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Data – 500 Cities: Local Data for Better Health – CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its partners released a website that provides first-of-its-kind, neighborhood-level health data for the 500 largest US cities [PDF-269KB]. The 500 Cities project provides data on 5 risk behaviors, 13 health outcomes, and 9 prevention practices for the most common, costly, and preventable chronic diseases. Health professionals can view data by city or census tract, explore the interactive map , get map books for individual cities, and...

Funding Announcement: SAMHSA Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma (Short Title: ReCAST Program)

Award Information Funding Mechanism: Grant Anticipated Total Available Funding: $2,500,000 Anticipated Number of Awards: Up to 2 awards Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $1,000,000 per year Length of Project: Up to 5 years Cost Sharing/Match Required?: No Eligibility: Eligible applicants are local municipalities (e.g., counties, cities, and local governments) in partnership with community-based organizations that have faced civil unrest within the past 24 months from the posting of this FOA.

Workshop April 6th - Building Resilience 2: Firmness Tools

Do your students over react to small things? Do they struggle to regulate emotion? Do they act younger than their age? Many students have been exposed to trauma and as a result have difficulties in school. In this workshop you will: Review and learn more of the brain science behind trauma informed practices. Learn several tools for setting clear and respectful limits while maintaining connections with youth. Practice the process of making effective agreements with youth. Location: The 2100...

Regional Workshops- Healthy Youth Survey

Via email from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Learn what students said about themselves, their school, family and community Be able to interpret and communicate the HYS results Learn how to use the HYS website and access your HYS data The training will include small group activities, to make these activities worth your while, please bring your laptop in order to access your HYS data. Consider bringing a colleague to enhance your learning and action planning.

Message from the Director: Dosage Matters in ECEAP [delblogspot.com]

Our goal as an agency is to get 90% of Washington’s children to be “ready for kindergarten,” and to have race and family income not be predictors of readiness. About 20% of Washington’s children are in families at or below 110% of the federal poverty level (FPL,) or about $24,000 for a family of four. These young people face many challenges in life and are a key part of any rational economic strategy for the state, as well as being part of the paramount duty enshrined in Washington’s...

Workshop - Emotional Intelligence: Develop Yourself for Leadership Success!

March 29 -- 8:30 am - 3:30 pm -- Olympia -- Workshop Overview: This workshop will provide an overview of the Six Seconds framework for understanding emotional intelligence and how it supports professional development. Emotional intelligence is the capacity to blend thinking and feeling to make optimal decisions - which is key to having successful relationships and improved effectiveness. The Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence model provides a framework for learning and action. Cost: $256 For...

Workshop - Perinatal Mental Health - Evidence Based Practices and New Research Findings

March 31, 2017 -- 2pm - 5pm -- Spokane The workshop attendees will learn about risk factors and epidemiology of perinatal mental disorders (MDD, Bipolar Dis, Anxiety Dis, Psychotic Dis, PTSD, Grief related issues), differential diagnosing, and evidence based assessment and treatment. In the end of the workshop they will be able to create an evidence based service plan to meet the needs of the woman and her family. In addition, they will be able to identify cultural and socio-economic factors...

Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk Prevention Training in Yakima

This training is appropriate for anyone who is interested in learning about suicide prevention in schools, healthcare, and community settings. When: Wednesday May 10 th , 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Where: Yakima Convention Center 10 N 8 th Street, Room 400, South Ballroom, Yakima, WA 98901 Cost: $35 and provides educational clock hours for educators and continuing education hours for social workers. Lunch will be provided Register: https://amsr_with_ospi_5-10-17.eventbrite.com See attached flyer.

This Town Adopted Trauma-Informed Care - And Saw a Decrease in Crime and Suspension Rates [yesmagazine.org]

Lincoln Alternative High School is in the small city of Walla Walla in southeastern Washington. It had been a place for students with disciplinary issues, those removed from the area’s other high schools, ordered there by a judge, or those who had performed poorly in middle school. Tucked in the middle of a residential neighborhood, Lincoln’s brick edifice and cherry-red doors now serve as a place of opportunity for many students. At Lincoln, the first trauma-informed high school in the...

OSPI – Kindergarten Preparedness Analytics

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) – Kindergarten Preparedness Analytics Data and Archived Webinar http://k12.wa.us/DataAdmin/PerformanceIndicators/DataAnalytics.aspx#kindergarten Includes links to data files, archived webinar (presentation recording) and PowerPoint slides. In the analytics section, you can look at the WAKids data by year, Educational Service District (ESD), school district (district detail tab), student groups and indicators. Student groups include :...

OSPI Student Support Conference

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Student Support Conference PreConference Session: Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk Registration for this session is separate from the conference. Additional information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/assessing-and-managing-suicide-risk-with-office-of-superintendent-of-public-instruction-tickets-32308762378 Conference: May 11 & 12, Yakima Convention Center Additional Information and registration: ...

Save the Date - 2017 Washington Behavioral Healthcare Conference

Celebrating Opportunity – Supporting Health & Recovery Sponsor: Washington Council for Behavioral Health June 14-16, 2017 -- Vancouver, Washington Our goal is to provide a learning experience that expands professional knowledge, promotes community partnerships, and helps make recovery a reality. This year there will be 35 workshops on a broad variety of behavioral health topics, and tracks on corrections & mental health, recovery & resiliency, management, leadership &...

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