Tagged With "childhood trauma"
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An evidence-based depression intervention for African-American adults of faith
Everyone has to deal with stressful times. Sometimes dealing with hard times can cause you to feel down. REJOICE is a research study that wants to find out the best way to help people (1) recognize when they are feeling down and (2) learn skills that will help people manage low mood. We are looking for churches that are interested in participating in the REJOICE project. Your church may be eligible to participate in REJOICE if the congregation is: 1. Predominately African American 2. Has at...
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Resilience
On the 27th of April 2018, Rowan-Salisbury School System hosted a showing of the movie Resilience at the Norvell Theater in Salisbury, North Carolina. Upon entering the lobby of the Novell Theater, shortly after 6pm that evening, the amount of enthusiasm and partnership surrounding the showing of Resilience and the trauma work being done within the community was breathtaking. The lobby was filled with teachers and social workers and many key community stakeholders, all working together to...
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Sheltering in Place: ACEs-Informed Tips for Self-Care During a Pandemic
Millions of lives have been affected in unprecedented ways by the Coronavirus (COVID-19). We are all grappling with uncertainty—our daily routines interrupted, not knowing what is to come. For those of us who have Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), these times can be particularly distressing. At the Center for Youth Wellness (CYW), we know that childhood trauma can have a significant impact on an individual’s health and well-being – both physiologically and psychologically. Since the...
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Tennessee report chronicles progress in addressing health and success of children from infancy to college and beyond
Tennessee First Lady Crissy Haslam this week released a report highlighting eight years of progress by the state to improve the lives of children and families. Prioritizing Tennessee’s Children: Our Promise to Future Generations reflects an early commitment by Governor Bill Haslam’s administration to make the health and success of all Tennessee children a state priority. In conjunction with Governor Haslam’s Children’s Cabinet and Deputy Governor Jim Henry, First Lady Haslam set out to...
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The Black Community, COVID-19 & Trauma [sdvoice.com]
By Latanya West, San Diego Voice, May 15, 2020 In January 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Dr. Nadine Burke Harris as California’s first-ever Surgeon General. An award-winning physician, researcher and advocate, Dr. Burke Harris’ career has been dedicated to serving vulnerable communities and combating the root causes of health disparities. Her work is equally dedicated to changing the way our society responds to one of the most serious, expensive and widespread public health crises of...
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The Developing Brain & Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Thanks to an explosion in scientific research now possible with imaging technologies, such as fMRI and SPECT, experts can actually see how the brain develops. This helps explain why exposure to adverse childhood experiences can so deeply influence and change a child's brain and thus their physical and emotional health and quality of life across their lifetime. The above time-lapse study was conducted over 10 years. The darker colors represent brain maturity (brain development). I have added...
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The Fort Smith Children’s Shelter is Hosting a ‘Virtual Hugs’ Fundraiser [5newsonline.com]
By 5 News Web Staff FORT SMITH, Ark. — Many people are missing their loved ones due to social distancing amid the coronavirus crisis and longing for a simple hug from those that they have not been able to be near. The Fort Smith Children’s Shelter (FSCS) is hosting a fundraiser that allows people to support children in foster care while giving virtual love and hugs to others. When you make a monetary contribution online, FSCS will send a virtual hug to someone you miss or someone you know is...
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The Story of Early Childhood Education in Little Rock Using the Pixar Story Spine
Once upon a time, child care centers in Little Rock met basic, minimum requirements to be licensed by the Arkansas Department of Human Services as a center. Above and beyond the licensing requirements, centers could choose to participate in Better Beginnings, a voluntary system administered by the Arkansas Department of Human Services that sets a quality rating of the enrolled child care centers. Better Beginnings distinguishes the quality of each Arkansas childcare center by a one-, two-...
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The Tiny Cell that Connects our Physical and Mental Health, and Solves a Decades-old Mystery of Why Toxic Stress Leads to Brain Changes that Spark Depression, Anxiety
More than a decade ago, I was diagnosed with several autoimmune diseases, one after another, including Guillain-Barré syndrome , which left me paralyzed twice while raising two young children. All told I spent six years in and out of bed and hospitals, learning, between crises, to use a cane or walker to navigate life as a working-mother-with-chronic-illness. My immune system was repeatedly and mistakenly attacking my body, causing the nerves in my arms, legs, and those I needed to swallow...
