February 2018

Cope Family Center and the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Napa County are partnering with Napa County Probation Department to screen "Resilience: The Biology of Stress & Science of Hope" next Wednesday, March 7 from 9-11 am as part of a community wide initiative, Resilient Napa, to raise awareness of adverse childhood experiences and the power of resilience. Please register here . The screening will be followed by a conversation between attendees and panelists present to answer...

More than 65 people showed up in person in Placerville or via teleconferencing from South Lake Tahoe on Feb. 21 to learn about the National Pediatric Practice Community on ACEs (NPPC), a program of the San Francisco-based Center for Youth Wellness . Among the discussion points made by NPPC Program Manager Leena Singh were the connection between ACEs and health outcomes, the need for doing universal ACEs screening, and the necessary infrastructure to implement ACEs screening, according to...