Tagged With "Healthy Kids Colorado"

The purpose of the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey is to better understand youth health and what factors support youth to make healthy choices. The newest CHKS data is available here .

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...

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Room erupts in applause for the grandmother of witness William Kellibrew during July 11 House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing. The power of personal stories from witnesses and committee members fueled the July 11 hearing on childhood trauma in the House Oversight and Reform Committee* throughout the nearly four hours of often emotional and searing testimony and member questions and statements (Click here for 3:47 hour video). The hearing was organized into a two panels—testimony from...

By Mary Shinn Health & topics reporter Thursday, May 23, 2019 5:03 AM Updated: Friday, May 24, 2019 2:19 PM Big Picture High School sophomore Ava Aragon taught her peers how to focus on the flame of a candle this spring to help them calm down. The lesson was part of a class focused on understanding trauma and stress – and learning to manage and overcome it. Focusing on a flame helps Aragon with her own anxiety, she said. “It gives you an opportunity just to focus on the now,” she said.

Virtual Room of Refuge — A Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic The Virtual Room of Refuge has been designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide a place of calm and release from stress. It is full of resources for mindfully taking a pause for self-care, and hopefully bring a smile to your face. Resilient Colorado has curated these resources and we will be updating it periodically. Feel free to bookmark this page for easy access any time you need a break. We hope these resources help...

Welcome to the Durango, CO ACEs Connection Community! We’re glad you are here. Southwest Colorado is committed to taking a collective impact approach to prevention, this includes ACEs and Resiliency Education. This community exists to share resources, research, and information, exchange ideas, and work collaboratively across sectors to develop solutions that support trauma-informed and resilience-building practices in all domains of life and work. As a rural region with grit and heart, we...