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Resilient Colorado brings you a FREE training at Pine River Library on the impact of trauma on brains, bodies, and behaviors. Learn about: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Risk and protective factors Trauma sensitive principles Strategies for resilience For ages 15+ Free pizza dinner at 5:30, Training at 6:00. Preregistration required: call the Library at 970.884.2222 or register online at https://bit.ly/2LVIbCx Friday, August 23 5:30-8:30 PM Pine River Library 395 Bayfield Center Drive...

This article presents a model with demonstrated success in improving rates of many interrelated and intergenerational health and social problems by investing in the people most at risk and reducing and preventing the root cause of these problems: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).The Self-Healing Communities Model (SHCM) builds the capacity of communities to intentionally generate new cultural norms and thereby improve health, safety and productivity for current and future generations.

The first session of the Starting & Growing Resilient Communities: Online & IRL (In Real Life) was a success. Over 100 ACEs Connection members tuned in despite some issues with registration. I have embedded the video in this post. You have also find the video on the ACEs Connection site here . If you have any questions about the series, please contact Ingrid Cockhren , TN & Midwest Community Facilitator.

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...