The springtime sun blazes over East Arrow Highway in Pomona, California, and the glare off the whitish-gray concrete walkways forces everyone to squint. Regina Dotson moves busily in and out of her office on the second floor of a residential...
FATHERS WITHOUT FATHERS Every Wednesday night around two dozen men from the Jordan Downs housing project meet to teach each other, and themselves, how to be fathers. “See, most of the men in the group never had fathers,” Mike...
To RSVP to the event, simply go to the ACES Connection LA County Page, click on the heading, "The Los Angeles Trauma Informed Care Task Force: Creating a Trauma Informed Culture in LA.", and scroll down to the bottom of the page. At the...
Creating a ‘Trauma Sensitive’ Classroom and School Site Grounded in research from the fields of education psychology, psychiatry, and neurobiology, the LAEP Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools workshop will offer a framework for...
July 28th and 29th | 9 am - 5 pm Two days of practical support for K-12 teachers with key information about the brain, trauma, and social and emotional development. Course Description: Echo Parenting & Education is offering two days of practical classroom managementsupport for K-12 teachers. The training includes: Information aboutthe brain and nervous system Effect of trauma on the brain and nervous system Understandingclassroom...
Echo Parenting & Education is now accepting applications for the 2015-2016 Trauma-Informed Nonviolent Child Raising Training & Certification Course(TCC) Application Deadline: July 31, 2015 This courseis designed to provide in-depth training in the nonviolent approach to child raising as well as an introduction to the emerging and rapidly evolving field of developmental trauma. The two-part course comprises a 100-hour theoretical overview, followed...
Beginning Tuesday, July 7 Echo Parenting & Education will be offering a free Summer series of Nonviolent Parenting classes at our office nearDodger Stadium. Tuesdays from 4pm - 6pm and Wednesdays from 12pm - 2pm . L.A. Fathers offers support for adolescent parents as well as access to bus tokens, diapers and food bank. Child care is available during class time as well. Please contact our office to pre-register for this free program...
Please visit the LA County ACEs Connection group calendar for more info on the July 8 screening... Documentary filmmaker James Redford released the trailer for Paper Tigers , a documentary that follows four teens who attend Lincoln High School in...
Flyer attached. Please RSVP at: https://docs.google.com/forms/...nI64hSfdp_s/viewform You're invited to attend the launch of the Los Angeles Trauma Informed Care Task Force- dedicated to promoting a culture of comprehensive approaches that...
OVERVIEW The ACEs Connection Network comprises ACEsTooHigh.com and ACEsConnection.com. The network is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the California Endowment and currently engages over 4,000 members. ACEsTooHigh.com is...
A landmark first step was taken today to insure that all public schools in the United States be legally required to address the unique learning needs of children affected by adverse childhood experiences. A class action suit on behalf of...
First 5 LA’s Strategic Plan Highlights Target Outcomes: Families: Increased family Protective Factors Communities: Increased community capacity to support and promote the safety, healthy development, and well-being of children prenatal to age...
Working document, 3/20/15 Walla Walla, Washington MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Between the Children’s Resilience Initiative and Community Partners PREAMBLE VISION: All young people thrive and parents raise their children with...
Bessel van der Kolk explains how to take a trauma history. A sell-out crowd attended the Echo Parenting & Education annual conference -- Developmental Trauma: Where Trauma Meets Attachment -- held March 5-6 at the California Endowment in Los Angeles. Featured speakers included Bessel van der Kolk, Stephanie Covington, Ruth Beaglehole, Heather Forbes and me. Bessel van der Kolk's badge. Louise Godbold,...
Please complete the Los Angeles County ACEs, Trauma-Informed, and Resilience-Building Assets and Opportunities Survey . The survey results will be used to inform the community's ACEs, trauma-informed, and resilience-building assets and opportunities...