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Tools and how to use them is focus of second webinar on Community Resiliency Model, May 14, 2020
The second of two free Community Resiliency (CRM) webinars with Elaine Miller-Karas , key creator of the CRM, will be held Thursday, May 14, from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET, (10 a.m. CT; 9 a.m. MT, and 8 a.m. PT) and will include the practical application of tools of the model. CRM is an ACEs science-based biological model for helping individuals become emotionally regulated during natural disasters and other dysregulating times. Miller-Karas will be joined by CRM trainers from Wilmington, NC:...
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Trauma is Messy
I will always remember the day that, as a student teacher, I watched as a student entered my second-grade room covered in blood. After quickly establishing that he was not injured, we learned that the blood was that of his brother who had been shot the night before. No parents were around that night, so this second grader became the sole caregiver of his bleeding brother. My student would never be the same. We didn’t care about grades or test scores. We just knew that this moment would...
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Tulane psychiatrist wins national award for research that shows how trauma seeps across generations [Tulane University]
Tulane child psychiatry professor Dr. Stacy Drury will receive the 2018 Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement in October at the AACAP’s 65th Annual Meeting in Seattle. Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano.
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UA-Little Rock MPA Students Issue Recommendations for AR ACEs Workgroup
The Arkansas Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Workgroup partnered with the University of Arkansas - Little Rock Master of Public Administration's (MPA) spring 2018 capstone class to conduct research and analysis to help guide the workgroup's strategic planning process. Several members of ACEs Connection graciously agreed to be interviewed by the students. We want to say thank you to everyone from ACEs Connection who lent their experience and insight for this project. The class of...
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Video from the 2017 Arkansas ACEs/Resilience Summit Online
The Arkansas Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Workgroup hosted its first ACEs/Resilience Summit: Every Child Deserves a Champion on Oct. 13, 2017. With more than 100 in attendance, including Susan Hutchinson, First Lady of Arkansas, the workgroup started a larger conversation about ACEs, their impacts, and what communities and organizations are doing to prevent and treat ACEs and help children and families build resilience. Dr. Alan Mease , medical director for child and...
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Webinar: Cultivating Our Best Selves in Response to COVID-19 | Tuesday, March 17 at Noon PDT
How to use the skills of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) for self and others to be the calm in the storm as we face the unknown. Free Webinar Tuesday, March 17 at Noon PDT Speakers: Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW Linda Grabbe, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC Zoom Webinar Registration Link: https://zoom.us/j/715837300 Additional ways to join are listed at the bottom of this post. About the webinar leaders: Elaine Miller-Karas is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Trauma Resource Institute and...
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Webinar Learning Series begins tomorrow: State Policy Approaches to Addressing Childhood Adversity, Wednesday, January 10, 10am PST (1:00 PM EST)
Reminder of tomorrow's ( Wednesday, January 10, 10am PST/1:00 PM EST) webinar on State Policy Approaches to Addressing Childhood Adversity Please join us for a three -part learning series hosted by the California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity and ACEs Connection . We'll hear from states that are making great strides towards adopting trauma-informed policies and practices. Three-Part Learning Series: Webinar 1: Overview of State Level Efforts to Address Childhood Adversity and...
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Webinar Oct. 17 — Integrating ACEs science in pediatrics: Early adopters share lessons from the field
An ACEs Connection webinar co-sponsored with 4 CA In 2017, California became the first state in the country to pass a law supporting universal screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in the 5.3 million children in the state’s Medicaid program. As clinicians around California await the state’s announcement of what this new policy will entail, many are wondering what it takes to integrate ACEs science in a pediatric practice. Meet Drs. Deirdre Bernard-Pearl, R.J. Gillespie and...
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When Hidden Grief Gets Triggered During COVID-19 Confinement
first published by The Meadows 4/15/20 Our sense of loss during the current COVID-19 crisis can trigger hidden emotions from when we experienced a sense of loss before. Whatever early losses you have had in your life — whether they be your own divorce, your parents, or both, or the abandonment of one parent, a childhood or parental illness or death, financial upheaval, constant moving around, or growing up with parental addiction or adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) — they are likely to...
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Whole People Series & Study Guide (www.pbs.org)
There's a fantastic five-part series, Whole People , done by PBS, " spotlighting the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) through personal and community stories. It explores the long-term costs to personal well-being and our society. While much work needs to be done, there are many innovative developments to prevent and treat ACES. We all play a role in becoming a whole people." It's amazing. The five topics covered are as follows: Childhood Trauma Healing Communities A New...
