Tagged With "Adverse Childhood Experiences"

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...

By Laura Singleton The Independent , Jun 4, 2019 SNOWFLAKE – Navajo County residents, including children, face a number of serious problems that affect the county’s health and well-being. The problems facing children in particular were the focus of a community forum held May 20 in Snowflake, and attended by 135 community leaders. The problems were identified in the Navajo County Public Health District published the results of their 2018 Community Health Assessment (CHA) which described the...

This webinar will examine the rural landscape of ACEs, explore the role that health and human services play in mitigating and preventing ACEs and their related outcomes, feature a community and grassroots rural initiative developed in upstate New York, and highlight the Committee’s policy recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Click here to access the archived webinar & powerpoint handouts .

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...

The exclusive virtual screening to all ACEs Connection members of the new, acclaimed film, CRACKED UP is fast approaching. The registration deadline is Friday, June 7th at 5pm PST / 8pm EST To register , please complete this form . This documentary film is about the long term effects of childhood trauma, told through Saturday Night Live veteran Darrell Hammond’s journey in discovering adverse childhood experiences at the root of his lifelong battle with self-harm, addiction, and...

The Transform Trauma with ACEs Sciences FREE Film Festival continues this weekend. Please join us to watch parts 1, 2, and 3 of the PBS Whole People series at your convenience, on ACEs Connection, by clicking play on the videos below: Whole People | 101 | Childhood Trauma | Episode 1 (27 min) Preview: Whole People | 102 | Healing Communities | Preview | Episode 2 Whole People | 102 |Healing Communities Episode 2 (27 min) Whole People | 103 |A New Response | Episode 3 (27 min) This is one of...

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...

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...