Findings from a National Landscape Scan of TIC/ACEs Evaluation Efforts
Learning from peer Initiatives to better understand the current landscape of TIC/ACEs efforts and their outcomes nationally.
October 2022
Care work is in crisis. That’s a disaster for the rest of the economy. [washingtonpost.com]
By Catherine Rampell, Photo: Craig Mithelldyer/AP, The Washington Post, October 13, 2022 How about getting some of that sweet, sweet industrial policy for an industry that really needs it? Not manufacturing plants. Not the tech sector. I’m talking about the “care” industry — the sector that’s needed to grease the wheels when it comes to the rest of the economy but one that Congress has largely ignored. The U.S. economy has more than recovered all the jobs lost in the pandemic. But there are...
Mandatory Reporting Was Supposed to Stop Severe Child Abuse. It Punishes Poor Families Instead. [propublica.org]
By Mike Hixenbaugh, Suzy Khimm, and Agnel Philip, Photo: Stephanie Mei-Ling, ProPublica, October 12, 2022 More than a decade before the Penn State University child sex abuse scandal broke, an assistant football coach told his supervisors that he had seen Jerry Sandusky molesting a young boy in the shower. When this was revealed during Sandusky’s criminal trial in 2012, it prompted public outcry: Why hadn’t anyone reported the abuse sooner? In response, Pennsylvania lawmakers enacted sweeping...
Inside America’s groundbreaking solar-powered health facility [theguardian.com]
By Pam Strayer, Photo: Eric Forberger/Business Wire/AP, The Guardian, October 13, 2022 I t is not easy to rattle Rosa Vivian Fernandez. The chief executive of a California healthcare clinic, she sees the harsh realities that the low-income, largely Hispanic community served by the clinic faces every day. But when Fernandez traveled to Puerto Rico in 2017 to visit family, she was shocked to see how deeply Hurricane Maria had devastated the island. “All the healthcare centers – the ones that...
Global Resiliency Accelerator to Meet
As co-founders of the Global Resiliency Accelerator, Dr. Warren Larkin and I are happy to announce the November 15 learning session which will feature Chuck Price, Founder of Blue Collar Consulting presenting. This presentation is intended to take a look at the current ‘system’ and our current practices through a trauma informed lens, and then challenge all of us to apply the “know better, do better” mindset. Because…a trauma-informed approach to Child Welfare, and other systems, is...
Assessment and Screening of Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs) Alongside Childhood Adversity with Jill Merrick
This presentation introduces the Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs) scale, a brief, culturally sensitive measure of positive childhood experiences that can be used as a counterpart to the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) scale (Narayan et al., 2018). We will review research on the role of BCEs in predicting adaptation over the lifespan and across generations in individuals experiencing high levels of risk and adversity, including parents in emergency housing and low-income pregnant...
City Voices Interview with Skip Skipper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXzkXjQLb_M&t=24s Interview with Skip Skipper, CEO, Justice Peer InitiativeConducted by Carl Blumenthal, Peer Specialist 1. What's your recovery story and how did it lead you to your current job? 2. What are the origins of the JPI and who has been involved? 3. Since you don't want to reinvent the wheel, what are the models and who are the leaders in the field? 4. What is the mission, goals, and structure of JPI, including your fundraising efforts? 5. Where...
HOPE in Foster Care Organizations [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Robert Sege, 10/13/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ HOPE National Resource Center Director, Bob Sege, went to Darwin Australia two weeks ago. Below is his firsthand experience and impression of how international foster care organizations are practicing the HOPE framework. I recently gave a keynote address at the International Foster Care Organization ’s annual meeting in Darwin Australia. This was their first in-person meeting since 2019. About half of participants were...
Suicide prevention means child protection
The most effective, affordable, and decent thing we can do to prevent suicide is to prevent the lifetime of pain ACEs cause.
What Happened to You? Book Study
Take a Second Look Educational Foundation presents an online Book Study of Dr. Perry and Oprah's book. Join us to explore how childhood experiences continue to affect us well into adulthood. Tuesdays on Zoom at 7 p.m. PST 10/18 to 11/15 We will discuss 2 chapters per week. Perfect attendance NOT required. Zoom link to register for the series
Stop separating physical health from mental health! Join Dr. Donielle Prince for this discussion on Thursday’s History. Culture. Trauma. podcast
It's time, as a society, to stop separating mental health from physical health. “Research has found that there is credibility to the term ‘mind-body connection’. There is a clear link between our thoughts, feelings, emotions and our physical body. At this point, shouldn't we, as a society, stop separating mental health and physical health? Are they not one in the same?” says Ingrid Cockhren, PACEs Connection CEO and cohost of the podcast History. Culture. Trauma. She and guest Dr. Donielle...
Trauma-informed Design Evaluation Tool for K-12 Schools Is Here!
The Trauma-informed Design Society is pleased to announce the new TiDEvalK12 tool ! This tool is the first of its kind--an evidence-based tool to facilitate interior design renovations and new builds of K-12 schools! It can be used to evaluate the physical space and identify changes that can lower the stress levels of students and staff. The tool is grounded in the Substance and Mental Health Services Administrations' guidance for a trauma-informed approach, the Trauma-informed Design (TiD)...
Join us on October 18-19! Vital Village Networks 2022 National Community Leadership Summit
We invite you to join us next week for the 9th annual virtual National Community Leadership Summit, themed Crafting Our Legacy: Collaborative Action for Love, Liberation, and Joy , hosted by Boston Medical Center’s Vital Village Networks on October 18-19 from 12pm-5:30pm Eastern (4pm-10pm Greenwich Mean Time). The Summit will include two general conference days, a pre-conference focused on equity in data, as well as an opportunity to embark on a six-month learning journey focused on beloved...
Why today's girls are so anxious and depressed (cnn.com)
NOTE: Join us Wednesday, October 12, when Donna Jackson Nakazawa, whose sixth book, "Girls on the Brink" (a solution to the problems mentioned in the story below; more info on it here ) will meet PACEs Connection staff and members in a webinar from 3 - 4:30 p.m. ET; 12-1:30 p.m. PT. This the second of our Connecting Communities One Book at a Time book study offerings. Join us to receive your free Book Study Kit, a guide you and friends can use to learn more about why today's girls are more...
Happy National Coming Out Day (Point of Pride)
Click HERE for more information. Finding the words to come out to someone close to you can be hard, especially when it’s a close family member or a person who you’ve known all of your life. Today, as we celebrate our vibrant community and our own unique and beautiful identities, we wanted to share one of the most popular resources on our website – a guide to writing a coming out letter to your family . If you (or someone you care about) are considering coming out, we hope you’ll find this...