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Yes, Stress Really is Making You Sick [newsweek.com]
By Adam Piore, Newsweek, March 2, 2020 In the mid-2000s, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris opened a children's medical clinic in the Bayview section of San Francisco, one of the city's poorest neighborhoods. She quickly began to suspect something was making many of her young patients sick. She noticed the first clues in the unusually large population of kids referred to her clinic for symptoms associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—an inability to focus, impulsivity, extreme...
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Youth shelter looks to open charter school for traumatized children
Northwest Arkansas Children's Shelter officials want to open a charter school that would specialize in serving children who have experienced trauma. The school would open for kids in kindergarten through third grade in August 2020 and add one grade level each subsequent year, if the state approves the shelter's application. "This model will be the first of its kind in the state," said Jake Gibbs, the shelter's director of education. "Northwest Arkansas is a leader in so many things, so I...
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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. This series is dedicated to providing insight into creating sustainable and effective online & IRL ACEs intiatives. "Starting & Growing Resilient Communities:...
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71 ACEs Initiatives Join ACEs Connection in 2019
We are proud to celebrate the 71 community initiatives that joined the ACEs Connection network in 2019. They are listed below, and can be found along with all existing ACEs Connection communities via the ACEs Connection map. Communities in the United States: Midwest ACEs Indiana Coalition Ardmore (OK) Behavioral Health Collaborative: Chisago County (MN) ACEs Initiative Franciscan Health ACEs Connection FH–Jasper & Newton Counties (IN ) FH–LaPorte County (IN) FH–Lake County (IN)...
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9 New Communities Join ACEs Connection
ACEs Connection Hawai'i Hawai'i is a place of natural beauty, multicultural heritages and practicing cultural arts that provides wellness and healing. However, cultural, historical & generational trauma has lead to an imbalance in our ahupua'a or ecosystem. Join us as we educate, empower & celebrate wellness and resilience building in our communities using trauma and culture aware strategies. Mahalo Community Manager: @Daniel Goya Northeast Region Hawaii Carey's
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A Kaiser pediatrician, wise to ACEs science for years, finally gets to use it
Dr. Suzanne Frank has known about the impact of childhood adversity on young lives for decades. She’s seen the fallout in the faces of young people huddled in beds at a children’s shelter where she worked years ago. She’s seen it as the regional child abuse services and champion for the Permanente Medical Group. And she’s seen it in hospital examination rooms where, as a member of the Santa Clara County’s Sexual Assault Response Team, she’s been called in to examine shell-shocked children...
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ACEs & African Americans Community on ACEs Connection
ACEs Connection envisions a resilient world where ALL people thrive. We are an anti-racist organization committed to the pursuit of social justice. In our work to promote resilience and prevent and mitigate ACEs, we intentionally embrace and uplift people who have historically not had a seat at the table. ACEs Connection celebrates the voices and tells the stories of people who have been barred from decision-making and who have shouldered the burden of systemic and economic oppression as the...
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ACEs & Resilience Coalition Subgroup Meeting
November 13, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. ACEs & Resilience Coalition Subgroup Meetings Please join us Wednesday, November 13, as our subgroups meet to begin working on projects for the new year. We can work together to raise awareness about the effects of ACEs, further the trauma-informed agenda, and help our state become a more resilient place for all Arkansans. We currently have two subgroups: Data Analysis & Policy and ACEs Awareness Training. The former will focus on how the coalition...
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ACEs Connection's Inclusion Tool makes sure nobody's left out
We developed ACEs Connection's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Tool — called the Inclusion Tool, for short — to ensure that ACEs initiatives across the world focus on being inclusive when forming a steering committee, recruiting leaders, providing education about ACEs science, recruiting members, or providing resources and services within their communities. The more inclusive your ACEs initiative is, the more diverse it will be, giving your initiative a real shot at achieving equity and...
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ACEs News and Notes -- Dec. 19
2019 Legislative Session on the Horizon The 2019 regular legislative session of the Arkansas General Assembly starts Jan. 14. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and the Invest Early Coalition have announced their respective legislative priorities for this session, which are attached. If your organization or agency has legislative priorities related to ACEs and/or resilience that you would like shared with the workgroup, please send them to me. Please be sure to make your voice...
