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By Sarah Schwartz, Photo: iStock/Getty Images, EducationWeek, December 1, 2021 Educational materials don’t reflect the diversity of the nation’s schoolchildren, a new report finds—and many works that do feature characters of color reinforce stereotypes. The research review , published by New America, a left-of-center think tank, analyzed more than 160 studies and published works on representation in children’s books, textbooks, and other media dating from the mid-20th century through the...

By Drew Lindsay, Photo: Courtney Perry/The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, November 30, 2021 I n the Fairhill-Hartranft neighborhood of north Philadelphia, angels line the exterior of adjoining rowhouses, part of the nonprofit Village of Arts and Humanities. Created in the early 1990s by the Village’s founders, the angels — painted mosaics with mirror-glass eyes and shimmering tiles — watch over what was once a dark and unsafe alley. This fall, the Village opened...

By Terry Green Sterling, Photo: Adriana Zehbrauskas/The Guardian, The Guardian, November 30, 2021 Germán Cadenas was 15 when he packed up a few clothes, his beloved magic trick cards, a treasured coin box and a portfolio of his drawings. It was 2002. Cadenas, his mother and younger brother were flying from their native Venezuela for a Christmas visit with Cadenas’s dad – who had migrated to Maricopa county, Arizona, two years before – hoping to send money to his family as Venezuela descended...

We’ve become familiar with the term super spreader . An event can be a COVID-19 super spreader. People can be COVID-19 super spreaders. I think certain people can create trauma super spreaders. Especially, people who don’t engage in parenting behaviors and practices generally recognized as supporting the healthy development of children. For example... if parents excuse or make excuses for their child’s poor behavior. Or if they don’t allow their children to experience the logical...

Welcome to Virtual Healing Circles! Join us as we come together to build community and create a space rooted in our shared humanity. This is an opportunity to compassionately listen and intentionally share our hearts and minds as we close 2021. Come and engage in an evening of self-reflection, healing, and connection. Join us Wednesday, December 08, 2021 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Please register here: bit.ly/healingcircle12-8

Comfort Positioning During Painful Procedures A trip to the doctor’s office can be scary for children, especially when there are possibilities of vaccines and bloodwork. Comfort positions are ways that caregivers can hold their children to provide comfort, while also helping keep them still. You can try suggesting that caregivers hold children chest to chest, back to chest, or sitting side by side and remind caregivers that their touch, their voice, and their love is so valuable to help...

The right mix of nutrients revitalizes the brain that's been wounded by ACEs. Good nutrition can quickly improve mood and functioning in the present, while improving the potential to rewire disturbing memories imprinted in childhood.

By Ruth Fowler, Photo: Ringo Chiu/Shutterstock, The Guardian, November 29, 2021 S itting in a Ralphs parking lot overlooking the Pacific Coast Highway at 8am on a Friday, hot and sticky in an ageing wetsuit, I clicked on the link for Big:Leap , Los Angeles’ guaranteed income pilot and the largest program of its kind in the US. Applications for the program had opened that morning. Participants would be chosen by lottery and the criteria for eligibility were simple: applicants had to be over...

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[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!! — Jane Stevens] Child Abuse Lugo-Candelas C, Corbeil T, Wall M, et. al. ADHD and risk for subsequent adverse childhood experiences: understanding the cycle of adversity. J...

As 2021 comes to a close, we want to take a few moments to reflect on this busy and fruitful year as we ask you to remember PACEs Connection in your year-end giving. Despite this physically and emotionally challenging time, we have so very much for which to be grateful, and we would love to share our gratitude list with you. When we practice gratitude, we’re actually practicing a very PACEs-Connection thing to do: helping our brains. Brain imaging studies, says Dr. Daniel Amen, show that “...

Dr. Flojaune Cofer is an epidemiologist who wants to improve health and prevent trauma, racism, and inequity in communities throughout California. That’s a big charter, but since 2019, as senior director of policy for Public Health Advocates, she’s making progress with a team focused on public health prevention and restorative justice initiatives. Those initiatives include My Brother’s Keeper, for boys and men of color, and All Children Thrive, which works with 20 cities to prevent youth...