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January 2022

Postpartum Depression and the Baby Blues - Parenting Center Tip of the Week [mountsinaiparenting.org]

Postpartum Depression and the Baby Blues Parents of infants may express concerns around fluctuating emotions during the first few weeks after birth. Reassuring parents that it is totally normal to experience Baby Blues, while discussing more serious signs of PPD or PP Anxiety, is an important part of ensuring baby’s health, too. Untreated parental depression can disrupt a parent’s ability to sensitively respond to their infant, accurately read infant cues, and to engage in verbal and...

TODAY!! Education Upended: Talking Out of Turn presents: "All Schools, Community Schools" with special guest Dr. Hayin Kimner

Please join us for our new series Education Upended: Talking Out of Turn . This monthly series will feature a conversation facilitated by Lara Kain, PACEsConnection Education Consultant, with special guests on education related current events and hot topics. We will use a trauma-informed and PACEs science aware lens to examine what is going on K-12 education, what needs changing, and strategies being used in the field to disrupt harmful policies and make positive changes in the system.

E.P.A. Chief Vows to ‘Do Better’ to Protect Poor Communities [nytimes.com]

By Lisa Friedman, Photo: Gerald Herbert/Associated Press, The New York Times, January 26, 2022 Michael S. Regan, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, traveled to Jackson, Miss., in November to discuss the city’s poor water quality at an elementary school where children have to drink bottled water and use portable restrooms outside the building. The day he arrived, the halls were largely empty. Students had been sent home because the water pressure at the school was so...

Who Gets the Child? [washingtonpost.com]

By Sushma Subramanian, Image: Annelien Smet, The Washington Post Magazine, January 18, 2021 J udge Brent Hall had some stern words of advice for the young couple seated before him at Hopkins County Family Court in Madisonville, Ky. Jordan Pyles and Ashlyn Harrell had come to make some small adjustments to a temporary custody arrangement for their 4-year-old daughter, but on this March afternoon in 2018 what preoccupied them was their upcoming trial in June. Pyles, a 25-year-old project...

Immigrant workers in meatpacking plants were hit hard by COVID. Few want to talk about it. [centerforhealthjournalism.org]

By Natalie Krebs, Photo: Natalie Krebs, Center for Health Journalism, January 24, 2022 When COVID-19 hit the nation’s meatpacking plants and infected thousands of workers in the spring of 2020, it was widely reported. National stories described how workers, who are often first-generation immigrants, stood shoulder to shoulder for hours working on fast-paced lines. This is what made it so easy for the virus to spread through facilities quickly. I watched how leaders in Iowa overwhelmingly...

‘We are tearing open that wound’: the First Nations artists reclaiming Tasmania [theguardian.com]

By Walter Marsh, Photo: Jesse Hunniford/Mona, January 26, 2022 L aunceston is one of Australia’s oldest and perhaps most characterful cities. It’s full of Georgian, Victorian and Federation-era buildings largely untouched by wrecking balls or developers, often bearing their year of construction a century ago or more. With manicured lawns, flowerbeds and a classically inspired 1859 fountain, Prince’s Square pulls all that heritage charm together. But this week things are a little different.

Doc on a Mission: Helping Parents Break the Trauma Cycle

Scott Grant, MD., MPH joined us on the Less Stress in Life Podcast for a conversation on childhood trauma, how he approaches incorporating trauma-informed care into his practice, the transformational power of parenthood and his new Docs2Dads podcast. Dr. Grant is a Board-Certified pediatrician who works in primary care and hospital pediatrics in Southeast Michigan. Professionally, Dr. Grant is interested in learning how childhood adversity and toxic stress affect children into adulthood, and...

Redwood Forest in California Is Returned to Native Tribes [nytimes.com]

By Isabella Grullón Paz, Photo: Max Forster/Save the Redwoods League via Associated Press, The New York Times, January 26, 2022 Tucked away in Northern California’s Mendocino County, the 523 acres of rugged forest is studded with the ghostlike stumps of ancient redwoods harvested during a logging boom that did away with over 90 percent of the species on the West Coast. But about 200 acres are still dense with old-growth redwoods that were spared from logging. The land was the hunting,...

Association between youth homicides and state spending: a Chicago cross-sectional case study [bmjopen.bmj.com]

By Maryann Mason, Suzanne McLone, Michael C. Monuteaux, et al., Photo: Unsplash, BMJ Open, January 24, 2022 Abstract Objective To identify contributing factors associated with rapid spikes and declines in Chicago youth homicide from 2009 to 2018. Setting City of Chicago, Illinois, US 2009–2018. Participants Homicide count data come from the National Violent Death Reporting System. The study included information on 2271 homicide decedents between the ages of 15 and 24 who died between 1...

San Jose is first U.S. city to mandate gun owners carry insurance and pay a fee [mercurynews.org]

By Maggie Angst, Photo: Unsplash, The Mercury News, January 26, 2022 San Jose firearm owners will soon be subject to new gun control laws that no U.S. citizen has faced before — that is, if the divisive regulations hold up in court. In two separate votes, the San Jose City Council on Tuesday night passed a first-of-its-kind ordinance requiring residents who own a gun to carry liability insurance and pay an annual fee aimed at reducing gun violence. Proponents like Mayor Sam Liccardo...

CDC is asked to release race and gender data on long covid [washingtonpost.com]

By Christopher Rowland, Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, January 25, 2022 A pair of Democratic House members asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a letter Tuesday to release data on the number of Americans who suffer lingering symptoms of coronavirus infection, including breakdowns along race, gender and age. The National Institutes of Health and the CDC have launched detailed studies of long-term covid, often shortened to “long covid,” but...

With Nightmares and Tears, a Kentucky Town Feels the Long Reach of a Tornado’s Trauma [nytimes.com]

By Rick Rojas, Photo: William Widmer/The New York Times, The New York Times, January 25, 2022 Isaiah Holt passes his days sequestered in a home that was not touched by the tornado. Still, he cannot escape the storm. He sustained nerve damage while trapped in the rubble of the candle factory where he worked and fears it will be permanent. His skin is etched with cuts and chemical burns. A strong gust of wind or an exploding building in an action movie can unleash in him a rush of terror.

Re-envisioning early childhood policy and practice in a world of striking inequality and uncertainty

During the last two years, a devastating pandemic has exacerbated longstanding inequalities and disrupted vital services, while a groundswell of social activism has brought broader public attention to the deeply embedded inequities of institutional and systemic racism. These converging challenges have intensified the demand for fresh thinking about the future of the early childhood field.

Great News a 50% Discount Off Conference Registration for 23rd Annual Families and Fathers Conference

I am sharing great news! Collaboration is a benefit for many stakeholders. In 2022, we have confirmed support for the 23rd Annual Families and Fathers Conference, as of yesterday, from the following: The Annie E. Casey Foundation First 5 California Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Nurturing Fathers Program The support allows giving a LIMITED amount of discounts for NEW registrations. FFCA will discount 50% off in-person attendees, going from $299 early to $149.50. We will also give a 35%...

Today! Watauga’s Wednesday Conversations: Veterans’ invisible injuries; family dynamics. Please register now!

Please join us today at noon for our WCCI Wednesday Conversation. We will be talking about working with veterans ~ invisible injuries and family dynamics. The presentation will introduce three major invisible injuries that veterans face on the battlefield and how invisible injuries have an impact on family members. In addition to discussing Post Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Moral Injury Condition, the facilitators will also address how pain impacts those injuries and offer...

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