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ACEs News and Notes -- Jan. 2
Meeting Reminder The next ACEs Workgroup meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. Jan. 9 at AFMC, 1020 W. 4th St., #300, Little Rock. Our guest speaker will be Laura Abbott, a high school health teacher and victim's rights advocate. She will present on how she talks about ACEs and trauma with her students. If you plan on attending in person, please reply to this email and let me know. If you would like to attend virtually, the login information is below. https://www.gotomeet.me/AFMCPA Phone number:...
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ACEs News and Notes-- Jan. 23
Free Trauma Tapping Technique App One of the most important aspects of trauma recovery is learning self-calming techniques to help relax during an emotional stress response. The Peaceful Heart Network, a nonprofit organization that works with survivors of the genocide in Rwanda and Congo, worked with a trauma expert to develop the Trauma Tapping Technique (TTT). TTT is a five-minute sequence of rhythmic tapping on various spots on the face and body while lightly focusing on what bothers you.
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ACEs News and Notes - Jan. 30
Call for Proposals The Third Annual Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference: Promoting Equitable Access to High Quality Services for Vulnerable Children and Families , is scheduled for July 29-Aug. 1 at the Thomas Jefferson University’s East Falls Philadelphia campus. This training conference will provide an intensive, collaborative and engaging experience to providers, educators and leaders across health, education and social service disciplines, as well as to community advocates promoting...
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ACEs News and Notes -- Nov. 13
Reminder: Workgroup Meeting Tomorrow The workgroup meets at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) at AFMC, 1020 W. 4th St., #300, Little Rock. If you plan to attend the meeting in person, please reply to this email and let me know. Below is the information on how to attend virtually. Webinar link: https://www.gotomeet.me/AFMCPA Conference line: (646) 749-3112 Access Code: 181-269-685 ARBEST Webinar: Childhood Adversity, Resiliency and the Brain Dr. Andrew James, Ph.D. of the Brain Imaging Research...
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ACEs News and Notes -- Nov. 20
A Season for Giving Thanks As we celebrate Thanksgiving later this week, I wanted to express how thankful I am for each of you, for your support of the workgroup, and your desire to learn more about ACEs, how to prevent and address them, and what you can do to make the lives of families and children better in Arkansas. ACEs work can seem like a massive and daunting task, so I wanted to share with you two recent victories. Rachel Hritz is a workgroup member and kindergarten teacher at Amboy...
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ACEs News and Notes -- Nov. 8
Workgroup Meeting Next Week There will be a general ACEs workgroup meeting at 1 p.m. Nov. 14 at AFMC, 1020 W. 4th St., #300, Little Rock. Angela Duran from the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading will talk about the campaign's new Excel to 8 initiative, which aims to provide selected counties technical assistance to develop comprehensive, holistic, and cross-sector networks to support the health and well-being of children birth to 8. We will also review the facilitator's report from...
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ACEs News and Notes -- Oct. 12
Resilience Tools for Adults Most experts in the field of ACEs and resilience will tell you that it's critical to take a two- and sometimes three-generational approach when working to prevent and address ACEs: children don't live in a vacuum, and their adult family members more often than not had similar experiences during childhood. Also, those of us working with children and families affected by adversity and trauma need to ensure we have our own stores of resilience. The Devereux Center...
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ACEs News and Notes -- Oct. 23
2018 National ACEs Conference Highlights Daphne Gaulden, Dr. Chad Rodgers and I attended the 2018 National ACEs conference and pediatric symposium last week in San Francisco. Hosted by Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris' Center for Youth Wellness and ACEs Connection, the event was an opportunity to hear the latest about ACEs screening in pediatric practices and ACEs/resilience work around the country in various sectors. This week, I wanted to share thoughts from the closing keynote by Steve Gross,...
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ACEs News and Notes -- Oct. 3
Subgroups Meet Oct. 10 The ACEs workgroup's policy, education/training and data subgroups will meet at 1 p.m. Oct. 10 at AFMC, 1020 W. 4th St., #300, Little Rock. All are welcome to join a subgroup. If you plan on attending in person, please respond to this email to let me know so that we can expedite the sign-in process when you arrive. If you would like to attend via webinar/conference call, let me know so that I can get you the login/call-in information. The next general workgroup meeting...
