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March 2021

Facing My Fear With Forward-Facing

I'm afraid. * Can I get there and back before dark? Now I’m in a rhythm, going fast, breathing harder, yet still able to inhale the Sedona beauty that never gets old. Last mile now. Steep ascent. Crisp air chilling. Sun descending. * I’m here before dark and yeah, it looks just as scary as the pictures did. I’m not afraid of heights but something about this is terrifying. I watch “maniacs'' take their turn on the largest sandstone bridge in the Southwest and like Sid the Sloth I tell myself...

Free Interactive Webinar on Building Positive Relationships with Children who have Experience Trauma

Free Interactive Webinar on Building Positive Relationships with Children who have Experienced Trauma. Perfect for professionals, parents, foster-parents, and teachers. Meets Tuesday nights from March 23rd to May 11th from 5 to 7:30 pm central time. The curriculum is aligned with the NCTSN, has TF-CBT components, and is researched based. Please e-mail Rhonda Rude by March 12th if you are interested in attending, it's an amazing training!

Family Estrangement, What is It?

Family Estrangement (FE) is an emotional distancing and cessation of communication between one or more members of a family. It is the breakdown of the support from and to a person who can no longer trust their family to be on their side any longer.

Virginia TICNs Plan Second Annual Resilience Week VA

Trauma-informed community networks throughout Virginia are beginning planning for Resilience Week VA 2021, May 2-8. Last year, Governor Ralph Northam signed the first Resilience Week VA proclamation , and there were many wonderful initiatives and events throughout the Commonwealth. Communities and individuals showed up in exciting and innovative ways to creatively celebrate the week in the wake of a global pandemic that shifted the way we are able to engage with one another. Now a year into...

Eviction Bans Saved Lives During The Pandemic, New Research Says [theappeal.org]

By Joshua Vaughn, The Appeal, January 28, 1978 A new working paper from researchers at Duke University has found that policies that secured access to housing and utilities like water and electricity played a major role in preventing COVID-19 infections and deaths. Counties with a moratorium on evictions reduced county-level infections by nearly 4 percent and led to 11 percent fewer deaths, the paper found. And policies that prevented the disconnection of utilities like water and electricity...

Preventing trauma and suicide during catastrophic events and beyond [preventioninstitute.org]

From Prevention Institute, February 2021 Catastrophic events like the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, or other disasters can cause major upheaval in the lives of individuals and communities as a whole, disrupting the social fabric and cutting people off from much needed support. Preventing trauma and suicide under these conditions, and in the long term, requires dedicated attention and resources. Where do I start? The CDC’s Suicide Prevention Technical Package (link is external) and Adverse...

California educators pay a wage penalty for working with younger children, report shows [edsource.org]

By Karen D'Souza, EdSource, February 24, 2021 Even before the pandemic pushed the early childhood sector into crisis, California educators were paying a wage penalty for working with younger children, according to a new report from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at the University of California at Berkeley. Preschool teachers and child care workers earn 38% less than their colleagues in the K-8 system, the report says. This explains why 17% of early childhood...

Virginia's House And Senate Try To Reach Compromise Over Marijuana Legalization [npr.org]

By Whittney Evans and Ben Paviour, National Public Radio, February 25, 2021 Virginia is on the verge of legalizing recreational marijuana for adults and trying to learn from other states how to make sure the rollout is as equitable as possible, despite the pandemic. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Virginia is poised to become the 16th state to legalize recreational marijuana. As lawmakers there finalize the legislation, they're trying to learn the lessons of states that have come before them -...

 
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