February 2024

Parents often enter treatment with a “just fix my kid” mindset and refuse to engage or change themselves. An unchanged family cannot sustain change in a child. Join Dr. Scott Sells, founder of the FST| Family Systems Trauma techniques for this free webinar where you will learn a 5-question FST Motivational script that you can use the next day. DATE: Wednesday, March 20 TIME: 12 - 1 pm EDT COST: Free with REGISTRATION HERE An opportunity for Q & A with Dr. Sells will follow.

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!] Child Abuse Kaferly J, Orsi-Hunt R, Hosokawa P, et al. Health Differs by Foster Care Eligibility: A Nine-Year Retrospective Observational Study Among Medicaid-Enrolled...

We are excited to announce an encore episode of History. Culture. Trauma. ! Our next conversation is an encore episode featuring an excerpt of an interview with best-selling author and developer of the Neurosequential Model, Dr. Bruce Perry . As our nation celebrates Black History Month, we at PACEs Connection believe it is appropriate to recognize the history of enslavement, discrimination, Jim Crow and domestic terrorism that Black people have endured. The resulting historical trauma of...

We are excited to announce that the first Global Resiliency Accelerator for 2024 will be held on Wednesday, February 28 from 12-2 p.m. EST. In this session, Becky Haas, Co-founder of the Global Resiliency Accelerator, will present on "Moving from Trauma Aware to Trauma Competent." Becky's presentation will provide information on available resources including reliable roadmaps for creating sustainable trauma informed culture change. She also will share helpful tips as an organizational coach...

Teaching kids who have been through adverse childhood experiences vital safety skills is crucial for their development. Regularly practicing home safety skills can increase their confidence, reduce the risk of accidents, and help kids feel more secure. However, most kids will mentally check out if you didactically tell them what they should not do. This is understandable, as no one enjoys extended safety lectures. Instead, try to utilize novel safety strategies to engage kids and help them...

By Laura Gallant, 2/12/24, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ The HOPE National Resource Center will be hosting our Annual Week of HOPE from March 18-22, taking place during the same week as our Fourth Annual HOPE Summit – The HOPE Transformation . During the Week of HOPE, we host events and share new resources that honor and promote the widespread use of positive childhood experiences. These events include sharing of new tools and trainings for anti-racism, honoring those who practice the...

At the Family Trauma Institute, we define “interactional trauma” as the constant conflict between parent and child (drama = trauma) that leads to resentment, bitterness, and lost attachment. Often, the quickest way to heal this type of deep trauma is through the child or adolescent’s love language. Each child has a special one. For some it's “words of affirmation” and for others “quality time”. But our parents often have no clue what it is or why it’s so important. Therefore, both counselors...

Did you know that when you choose to use your health insurance benefits for your psychotherapy sessions you waive the right to any privacy about your mental health with your insurance provider? Did you know that session notes can be audited and reviewed by your insurance company? Did you know that using your health insurance benefits for psychotherapy automatically implies a mental health disorder diagnosis...that follows you even if you change plans, change jobs, change insurances? How...

Pregnancy loss is a devastating experience that happens to many parents every year and most go on to conceive again. This experience can turn gestation into a time that feels tenuous and full of worries, making it hard for parents to feel safe to bond with their growing baby. Our own histories and our ancestral imprints around death and loss have an impact on how we move through the loss of a baby, making this phase possibly even more challenging. Considering that the prenatal period is one...

In July 2021, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law P.L.2021, c.187 to create a statewide, universal home visiting (UHV) program for newborns in the State of New Jersey.1 The program has been branded in New Jersey as Family Connects NJ. New Jersey is the second state in the country to legislate a statewide program through which families with a newborn can have a specially trained nurse visit their home in the first few weeks after the child’s birth. The services are free, voluntary, and meant...

There are way too many parents who haven’t a clue how to raise a child. They are not engaging in parenting behaviors and practices generally recognized as supporting the healthy development of children. It’s high time for an entirely new kind of parenting education that reaches everyone, everywhere. One that reaches grandparents raising grandchildren, mature parents, young parents, soon-to-be parents, teens, even school age children. A kind of parenting education that should be a permanent...

SEL and mental health are deeply interconnected, and families play an essential role to nurture both in students of all ages. Discover best practices for engaging caregivers in such initiatives. ParentPowered can help, too, with programs serving families from birth through high school. Read the article here.