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ACEs News and Notes -- Oct. 30
CDC Launches New Online ACEs Training The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Veto Violence website recently launched an online introductory training on ACEs . The training's two modules cover an overview of ACEs and the public health approach to preventing ACEs. Plans are to release specialized training modules for physicians, nurses, health education specialists and general health professionals in the future. Infographic: How Trauma Affects Memory We have two kinds of memory:...
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ACEs science can prevent school shootings, but first people have to learn about ACEs science
The shooting in Florida isn’t only a gun regulation issue. It’s a systems change issue. All of our systems have to change their approach to changing behavior — whether it’s criminal, unhealthy or unwanted behavior — from a blame, shame and punishment approach, to one that is based in understanding, nurturing and healing….in other words, ACEs science.
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Action needed today by trauma advocates to urge Congress to address mental health and trauma in current COVID-19 legislation
The follow is a message from Dan Press, Legal Advisor to the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice ), about the need to contact Congress regarding a COVID 19 funding bill being considered this weekend. He is urging ACEs science/trauma advocates and leaders to send emails to their U.S. Senators and Representatives immediately to address the mental health and trauma implications of this pandemic. All – I hate to bother you on a Sunday, but we urgently need you to contact Congress to...
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Add the ACEs Connection “shortcut” to your phone and help make the world more ACEs Science aware. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!
Stay current with ACEs Connection -- and easily share stories via social media and email -- by accessing ACEs Connection and/or your community’s home page on your phone. Adding an ACEs Connection shortcut to your phone works for iPhone and Android systems and makes staying logged in, checking in, and sharing out quick and easy, on-the-go! Community managers: Share this post with community members, as using the shortcut is a great way to help your members stay abreast of what’s going on! On...
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AFMC to work with ARCOM, ARCare through $1.9 million grant
The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) has received a grant award totaling $1,902,095 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration. The grant is for a five-year project, entitled “Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Training Primary Care Champions,” and will train at least 20 health care professionals in leadership, team-based health care, practice transformation to value-based care and expanded use of trauma-informed...
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AR ACEs/Resilience Workgroup Partners with Graduate Students
The Arkansas ACEs/Resilience Workgroup has engaged the spring 2018 UA-Little Rock Master of Public Administration capstone class to produce a research and analysis report to help guide the workgroup as it develops its Collective Impact common agenda. Collective Impact is the workgroup's framework for action. The class of 13 students, which also includes Nonprofit Management Certificate and MPA/JD concurrent students, has been working since January on the following activities: 1. Conduct a...
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AR ACEs Workgroup Hosts Planning Workshop
About 40 members of the Arkansas Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Workgroup attended a planning workshop July 25 at the Hillary Clinton Children's Library in Little Rock. The workshop was facilitated by Mike Craw, PhD, an associate professor at the University of Arkansas - Little Rock School of Public Affairs and coordinator of UA-Little Rock's Center for Public Collaboration. The workgroup has adopted the Collective Impact framework for change, and the workshop is the group's...
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Arkansas DHS Receives $3.5 million Grant over Five Years to Help Young Children Who Experience Trauma
Funding will go toward training staff, parents, others in early childhood settings (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) --- The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education (DCCECE) has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Children & Families that will be used to train staff, parents, and others working with children from birth to 5 years old who have experienced trauma. “Young children in...
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Arkansas DHS Receives $3.5 million Grant over Five Years to Help Young Children Who Experience Trauma
Funding will go toward training staff, parents, others in early childhood settings (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) --- The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education (DCCECE) has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Children & Families that will be used to train staff, parents, and others working with children from birth to 5 years old who have experienced trauma. “Young children in...
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Be the Spark: Igniting trauma-informed change within our communities
Authors note: This piece is co-authored by @Lara Kain and @Christine Cissy White. Though we had never worked together or met, we were asked to co-present on creating t rauma-informed changes in communities by the Attachment Trauma Network for the first national (now annual) Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Summit in Washington, DC. This article is an expanded essay version of that presentation). Be the Spark Oprah Winfrey helped mainstream discussion about...
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Beyond ACES Summit: The Impact of Race, Culture, and Poverty Social Media Toolkit
The Beyond ACES Summit: The Impact of Race, Culture, and Poverty registration is LIVE! The summit theme is #MovingBeyondACES (adverse childhood experiences). This year is historically significant because it marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans to Virginia. It was also a time that marked significant trauma. The summit touches on many different aspects of life and history. It was showcase the heartfelt talent of youth through dance and movement, music, theatre and...