May 2022

We are beyond burnout. 213 mass shootings in 2022 has only heightened the need for Interprofessional advocacy, as well as support.

In early May, the Community Resilience Coalition of Guelph & Wellington launched the “Building Connections for Resilient Kids” campaign about the importance of connections during childhood. Connections with adults help children develop resilience to face life’s challenges. These connections can be small actions that adults don’t realize have a big impact on a child’s wellbeing. The Coalition released a series of 8 short videos illustrating stories from community members about adults who...

CTIPP is seeking to hire a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) consultant for a 6-month period beginning late-June 22 with work scope completion by mid-December 2022. CTIPP’s Mission: To create a healthy, just, resilient, and trauma-informed society where all individuals, families, and communities have the social, political, cultural, economic, and spiritual opportunities and support necessary to thrive. CTIPP’s Goals: 1.) To inform and advocate for public policies and programs...

By Mick North, Photo: Nuri Vallbona/Reuters, The Guardian, May 26, 2022 Once again, news from the US has provided a shocking reminder of the pain and devastation of losing a loved one in a shooting. Nothing can prepare you for how it feels to drop your child off at the school gates in the morning and never see them alive again. Twenty-six years ago, that’s what my family was forced to endure. My five-year-old daughter Sophie was one of the victims of the Dunblane primary school massacre on...

By Kelly McGonigal, Image: Screenshot from article, The New York Times, May 24, 2022 It’s no secret that exercise, even in small doses, can improve your mood. Researchers even have a name for it: the feel-better effect . And while any physical activity — a walk, a swim, a bit of yoga — can give you an emotional boost, we wanted to create a short workout video specifically designed to make people happy. What would a “joy workout” look like? I’m a psychologist fascinated by the science of...

By Linda Hall, Photo: Tom E. Puskar/Times-Gazette.com, Ashland Times-Gazette, May 26, 2022 When children are placed in foster care , it's understood they are experiencing trauma. What's not always recognized is their parents are in a hard place, too. Ashland County's courts, area social services and other sectors of the Ashland and Wayne communities are hoping to join forces to promote positive parenting and successful reunification of children in foster care with their birth parents.

By Abby Boshart, Photo: Ryan DeBerardinis/Shutterstock, Housing Matters, May 25, 2022 There have long been gaps in America’s complex web of social programs, but the pandemic highlighted just how limited our social safety net is . This was especially true for the country’s renters, with more than 11 million households already rent burdened , and many working in industries hit hard by layoffs (PDF). But federal housing assistance lacked the funding to stabilize these households before or...

By Laura Gallant, 5/26/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The HOPE National Resource Center (NRC) released a new set of training videos! In the videos, Dr. Sege shares the results of an ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) screening to a parent and child, who are played by Courtney and her son, Henry. The videos show what this conversation can look like without the HOPE framework and with the HOPE framework. They give a side by side look at the difference that the HOPE...

https://blog.uniteus.com/impact-of-social-determinants-of-health Social determinants of health (SDoH) are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age—and these conditions shape health. Research shows strong connections between the social and economic needs of patients and their health challenges. A new white paper, written by Spencer Pratt, Vice President of Sales Solutions at Unite Us, discusses how health organizations can measurably improve health outcomes, and...

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Kamakshi Hart, solo artist, trauma-informed coach and award-winning creator of ‘Wild At Hart’ (HFF ’18) presents a timely call to action to build the superpower of resilience as a means to navigate a world in trauma. Award-winning creative team Kamakshi Hart, playwright/performer and Jessica Lynn Johnson, director/developer bring Resilient AF: Rising To The Occasion! to The Zephyr Theatre, 7456 Melrose Ave., on June 4, 645p, June 12, 745p and June 19, 7p. FOR TICKETS, SHOW TRAILER AND MORE:...

By Adam Taylor, Amanda Coletta, and Jennifer Hassan, Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Images/Getty Images, The Washington Post, May 26, 2022 A mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., claimed the lives of at least 19 children and two teachers Tuesday in the deadliest school shooting in the United States in almost a decade. The killings came less than two weeks after a mass shooting left 10 people dead at a busy supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo. Tuesday’s school...