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2025 PACEs Connection Financial Update, Member Survey, Request for Support.

Image: Source Since April, 2024, Dana Brown and I have been working as volunteers to keep your social networking site – PACEs Connection – up and running. Gratefully, your donations supported raising $14,859 to pay CrowdStack, the learning management system platform on which PACEs Connection operates, in November, 2024. We are deeply grateful that a longtime PACEs Connection member was able to direct the Langeloth Foundation to make a $10,000 tax-deductible donation toward the total. That...

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What does safety at work really mean?

Workplace safety goes beyond physical well-being and isn’t being comfortable all the time. Safety is about creating an environment where employees can thrive without fear of retribution or harm. Table of Contents Defining safety How do I know if I'm unsafe at work? What does a safe workplace look like? Why is safety important? Is safety the same as comfort? Building resilience Final thoughts Defining safety at work Trauma-informed approaches do not work without safety. What exactly do we...

C.D.C. Site Restores Some Purged Files After ‘Gender Ideology’ Ban Outcry [nytimes.com]

Vaccine information statements, which doctors are legally required to show patients before they are immunized, can be downloaded from the C.D.C. website, but their individual web pages are no longer active. Credit... Joe Raedle/Getty Images Intense backlash prompted the reinstatement of some online resources. But guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care remain missing. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times, Image: Joe...

Early Signs of Learning Challenges [childmind.org]

Tips that young kids might need support to thrive By Rae Jacobson, Daryaneh Badaly (Clinical Expert), Child Mind Institute, Image: screenshot from article , December 2, 2024 Quick Read It can be hard to tell if a preschool-age child is likely to have a learning disability. When kids are young, they develop skills at different speeds, and kids have different strengths and weaknesses. As they get older their abilities usually even out. But there are some signs in preschool and early school...

Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism [statnews.com]

The facts are available, if you look for them By Matthew Herper, STAT, Image: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images , February 3, 2025 Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — probably hundreds of times. But many people do not believe it, perhaps because too often it is repeated without a real explanation of how we know that. So here is an attempt to offer that explanation. Of course, the issue is in the news again because Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , President...

Study Finds More Than 300 Juveniles Were Shot by Police Between 2015 and 2020, One-Third of Them Fatally [publichealth.jhu.edu]

Study thought to be the first national accounting of both juvenile injuries and deaths from shootings by police in U.S. By Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Image: screenshot from article , January 30, 2025 A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions found that 317 juveniles under age 18 were shot by police between 2015 and 2020, one-third of them fatally. The Center for Gun Violence Solutions is based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...

Impact of childhood maltreatment on adolescents’ mental health– a longitudinal study based on dual-factor model [bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com]

By Qingji Zhang, Yeman Tu, Shunyu Yao, Qingdi Zhang, Jiangnan Liu, and Peng Quan, BMC Psychology, Image: Unsplashed provided by Crowdstack , February 3, 2025 Abstract The dual-factor model (DFM) of mental health has received increasing support in recent years. However, researchers have limited knowledge regarding the longitudinal changes in the DFM of mental health. This study considered the dual-factor mental health among adolescents using latent profile analysis (LPA). It explored the...

Growing as a Community: Fostering Health and Resilience in Healthcare

Making his encore appearance with us, join us in welcoming Matt Bennett in his second feature with our Growing as a Community series. Building upon the foundations set during his prior event, he will lead a dynamic workshop tailored for healthcare leaders at UC Davis Health introducing a variety of personal and organizational strategies for cultivating wellness and resilience within the healthcare industry. He will offer a refresher on key points made during his original presentation, but we...

Marital Emotional Neglect/Abuse. The Damage it causes.

Emotional neglect. It’s a quiet relationship killer, slowly dimming the light between two people. Before you know it, you feel alone even when your partner is right there. I’ve been there. I remember that gnawing loneliness, the constant ache for a real emotional connection. It’s debilitating. My goal is to help anyone experiencing emotional neglect feel less alone. Consider this a safe space to find hope, gain clarity, and remember your worth. This comes from a place of empathy — not...

New from National Prevention Science Coalition: Expand Your Prevention Science Knowledge with NPSC’s Continuing Education Courses!

The National Prevention Science Coalition (NPSC) is excited to offer a growing collection of continuing education (CE) courses designed to equip psychologists and professionals with essential prevention-oriented knowledge and skills. While psychology doctoral programs traditionally emphasize treatment over prevention, NPSC’s CE courses fill this critical gap by providing a strong foundation in prevention science—a field dedicated to reducing adverse psychological and social outcomes before...

Music & Thoughts To Share - Feel Like A Man by Michael Skinner

Music & Thoughts To Share - Feel Like A Man by Michael Skinner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ebrsp9PkfY&t=33s – written for someone who touched my heart and soul. “To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.” - Lao Tzu “Where there is love there is life.” - Mahatma Gandhi “The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” - Victor Hugo Please subscribe...

Ask the Community

New research shows the vital importance of positive childhood experiences in helping to create empathy in children. See " The influence of Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences on facets of empathy ". We are eager to find, illuminate, and share as models or norms these positive childhood experiences! You could simply post a photograph of a community experience that is culturally appropriate and community led, with information about your resiliency or PACEs group, what it is you all...Read More...

Participate in research on attachment, daily routine regularity, mental health, and childhood adversity!

Hi everyone! I'm a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, and I'm currently researching the associations between attachment, daily routine regularity, mental health, and childhood adversity. Your participation could significantly contribute to our understanding and clinical practices in these areas. The survey takes approximately 15-25 minutes to complete, and all responses are completely anonymous. Plus, you'll have the chance to win one of two £30 Amazon vouchers as a thank you for...Read More...
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Presentation for Older Teens/Young Adults

Has anyone taken clips from any of the TIC documentaries and incorporated them into a presentation for older teens/young adults? And yes, it is great to be able to show a full documentary and then have a follow up discussion, but not always possible when you have just an hour slot. And another ask...does anyone have presentation materials for police depts? thank you.Read More...

Resilience Videos

Zareen Hasan
Hi Everyone, I'm in the process of building a Healthy Grandfamilies course and was looking for assistance with good video resources to describe PACES and resilience. The videos ideally need to be between 3-4 minutes long. I realize there is a lot to say on this topic, but wanted to be as concise as possible. Thank you in advance for your help.Read More...
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Presentation for High School Students in an Alternative Program

I am doing a presentation on trauma to older high school students in an alternative program. Had thought about showing Paper Tigers with follow up conversation. I know there are other documentaries and perhaps even Ted Talks or YouTubes that would speak to their experiences. I am looking for suggestions. These students live in an urban setting that oftentimes reeks of toxic stress. Also, wold appreciate suggestions of icebreakers to use. The groups will be small, lending the conversation to...Read More...
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