April 2021

By The Council of State Governments Justice Center, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, March 29, 2021 In This Report, You’ll Learn An overview of the research methodology used. How juvenile justice involvement can carry lifelong consequences. How state policies are blocking people with juvenile justice involvement from opportunity. Advice for lawmakers on removing these barriers to opportunity. Summary This report — which can be downloaded or viewed online — explores how barriers to education...

By Jesper Löve, Kirsten Mehlig, Åsa Källström, et al., April 9, 2021 Abstract Background Despite the high prevalence and severe consequences for health and wellbeing, epidemiological research of neglected emotional needs during childhood is scarce and little is known about its relation to parental socioeconomic position (SEP). This study investigates the prevalence of family violence and parental unavailability in childhood and its association with parental SEP and parental psychological...

The consequences of adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, can have a detrimental effect on the individual child and their family. Adverse childhood experiences are defined as traumatic events that a child experiences between the ages of 0-17. Examples of these include, but are not limited to, experiencing or witnessing violence, abuse, or neglect. Particular individuals are more susceptible to experiencing ACEs in their lifetime, such as children of military soldiers, thus resulting in the...

Please welcome these five new communities to the PACEsConnection.com network! Greater Williamsburg Trauma-Informed Community Network (VA) Hope Beyond Hurt: A Trauma Informed Coalition of Cambria and Somerset (PA) Norwescap Parenting SEAS (NJ) Resilient Jefferson County (IN) Wyoming Statewide ACEs Action (WY) Details about each of them are below as is information about starting and growing your community initiatives and joining the Cooperative of Communities . Greater Williamsburg...

In 1999, an adult in my private practice remembered their difficult birth in their body while receiving bodywork from me. It was an eye opening moment. I had just had my first baby and was a newly graduated Biodynamic craniosacral therapist. We are trained to ask about the birth process in our adult clients because of the compressive forces on the body particularly the cranium. My client told me that she felt her lifelong depression was associated with her near death at birth, and what...

By Janette Villafan, L.A. Taco, April 5, 2021 I ce cream served with a side of mental health awareness. This is the concept behind Sad Girl Creamery , a Latina-owned ice cream pop-up that was seven years in the making opened by SueEllen Mancini. “I’ve been wanting to start this for a long time. I definitely wanted it to be Latin-centric and for it to include all the different types of cultures within our culture,” said Mancini. [ Please click here to read more .]

By Michael Levenson and Bryan Pietsch, The New York Times, April 10, 2021 Maryland lawmakers voted on Saturday to limit police officers’ use of force, restrict the use of no-knock warrants and repeal the nation’s first Bill of Rights for law enforcement , taking sweeping action to address police violence after nationwide demonstrations following the death of George Floyd. The Democratic-led legislature enacted the changes by overriding Gov. Larry Hogan’s vetoes during a session in which some...

By Sabra Ayres, Spectrum News 1, April 12, 2021 When Nadia Kerr joined a program for incarcerated mothers a year into her 20-year prison sentence, she hoped it would help her maintain some kind of relationship with her two daughters while she did her time. At first, the visitations with her daughters, organized by Girls Embracing Mothers, a Dallas-based nonprofit, kept Kerr out of trouble in the Hilltop Unit Prison for Women in Gatesville, Texas. The visits allowed Kerr to hug and to talk...

By Ria Vanessa Caliste, The Good Men Project, April 11, 2021 I get it, who gets up and wonder about the thoughts you’re having. It may be that you are so filled of your daily schedule and the ever to do list, that you just get up and get right into it. When something goes wrong, you unconsciously say to yourself that it had to go wrong, after all things always go wrong with me! Sounds familiar? [ Please click here to read more .]

1.0 Continuing Medical Education (CME) / Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Credit Available* Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Noon - 1 p.m. Register Here Join us for our next ACEs Aware webinar to discuss the physiology of toxic stress and how to apply the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress in pediatric care. Please note that the webinar title has been updated. If you previously registered for the April 14th ACEs Aware webinar on toxic stress physiology, no additional...

How Much Do You Know About Toxic Stress? What Is Stress? People normally experience stress. Usually they tolerate it, have the coping skills to endure it, and adapt. Usually, no damage results from normal, short-term stress when people have support and coping skills, and some stress can be a good thing. According to researchers and the University of California, Berkeley, the body’s stress response sometimes pushes us to be more alert, perform our best physically and mentally, and adapt...

By Rachel Kidman, Rachel Margolis, Emily Smith-Greenway, et al., JAMA Pediatrics, April 5, 2021 T he scale of COVID-19 mortality in the United States, including among prime-age adults, merits efforts to continuously track how many children are affected by parental death. Children who lose a parent are at elevated risk of traumatic grief, depression, poor educational outcomes, and unintentional death or suicide, and these consequences can persist into adulthood. 1 Sudden parental death, such...