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Webinar — Moving to universal ACEs screening: Findings from a CA advisory group on screening children for trauma

On April 23rd, 2019 from 12:00pm-1:30pm PST the National Pediatric Practice Community on ACEs (NPPC) , an initiative of the Center for Youth Wellness, will be hosting a webinar to support efforts to screen all children for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and additional adversities. This webinar will summarize the findings of a state advisory group assigned to review tools and protocols for screening children for trauma, and provide an introduction to two tools the advisory group...

How the Trayvon Martin tragedy led to Darrin Bell’s historic editorial cartooning Pulitzer [The Washington Post]

Panels from "Candorville," by Darrin Bell, from April 2012. (WPWG) There is a direct line between Trayvon Martin and Monday’s editorial cartooning Pulitzer. Darrin Bell, the California-based writer and artist, was the creator of the comic strip “Candorville” and co-creator of the strip “Rudy Park” when Martin, a Florida teenager, was shot to death in 2012. Bell’s syndicate, The Washington Post Writers Group, had urged him to try his hand at regular political cartooning — especially after he...

Starting & Growing Resilient Communities: Launching an ACEs Initiative GRC 2.0 Educate [VIDEO]

The third session of the Starting & Growing Resilient Communities: Online & IRL (In Real Life) was a success. Thank you to all who attended the live webinar. And, thank you to our guests, Linda Manaugh of Raising Resilient Oklahomans! and Kate Reed of Kankakee Iroquois Cares . We were also joined by ACEs Connection's Northeast Community Facilitator, Cissy White . I have embedded the video in this post. I invite every ACEs Connection member to also follow our YouTube Channel to view...

Free Trauma Webinar: How to Engage the Village in Trauma Treatment

It takes a village to raise a child is an old African proverb. It means that a child needs both the immediate and extended family to overcome adverse experiences like trauma and to grow up in a safe and secure environment. Unfortunately, traditional trauma treatment often only includes the individual child. Join Dr. Scott Sells in the free webinar, "How to Engage the Village in Trauma Treatment." Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Time: 1:00-2:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time Cost: Free To register,...

Sinn Fein MP says she was diagnosed with PTSD due to Troubles [Daily Mail]

A Sinn Fein MP says she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder due to Troubles trauma. Fermanagh and South Tyrone representative Michelle Gildernew was speaking in Dublin during a meeting of the Oireachtas committee on the Good Friday Agreement. The political veteran grew up Co Tyrone in the 1970s and 80s where her family took part in the civil rights’ campaign. She spoke about her PTSD diagnosis on Thursday as Northern Ireland’s Victims and Survivors Commissioner Judith Thompson...

Poorer people more likely to be admitted to hospital with self-harm, report finds [The Irish News]

A new report has found striking differences in the rates of poorer people being admitted to hospital due to self-harm HOSPITAL admissions due to self-harm are three-and-a-half times more likely in poorer areas of the north, new research has found. Prescription rates for "mood and anxiety" medication have also increased across all parts of the north but were two-thirds more prevalent in the most deprived areas. The annual report on health inequalities in Northern Ireland was published...

2019 Starting & Growing Resilient Communities: Online & In Real Life (IRL) Webinar Series

ACEs Connection presents, "Starting & Growing Resilient Communities: Online & In Real Life (IRL)", an interactive webinar training series focused on developing existing and potential online community managers and IRL ACEs champions. If you are not a current online community manager, please know that ALL are welcome to engage. This series is dedicated to providing insight into creating sustainable and effective online & IRL ACEs initiatives. "Starting & Growing Resilient...

Anthem inks novel partnership to link Indiana Medicaid patients to free legal services [Med City News]

Through a grant to the Indiana Legal Services, Anthem has expanded access to free legal services to all Medicaid patients in 18 counties in Central Indiana to assist with housing, employment and child support issues. For many Medicaid members, circumstances like eviction, past criminal convictions and a suspended driver’s license can stand in the way of better health and a pathway to a better life. Social determinants like stable housing, food insecurity and transportation are often...

The disturbing links between too much weight and several types of cancer [washingtonpost.com]

Smoking has been the No. 1 preventable cause of cancer for decades and still kills more than 500,000 people a year in the United States. But obesity is poised to take the top spot, as Americans’ waistlines continue to expand while tobacco use plummets. The switch could occur in five or 10 years, said Otis Brawley, a Johns Hopkins oncologist and former chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society. The rise in obesity rates could threaten the steady decline in cancer death rates since...

Southern States Slowly Embracing Harm Reduction to Curb Opioid Epidemic [pewtrusts.org]

Southern states are embracing harm reduction techniques, including naloxone and needle exchanges, more than ever before. But some conservatives say there’s a limit to their support. As a top agent with North Carolina’s Bureau of Investigation, Donnie Varnell had tried everything to stop people from fatally overdosing on opioids, from arresting more low-level drug users to talking with doctors. Nothing worked. In 2014, he heard a former SWAT commander speak to law enforcement officers about...

For Kids With Anxiety, Parents Learn To Let Them Face Their Fears [npr.org]

The first time Jessica Calise can remember her 9-year-old son Joseph's anxiety spiking was about a year ago, when he had to perform at a school concert. He said his stomach hurt and he might throw up. "We spent the whole performance in the bathroom," she recalls. After that, Joseph struggled whenever he had to do something alone, like showering or sleeping in his bedroom. He would beg his parents to sit outside the bathroom door or let him sleep in their bed. "It's heartbreaking to see your...

It's Tricky

Use your words. It seems like such a friendly, gentle reminder. And it would make grown up lives so much easier if kids would just say what they want! Except what if they a) don’t know the right words or b) don’t know what they want? I walked up on an educator (let’s call them G) and a small child in the hallway. I could see the child had been crying, and was now stomping their feet and making sounds with their mouth, something like, “Uh uh uh uh uhhhh!” G, who was kneeling down on the...

The Economics of Child Abuse: A Study of California

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...

My TEDx Talk; surviving Childhood Trauma thru Art and Resilience

I recently delivered a TEDx Talk revealing my high ACEs score of nine and how I found out about the ACEs movement by accident. Last July, I attended a screening of "Resilience" thinking it would be a movie about how a powerful coping mechanism can help children cope with toxic stress. Instead, imagine my shock, as I watched clinicians explain that my ACEs score could result in a shortened lifespan by 20 years! Dazed and afraid, I threw myself into researching the findings of the ACEs...

FREE MASTER CLASS FOR EDUCATORS:

FREE MASTER CLASS FOR EDUCATORS: "The Top 10 Truths Every Teacher Needs to Know About Trauma" This 60-minute Master Class is an opportunity for teachers to take their FIRST STEP into becoming "trauma-informed." Learn how trauma impacts your students' brains, bodies and behavior, and the approaches that can make your job easier and less overwhelming! TUESDAY, May 7th @1pm (PST) - ONLINE Certificate of Attendance available for attendees Link for Deets: https://www.traumacamp.com/masterclass...

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