Tagged With "ACEs"

LEVEL 2 HISTORICAL TRAUMA SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION MARCH 2022!!! The wait is finally over! Iya Affo and Heal Historical Trauma will present: Historical Trauma Specialist Certification- LEVEL 2: A Neurological, Environmental & Cultural Perspective on March 1st & 2nd 2022. LEVEL 2 will cover the following: Neurological implications of Historical Trauma and how to align neurobiology with desired behavioral outcomes. Indigenous Attachment Theory Understanding the injurious relationship...

Please join us for our new series entitled: Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice. This monthly virtual Zoom series will feature conversations facilitated by Dr. Porter Jennings-McGarity, PhD/LCSW, PACEs Connection’s criminal justice consultant, with special guests to discuss the need for trauma-informed criminal justice system reform. Using a PACEs-science lens, this series will examine the relationship between trauma and the criminal justice system, what needs changing, and strategies being...

There is increasing momentum and coordination across Canada to Repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada which states that Every parent, schoolteacher and person standing in the place of a parent is justified in using force by way of correction of a pupil or child, as the case may be, who is under his care, if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances. This law has sanctioned the use of corporal punishment against children at the hands of caregivers. With...

This is a conversation between Elizabeth Perry of #ACEs Canada and Danielle Dionne of No Violence for Kids Canada about the need to Repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Link to recording included.

New Podcast with Canadian Content: Dr. Brian Goldman is talking ACEs with the authors of Damaged: Childhood Trauma, Adult Illness, and the Need for a Health Care Revolution.

April 30th is the International Day to End Corporal Punishment. Many in Canada are advocating for the Government of Canada to Repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code which allows adult caregivers of children aged 2 - 12 years to exert physical punishment on children as a form of discipline. Those of us who understand neuroscience, attachment theory, child development, and ACEs understand the damage such breaches of trust between adults and children cause. We call upon all Canadians to join...

this is a great interview. I have shared it with the Brain Builders Network in NL