepa Bharath, Center for Health Journalism News Collaborative, October 4, 2019 For almost two years, Sylvia Valenzuela relied on the federal Indian Health Service system to get the primary care she needed. But when she had to see an OB-GYN for her prenatal care, she was on her own. What followed, she said, was a nightmare in which she struggled to obtain and keep Medi-Cal coverage, leaving her uninsured for a critical stretch of her pregnancy. Valenzuela says she would...

Surrendering and Blazing Your Own Path

I have been sober for over 4 years, by god’s grace, before that however I was a chronic relapser with severe depression. I lived the cycle between treatment, halfway and homelessness for years. I wanted so bad to get sober but that's the thing about recovery, wanting it is not enough, if it were that easy everyone would get sober. My issue was always in the action department, I would talk about what I was going to do constantly and when the time came to do it I always came up short. My...

California takes a step toward banning spanking!

The California Democratic Committee pass resolution to ban spanking this August, 2019! Ending Physical/Corporal Punishment of Children RESOLUTION NUMBER 19-05.112 WHEREAS there is overwhelming evidence that spanking is harmful to children and families as it increases aggression and violence long term, impacts normal brain development, and is ineffective in teaching responsibility and self-control, and the rationale for spanking is the same that was accepted for men hitting women in recent...

ARTIC Scale Highlighted as Promising TIC Measure - Now Available Via the Online ARTIC Platform!!!

The October 3rd ACES Connection daily summary featured a recent brief about tools to measure trauma-informed care (TIC). The article highlight the Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Care (ARTIC) Scale as a promising tool for measuring TIC. The ARTIC Scale, previously only available in paper-and-pencil form, is now available on a fully automated online platform . As more governing bodies are mandating trauma-informed services, organizations and service systems are scrambling for tools to...

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