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June 2022

Survey for current primary care providers - Please complete!

Calling all pediatric and family medicine providers! Our team at University of California San Diego wants to learn from you! Please share your experiences screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in primary care in this short online survey . Please follow this link to open the survey and enter your responses. You will be entered to win a $100 Visa Gift Card! Your responses will help shape our approach to ACEs in research and practice. The survey should take you about 5-10 minutes...

Senate gun legislative framework provides opening for trauma reduction

On Sunday, June 12, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators led by Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and John Cornyn (R-TX) announced an agreement on a framework to reduce gun violence that has the potential to break the decades-long impasse on passing gun legislation. The details provided were sparse, providing one-sentence descriptions on nine elements (see attached). The specific framework language included here appears in italics. Legislative language is expected before the July 4 recess. Funding...

Join Brandon Jones for A Recognition of Juneteenth — on the PACEs Connection 'History. Culture. Trauma.' podcast — Thursday at 1 p.m. PT; 4 p.m. ET

This week's "History. Culture. Trauma." podcast continues to examine trauma and resilience, not just at the individual level but at the systems and cultural level," says Ingrid Cockhren, podca st co-host and CEO of PACEs Connection. "We examine these questions," she says. "How has the trauma of slavery and genocide impacted our current society? Why are the cultural manifestations of trauma, that is, community violence, school shootings, etc., so pervasive?" Juneteenth marks the day—June 19,...

LGBTQ-affirming high school in Alabama has its first graduating class [lgbtqnation.com]

By Nic Austin, Photo: Shutterstock, LGBTQ Nation, June 12, 2022 In Birmingham, Alabama, families, and friends of students of Magic City Acceptance Academy attended the charter school’s inaugural graduation ceremony. MCAA is a charter school that promises an “LGBTQ-affirming learning environment” for students who “have dropped out, are not thriving at traditional schools.” Although the classes are small, 12 seniors graduated this year, the hearts of the school’s community remain large as...

Teachers Leaving Jobs During Pandemic Find ‘Fertile’ Ground in New School Models [the74million.org]

By Linda Jacobson, Photo: Heather Long, The 74, June 12, 2022 School closures in Vermont didn’t drag on as long as those in other parts of the country, but that didn’t lessen the strain. Social distancing, masks and confining students to their classrooms caused an “explosive amount of mental health needs,” from lack of focus to outright aggression, said Heather Long, a former counselor in the Orange East Supervisory Union district. “I started to watch as more and more restrictions were being...

How a health care model that acknowledges trauma can help kids, and communities, heal [sanantonioreport.org]

By Raquel Torres, Photo: Nick Wagner/San Antonio Report, San Antonio Report, June 12, 2022 Celeste Ibarra, mother of 9-year-old Aubriella Melchor, has witnessed her daughter deteriorating since the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School. Aubriella hid in a bathroom stall as the gunman walked past and began shooting. Now, Ibarra said her daughter hardly eats or sleeps, and when she does sleep, she has nightmares of the gunman coming after her. She said she still hears the echoes of the...

They Were Cigarette Smokers. Then a Stroke Vanquished Their Addiction. [nytimes.com]

By Benjamin Mueller, Image: Nature Medicine, The New York Times, June 13, 2022 Taking a scan of an injured brain often produces a map of irretrievable losses, revealing spots where damage causes memory difficulties or tremors. But in rare cases, those scans can expose just the opposite: plots of brain regions where an injury miraculously relieves someone’s symptoms, offering clues about how doctors might accomplish the same. A team of researchers has now taken a fresh look at a set of such...

STREAMING NOW: America's Truth: Cincinnati

America’s Truth: Documentary Bridges History, Community, and Policy for Change The Center for Community Resilience at George Washington University is pleased to announce the release of America’s Truth , a documentary that tells the truth about how structural racism harmed four Black communities in Cincinnati. Today's inequities — across race, gender, and class — result from centuries of policies and practices meant to create and sustain social hierarchy. To move forward toward an equitable...

VA TICNs eNote June 13 2022 [grscan.com]

June is Pride Month! LGBTQ+ advocacy and crisis support organization The Trevor Project released its latest research into the mental health of LBGTQ+ youth, a survey of 34,000 young people ages 13-24. The report is a revealing portrait of how LGBTQ+ youth are dealing with legislative attacks and the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the importance of social support and affirmation. Find additional resources on the NCTSN website . Celebrating Juneteenth in Virginia There are lots of Juneteenth...

Is your workforce well? Improve Your Workforce Resilience through Social Current Learning Collaborative

We often say that employees are our greatest asset. This is most certainly true. Employees are people we need to connect with personally and partner with closely to create a resilient organization. Today, we are faced with many new and longstanding challenges to workforce resilience. The ongoing stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, challenges around advancing inclusion and equity, and secondary stress that some staff experience on a regular basis are a few of the many obstacles to creating a...

It's not too late! Register Now! PACEs Connection virtual Trauma-Informed School Leadership Institute

Are you ready to transform your school to become a trauma-informed and healing-centered environment? Join us for the PACEs Connection virtual Trauma-Informed School Leadership Institute. This institute is specifically tailored for school leaders and leadership teams who want to understand the HOW of trauma-informed schools. Speakers will include current and former building leaders engaged in the work as well as other national experts supporting schools through this transformation process.

Opinion I’m a Texas teacher. Here are all the things I’m asked to be. [washingtonpost.com]

By Madeline Vosch, Illustration: Holly Stapleton/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, June 10, 2022 I work at a Title I public high school in Texas that is 70 percent Hispanic, and where 60 percent of the students are categorized as economically disadvantaged. There is so little I can do for my students, but so much I’m supposed to do. Something is wrong with the heating and cooling system. My classroom is always freezing. Some days in winter, it’s 55 degrees inside; even in late May,...

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