March 2022

By Guest Author, 3/8/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ HOPE Week of Action Blog – March 7-11, 2022 Authors: Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba member of the HOPE National Advisory Board, and Allison Bovell-Ammon Last July, a TikTok trend embodied a moment of pure joy when policy change had a real-world impact on families’ lives. The social media outlet was full of parents dancing and taking a huge sigh of relief as the up to $300 monthly payments of the Advance Child Tax Credit (CTC)...

By Lisa Selin Davis, Illustration: Caroline Gamon, The New York Times, March 7, 2022 I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT THAT WAY How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times By Mónica Guzmán “Unfollow if you disagree.” It may sound like an innocuous social media phrase, but Mónica Guzmán suggests that, in reality, it reflects the brokenness of a world in which divergent viewpoints preclude relationships. Rejecting someone for their class, race or sexual orientation remains...

By Jon Marcus, Photo: Saul Martinez/The Hechinger Report, The Hechinger Report, March 6, 2022 With no one to support him after leaving foster care when he turned 18, Hasan Dickinson held down two jobs during his first semester at a large state university, running for the bus to work as soon as class was over. Those outside time commitments took such a toll on his grades that he was stripped of his financial aid, blocked from registering for any more classes and he risked being kicked out of...

By Soumya Karlamangla, Photo: Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press, The New York Times, March 4, 2022 If California were to provide reparations for Black residents, who exactly should qualify for the payments? That’s a question that has stumped the expert panel in charge of California’s historic reparations effort, the first undertaking of its scale and one that could have major implications for the rest of the nation. In 2020, California approved legislation to accomplish a tall order:...

By Angela Haupt, Illustration: Sonia Pulido/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, March 8, 2022 Hoarding is not a new issue, nor is our fascination with it. Reality television shows have been chronicling extreme cases of hoarding for years: “Clean House” debuted in 2003, for example, and “Hoarders” in 2009. But, according to a study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research in November 2021, hoarding disorder symptoms have “significantly worsened” during the pandemic, perhaps...

By Maia Szalavits, Photo: Walter Zerla/Getty Images, The New York Times, March 7, 2022 Doctors didn’t think Brent Slone would survive his gruesome 2011 car crash. His car flipped after he swerved to avoid a stalled vehicle. His spinal cord was compressed. He broke several ribs, a shoulder and a knee. One lung collapsed. A shattered pelvic bone ruptured his bladder and seriously damaged his spleen, kidney and colon. Miraculously, Mr. Slone avoided brain injury. However, he was paralyzed from...

The Department of Children and Families along with The Ounce of Prevention Fund Florida is happy to announce Protective Factors and True Colors training throughout Circuit 12 (Manatee, Sarasota and Desoto Counties) April 11, 12 and 15 th . We are honored that the Manatee County Children’s Advisory Board and the Family Safety Alliance are hosting the trainings . Save the dates as registration is March 14 – April 7 through Eventbrite. The trainings are FREE. Protective factors are conditions...

Join NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties on September 10th, 2020 from 4-5:30pm, for our Self-Care for First Responders presentation. This 1 ½ presentation, led by Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Charles Kenniff, and including speakers Joyce Carter Psy.D., LMHC, and Sarah Miller, CRPS, will provide all 1st responders with tools to help cope with trauma and stress, and how to be resilient during these turbulent times. To tune in, visit Zoom.us and enter Webinar ID- 846 4827 1239 Or...

Beyond the main pillars of sleep, exercise, and nutrition, these six practices optimize brain health and functioning in the present, while preparing the brain to adaptively rewire the hidden wounds from toxic childhood stress.

By Laura Gallant, 3/9/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Today, Wednesday, March 9, is the third day in our Week of HOPE. This week is intended to spread awareness of HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences TM and help people learn about the difference that positive childhood experiences can make for children, families, and those who serve them. Today’s theme is HOPE and Policy. We will be talking about policy in its many forms, from legislative action and advocacy...

ln this episode of Transforming Trauma, our host Emily is joined by practitioner, teacher, and author, Galina Denzel. Galina is trained as a practitioner of NARM as well as Somatic Experiencing. She recently published a book, Peace with Self, Peace with Food. Throughout the episode we hear about how Galina integrates trauma healing approaches into her work. Galina’s current focus in her work is with people who are suffering in their relationship with food, and often people who also have...

Dr. Karyn Harvey, noted expert on trauma with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) argues, “Trauma in people with IDD is the elephant in the room.” Yet, few IDD organizations train their staff about trauma, address trauma in the people they support, or recognize how re-traumatization can happen in their programs. This 60-minute webinar will discuss how TIC could strengthen your organization and how to determine your readiness to make this rewarding change.