October 2021

By Rosanna Xia, The San Diego Union-Tribune, September 30, 2021 In a history-making move celebrated by reparations advocates and social justice leaders across California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has authorized the return of property known as Bruce’s Beach to the descendants of a Black couple that had been run out of Manhattan Beach almost a century ago. Senate Bill 796, signed into law Thursday by Newsom before an excited crowd that had gathered on the property, confirms that the city’s taking of...

Evaluating District Discipline Reform Efforts in California This free webinar is now on our webinar page Thank you to everyone who participated in our last webinar - Evaluating District Discipline Reform Efforts in California . If you were unable to participate or want to share this with colleagues, visit our webinar page . There, you can find the recordings for these webinars and many others related to fixing school discipline. Watch at your leisure and share it widely. The webinar presents...

It was almost a year ago today that I, as a former California State Park and Recreation Commissioner, along with my fellow Commissioner, Ernest Chung, lauded our state’s Department of Parks and Recreation for its plan to identify and act on discriminatory and dehumanizing names on parks in our October 2020 article that appeared in CalMatters. At the time, Ernest and I also urged the department to "take this opportunity to honor and celebrate the rich culture and histories of Native...

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...

Hi there! Please join us for an ACEs Aware Ventura County lecture series session with Dr. Sarah Hemmer, MD & Dr. Melissa Ruiz, MD, MPH. REGISTER HERE to attend this LIVE free session or view on-demand. REGISTER HERE to attend this LIVE free session or view on-demand. Unit 2 Session 3 : Decoding the ACE Screening Tools and Scores Dr. Melissa Ruiz is a pediatrician at Pediatric Diagnostic Center in Ventura, CA., serves on the board of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) District 9 as...

By Mark Kreidler, California Healthline, October 1, 2021 Phebe Cox grew up in what might seem an unlikely mental health danger zone for a kid: tony Palo Alto, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. But behind its façade of family success and wealth, she said, is an environment of crushing pressure on students to perform. By 2016, when Cox was in middle school, Palo Alto had a teen suicide rate four times the national average . Cox’s family lived by the railroad tracks where many of the...

By Carolyn Jones, EdSource, October 1, 2021 S chools should offer more counseling, suspend fewer students and address the underlying mental health challenges of students who misbehave in class, according to the state’s new school discipline guidelines . The guidelines, released last month by the California Department of Education, are intended to help schools navigate an anticipated uptick in student misbehavior following more than a year of remote learning, said department spokesperson...

Now Available! September 29 Webinar Recording "Implementing ACE Screenings: How-To Guide and Lessons from the Field" WATCH NOW at ACEsAware.org A recording and materials are now available for ACEs Aware's most recent webinar, "Implementing ACE Screenings: How-To Guide and Lessons from the Field," which highlights learnings from clinics across California. The webinar covers: Ways the How-To Guide can help your clinic move further in its ACE screening journey. How several practices have...

By Carolyn Jones, EdSource, October 1, 2021 A ll California students and school staff will be required to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as January 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday. The mandate, the nation’s first, applies to all students in kindergarten through 12th grade in public, charter and private schools, and all school employees. It goes into effect in the first semester, either Jan. 1 or July 1, following the Federal Drug Administration’s full approval of the Covid...