February 2022

By Adele Peters, Photo: Matthias Mullie/Unsplash, Fast Company, February 2, 2022 When a San Francisco-based nonprofit started a basic-income pilot last year —giving a small group of people experiencing homelessness $500 per month for six months—it didn’t expect that the cash would be enough to help people find housing in a city where the average one-bedroom apartment rents for more than $3,000 a month. The group predicted that the money would help reduce stress and improve food security, and...

By Anya Kamenetz, Illustration: L.A. Johnson/NPR, National Public Radio, February 10, 2022 Dale Farran has been studying early childhood education for half a century. Yet her most recent scientific publication has made her question everything she thought she knew. "It really has required a lot of soul-searching, a lot of reading of the literature to try to think of what were plausible reasons that might account for this." And by "this," she means the outcome of a study that lasted more than...

Adversity in childhood can be prevented by going upstream and creating social policies that support optimal familial environments in early childhood. Such policies could focus on parenting, parent mental health and substance use, and poverty reduction, among other targets.

The current series, because it is November, has focused on gratitude. We have explored together topics such as toxic positivity and its effect on survivors of complex trauma. We have discovered that gratitude, when experienced without guilt or shame, is healthy and can aid in the healing process. This article will focus on what it means to be grateful and how we can harness its power to overcome obstacles that stand in our way. The Destructive Power of All-or-Nothing Thinking All-or-nothing...

The October 19-21, 2022 biennial Together for Families Conference is a unique virtual event that connects various stakeholders from across the U.S. and Canada in the Family Support and Strengthening Field to focus on best and promising practice for supporting families’ advancement. This conference, co-hosted by key national organizations in the field, is designed for practitioners at the program, systems, and funder levels, it will provide valuable opportunities to learn from expert...

Brain fog has become a common occurrence across age groups. Clear strategies can ease the stress and bust those brain fog symptoms.

PACEs Connection is helping to get the world out about this, 17th year of Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Day. See below for instructions on downloading, coloring, and entering your sheet in the coloring contest, and you may win a bag of RAK swag! On #RandomActsOfKindnessDay, (February 17, 2022), five random entries will be selected to receive a RAK #MakeKindnessTheNorm Swag bag. Visit https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/ to download a coloring sheet and instructions now!

PACEs coalitions rarely have the money they need to achieve their aspirations for preventing and addressing ACEs. With the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) providing staggering amounts of money to local governments and school districts, many coalition leaders might be wondering if there are ways to tap into that funding. The answer is YES, if you’re willing to be a team player and to take some initiative to make strategic connections. BILLIONS are Now Available One of the biggest parts of...

In this episode of Transforming Trauma , Brad Kammer, NARM Senior Faculty, is joined by our guest, Igal Hamelin. Igal is a spiritual director, meditation teacher, and a NARM Master Practitioner. In addition to working one on one with people, he also offers meditative attunement workshops for therapists. Throughout their conversation, we hear from Igal about his spiritual journey, his interest in psychology, and how he integrates the two today. “You need both to progress,” Igal shares. Igal...

By RNZ, Photo: Emily Perry/Neurosequential Network, RNZ, February 9, 2022 A long shadow is cast by childhood trauma because of its profound impact on the developing brain, an American psychiatrist says. Dr Bruce Perry is an expert on the impact of abuse, neglect and trauma on the developing brain and the implications for clinical practice. For three decades he has been an active teacher, clinician and researcher in children's mental health and the neurosciences, holding a variety of academic...

By Dan Fastenberg, Photo: Dan Fastenberg/Reuters, February 10, 2022 As far as Eddie Gibbs knows, he is the first person elected to the New York State Legislature who previously served time in prison, but shortly before his inauguration on Thursday he recalled wondering if he could ever shake the stigma of his manslaughter conviction more than 30 years ago. Gibbs, 53, won handily as the Democratic candidate in the Jan. 18 special election in the state Assembly's 68th District to represent...

From Health Affairs, Photo: Unsplash, HealthAffairs, February 2022 Take a look at the February 2022 issue of HealthAffairs HERE .