Tagged With "support"

As Elizabeth Prewitt reported in the recent blog post-- President Trump signs opioid legislation with significant trauma provisions -- the Support for Patients and Communities Act (H.R.6) includes significant provisions increasing trauma-informed best practices in multiple settings. Section 7134. Grants to improve trauma support services and mental health care for children and youth in educational settings authorizes $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 for these grants.

By Antoinette Frearson, Tes, May 8, 2020 Teaching assistants offer vital support in school, but school closures don’t have to mean a pause to the daily support and encouragement they usually provide. Here are eight ways that teaching assistants can continue to provide their effective and crucial support to students, parents, colleagues and each other while working remotely: Coronavirus: 8 ways teaching assistants can provide support... [ Please click here to read more .]

Thanks for sharing this important information. I admit to knowing almost nothing about grant writing - where would we need to be watching to see when applications for grants open? Martha

Hi Martha, Grants will be made mainly to state educational agencies, so your best bet is to engage your state's mental health program. The Request for Grant Proposals (RFP) will need to be made in partnership with your state's educational agencies. The sooner you can start the process of engaging partnerships with other organizations and with your state's mental health agency, the better; the RFP's will be available in Spring and agencies won't have a lot of time to respond at that point.

Wonderful news! Our Indian Education Program at St. Paul Public Schools is focusing on ACEs for our Professional Learning Community theme this year. We would like more information on how to submit for this grant. Is there a link now to review or is there a way to get on the "list" to be notified of the grant opening? Also, I read that the grant will be for "evidence based" interventions; however, there are limited resources for American Indian communities. Do you think that we could propose...

Hi Kerrie, It's great that your program has chosen ACEs as your theme this year! I'll try and answer your questions the best to my knowledge (and that of my policy class professor Dr. Angelique Day, who actually helped craft the Trauma-Informed Care portion of H.R.6.) Grants will be made mainly to state educational agencies, so your best bet is to engage your state's mental health program. The Request for Grant Proposals (RFP) will need to be made in partnership with your state's educational...

Sandra M. Chafouleas, a professor in the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education, reflects on the film "Resilience" and how it can help encourage new and veteran educators to use a "whole-child" lens to support students and their families.

Greetings, I am wondering who out there has done an ACE survey for students in K - 5? If so, what supports did you offer them? - Kinyofu

Hi Kinyofu, Here's a great resource: https://www.ncmhjj.com/resourc...a-screening-schools/ It is quick and to the point, offering the key points to consider. Hope it helps.

Over 80% of students feel disconnected from schools (official) and 100% of support staff are overwhelmed and exhausted (unofficial). Emote is launching a free app aimed at facilitating closer connections between schools and students - making it easier for staff and teachers to understand and support students' emotional needs. [Learn More] We worked with a team of high schoolers and interventionists to build the only check-in tool that actively supports students and you. Emote Connect works...

Hi Folks! We're actively picking our first batch of applicants to launch. If anyone has any questions don't hesitate to message me or email our team connect@emotenow.com Thank you for all your work and care. Warmly, Julian

I am delighted to share that, with three other educators (Ed Wang, Sakina McGruder and Pat Neal), we are launching a pilot Virtual Teachers Lounge. The first of four facilitated conversations with educators will begin on March 13. If you are an educator or know an educator in the K -- 12 pipeline anywhere in the US who wants to join in this effort to connect with other educators, compile strategies to ameliorate classroom hurdles and vent, please complete or share the link below. The...

SESSION 2: ADDICTIONS IN POP CULTURE Using our STRENGTH AND resilience to move forward with hope and HEALING. how does pop culture provide you with an emotional outlet? how does pop culture perpetuate the stigma of addictions? Pop Culture??! Yes, you heard right! Pop culture provides us with an opportunity to relate to or connect with someone, even if it is a character in a show or movie. In this session we will focus on our emotions and potential triggers and how we can move through them.

ROUND 3: COMMUNITY X EMPOWERMENT WITH GUEST PEARL WHITE QUILLS FOR A DRUMMING SESSION. Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we...tickets-143805798013 --------------- Approximately 1/5 children (including adult children) have experienced their parent's addiction, so we KNOW that we are NOT alone in our experiences. But we also know that it can FEEL incredibly lonely. That's why we have created this series: In this 3 part series, Samantha Wettje ( 16 Strong Project ) and Agnes Chen (...

Happy, Healthy New Year’s Wishes for You! Most of us have heard this phrase multiple times over that past week. Where exactly do happy and healthy start?? I believe the felt sense of safety is the common denominator. We are all looking for relief from the stress of the past few years, but some of us also continue to help ourselves or others cope with and learn from the adversities and toxic stress from our past. Research tells us that connection to competent and caring people and...

Thank you!!

Cheryl this is great and something I have long talked about when "Safety" is being trained on. My question/follow-up is what about Cultural and Racial Safety and where you see that falling here?

Miss Kendra Programs Teachers’ Support Group: A Bi-Weekly Discussion with Dr. Hadar Lubin and Erinn Webb When : Bi-weekly on Thursdays at 4-5PM EST via Zoom, starting soon! Join Dr. Hadar Lubin, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Miss Kendra Programs and Co-Director of the Post Traumatic Stress Center, and Erinn Webb, MA, RDT, Director of Primary Education Programs, on a journey exploring how stress is affecting your job as a teacher/educator. Previous participants are welcome back! This program...

(This is a review of what I believe is an important new resource for the PACEs [for positive and adverse childhood experiences] science movement. Opinions expressed are my own, and are shared as a parent, advocate, author, and longtime student of trauma, healing, and prevention. Thoughts are also shared through my lens as someone who believes, deeply, in the incredible importance of and value in building healthier, more compassionate communities to support and nurture pregnant and new...