Shifting the Practice of Speech Language Pathology - Sending a New Message
This change requires Speech Language Pathologists and Early Education Professionals and Teachers and Pediatricians and University Clinics to look at our work differently.
June 2022
Join us in Recognizing a “Resilient & Thriving Communities Week” across North Carolina’s Local Communities June 6-12, 2022
Resilient & Thriving Communities Week June 6-12, 2022 Boone, NC: June 8, 2022: A voluntary statewide coalition of people from local community collaboratives, interested staff from North Carolina non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies has organized and are facilitating the first ever “Resilient & Thriving Communities Week” in North Carolina, June 6-12, 2022! This special week is the result of discussions that began two years ago. A volunteer leader of a local North...
How can we help our children?
How can we help our children? By shifting the brain. I know, because it worked for me and then it worked with a successful six week pilot program with five second grade classrooms. Almost 20 years ago I stood overlooking the dark green churning waters of the San Diego bay wondering how I survived my childhood. The avalanche of tears wouldn’t stop. I was having flashbacks, nightmares and day terrors. Then the answer came. A small internal voice answered me, “I had a Polka Dot Day!” That small...
Thoughts & A Song To Share
“ There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.” - Nelson Mandela “ Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.” - Franz Kafka “ Staying quiet about one’s struggles limits that person’s ability to seek proper help or treatment.” - Sarah Bregel Michael Skinner: "Brush Away Your Tears" - “BRUSH AWAY YOUR TEARS”© Michael Skinner Brush away the tears from your eyes my child The world don’t want to see you cry Brush...
Edgecombe County puts trauma front and center to heal the community [northcarolinahealthnews.org]
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Photo: Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, North Carolina Health News, May 31, 2022 Students in the Honor Opportunity Purpose and Excellence — HOPE — program start each morning by breathing. The alternative high school, nested within Tarboro High in Edgecombe County, is led by Quarry Williams, a man who’s moved up the public school food chain from bus driver to school counselor to administrator and nearly everything in between. Once the students are settled, Williams...
The Trauma-informed ACE Screening and Intervention Evaluation Project ECHO is Changing the Standard of Pediatric Care [einnews.com]
By New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, EIN Presswire, June 7, 2022 Safe & Sound’s Center for Youth Wellness (CYW), the New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (NJAAP), today announced that it is seeking the next cohort of pediatric practices for participation in its Trauma-Informed ACEs Screening & Intervention Evaluation Project ECHO (TASIE Project). Safe & Sound was awarded a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and is...
Oakland declares racism a public health crisis [sfchronicle.com]
By Sarah Ravani, Image: Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle, Greg Linhares/City of Oakland, Jessica Christian/The Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, June 8, 2022 The Oakland City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to declare racism a public health crisis. The vote sets aside $350,000 to fund two new positions in the city Department of Race and Equity. The ordinance was introduced by the city attorney, Barbara Parker, City Administrator Ed Reiskin,and Darlene Flynn, the director of the department of...
Students of color push back on calls for police in schools [apnews.com]
By Annie Ma, Photo: Chris Seward/AP Photo, Associated Press, June 5, 2022 After the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, schools around the country pledged to boost security measures and increased the presence of law enforcement on campus — partly to reassure parents and students. But police inside schools can make some students more uneasy, not less. Especially for Black students and other students of color, their personal experiences with policing can leave them feeling unsafe and...
Navigating the Stress & Stigma of a Parent's Substance use
A 6-week virtual empowerment program for Canadians who have been impacted by the stress and stigma related to a parent's substance use. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/348233755537 If you live in Canada and have been affected by the stress and/or stigma related to a parent's substance use such as opioids or alcohol this peer group is for you! In this 6-week program, peers and guests will lead the group through the Forward with Hope Guide, a 100-page guide specific to impacted...
Join us for the JUNE 2022 round of Creating Resilient Communities!
June event dates listed for the PACEs Connection Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program. JOIN US!!!
RFP Live! Apply today: Trauma-informed Aces Screening & Intervention Evaluation (TASIE) Demonstration Project
Safe & Sound’s Center for Youth Wellness (CYW), the New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (NJAAP), today announced that it is seeking the next cohort of pediatric practices for participation in its Trauma-Informed ACEs Screening & Intervention Evaluation Project ECHO (TASIE Project). More information can be found here: www.njaap.org/tasie, including a pre-recorded informational webinar. Safe & Sound was awarded a grant from the Health Resources and Services...
Engaging Dads in Services for Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders—A Virtual Discussion
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET A family-centered approach reflects an understanding and responsiveness to the fact that parents and children live within the context of a larger family system and services must respond to the needs of each family member and the family system to achieve the best outcomes. Children with actively involved fathers have better outcomes. i Engaging fathers in services for families affected by substance use disorders, particularly in the perinatal...
Labour and health advocates react to report on corporate behaviour in long-term care – Canadian Health Coalition
https://www.healthcoalition.ca/labour-and-health-advocates-react-to-report-on-corporate-behaviour-in-long-term-care/
Can lessons of community violence interrupters prevent mass shootings? [theguardian.com]
By Abené Clayton, Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP, The Guardian, June 3, 2022 For decades, US researchers have studied behavioral signs that could help identify people who are at risk of carrying out mass violence. They have looked at histories of drug abuse, interpersonal violence or “red flag behaviors” like posting images of firearms on social media and threatening their classmates or co-workers. “These behaviors are observable. Someone can notice if their nephew or neighbor is starting to wear...
Adverse Childhood Experiences May Underlie Neurologic Conditions A Call to Action for Awareness About Trauma-informed Neurology [journals.lww.com]
By Gina Shaw, NeurologyToday, June 2, 2022 Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and other forms of toxic stress have been associated with a wide range of common neurologic and neuropsychiatric conditions later in life. In a Viewpoint published April 25 in JAMA Neurology, experts in so-called trauma-informed medicine call on neurologists to become educated about how these ACEs may contribute to toxic stress and underlie associated neurologic disorders, and to incorporate that awareness into...