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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...

The Dibble Institute is pleased to present an introductory webinar by Rev. Dr. Bryant T. Marks Sr. of the National Training Institute on Race and Equity , which will provide foundational information on implicit bias. It will focus at the individual level and discuss how implicit bias affects everyone. Strategies to reduce or manage implicit bias will be discussed. Broadly speaking, group-based bias involves varying degrees of stereotyping (exaggerated beliefs about others), prejudice...

The pandemic has had a lasting effect on youth mental health. Moved by a desire to reduce youth’s toxic stress and increase their resilience, The Dibble Institute, in partnership with a team of students and alumni from ArtCenter College of Design and author Carolyn Curtis, PhD, is releasing Me & My Emotions —a new, free adaptation of our beloved Mind Matters Curriculum. The mobile-friendly Me & My Emotions website features engaging graphics and bite-sized lessons teens can access and...

Sign up, sign up! There are still places on my planned 8-week online adult ed course on "Childhood Trauma, Consequences and Essential Responses". It will kick off on Monday the 4th of October at 19:00 Irish time (if ten people sign up!). ALL are welcome. I'd especially be delighted if some trauma survivors join, as well as curious parents, doctors, early years practitioners, teachers, social workers, police, lawyers, judges, addiction counsellors, receptionists - and everyone in between.

Becky Antle, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and esteemed University Scholar at the University of Louisville, won The Dibble Institute’s national competition to evaluate Mind Matters: Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience in 2019. As a result, Dr. Antle and her colleagues have conducted a randomized controlled trial to examine the impact of Mind Matters on a host of outcomes related to trauma symptoms, emotional regulation, coping and resiliency, and interpersonal skills for at-risk...

Self-Love is Selfless Expansion That which we love, expands. Looking at children who are loved fully and thoroughly, we see them expand and flourish as they grow. Of course many other factors contribute to a child’s well-being, but genuine love and care are inevitably at the top. The same goes for other people, animals, and even plants. When given loving care, they thrive – and when neglected, they wither. Love is nature’s fertilizer; whether offered through loving attention, presence,...

By Bob Sege, 7/22/21, positiveexperience.org/blog Summertime offers a chance to pause and reflect. This past year our team has had the good fortune to meet with, teach, and learn from dozens of organizational leaders and well over 10,000 participants from around the country and beyond. HOPE resonates with the values and work of so many other programs, organizations, and frameworks. At the same time, HOPE coalesces many years of research, thinking, and practical experience. What does HOPE...

By Sydney Boyles, WJCT, July 9, 2021 More than 1-in-4 students in Jacksonville schools has what’s considered a high level of trauma, according to state data. To help teachers address the symptoms of that trauma in their classrooms, the Jacksonville Public Education Fund is looking to build out a training program the district is piloting with a nonprofit organization called Hope Street. “Trauma causes emotional dysregulation and sensory dysfunction,” said Hope Street founder Callie Lackey.

At the heart of my coaching practice is my wish to help people re-discover their authentic selves and help them understand the role thought plays in driving their behaviours and in how they experience life. It was this knowledge that lead to the biggest change in my own life, leading me from a life coloured by trauma, insecurity and hyper-vigilance, to one of ease, peace, compassion, and a greater trust in my innate resilience. We feel 100% of our thoughts, how many of them are you suffering...

You don't have to be a therapist to help survivors heal from trauma. Here are 6 key behaviors that embody what it means to be "trauma-informed" that we can all start doing right now.

Wrestling Ghosts is the fourth and final film in the Transform Trauma with ACEs Science Film Festival series. The film can be watched, free of charge, on PACEs Connection from Friday, June 11th through Sunday, June 13th where it will be streamed all weekend. The streaming will be followed by a Zoom discussion with Wrestling Ghosts Director, Ana Joanes, and the co-sponsors of the Transform Trauma with ACEs Science Film Festival (CTIPP, PACEs Connection, & the Relentless School Nurse) on...

STRESSING = FRIDAY 26th at 8PM (wrongly stated as Sat 26th, should be FRIDAY 26th) A life-changing workshop : "HOW MEN SUPPORTING WOMENS' WELLBEING SUPPORTS US ALL" Next Friday evening at 8pm (Irish Time=GMT), I will be presenting a live workshop titled "How Men Supporting Womens Wellbeing Supports Us All" ~ in the World's FIRST Online Mens Gathering OMG! ~ A 3-day event with dozens of outstanding presenters. If you agree that Domestic, Sexual and Societal Violence is the scourge of our...