Tagged With "Handle With Care Maryland"
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A More Urgent Call to "Be the One" Caring Adult in the Face of the COVID-19 Crisis
In his Commentary "Social distancing is tough on the youngest ones," Maryland Essentials for Childhood ACE Interface Master Trainer, Frank Kros, MSW, JD, shares his thought with readers of the Baltimore Sun on what each of us can do to reach out to the youngest victims of the COVID-19 crisis. https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-rr-social-distancing-effects-letter-20200401-hrelr5c24fha5pbky6hcueo5hq-story.html
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Wisconsin state agencies end year one of trauma-informed learning community; goal is to be first trauma-informed state
Here in California, many people think that it’s only liberal Democrats who have a corner on championing the science of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and putting it into practice. That might be because people who use ACEs science don’t expel or suspend students, even if they’re throwing chairs and hurling expletives at the teacher. They ask "What happened to you?" rather than "What's wrong with you?" as a frame when they create juvenile detention centers where kids don’t fight, reduce...
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With Dozens of Orphaned by Opioid Crisis, This Maryland County has new Outlook on Trauma Services [baltimoresun.com]
By Phil Davis, The Baltimore Sun, December 2, 2019 Growing up in a Cecil County trailer park, Ray Lynn has been shaped by tragedy. Lynn went from seeing drug addiction firsthand in his neighborhood as a child to tackling the problem as a police officer decades later. “I can name you friends that are dead because of it," he said. Lynn, 44, also saw his brother and sister burn to death in a house fire when he was 19, he said. It’s what led him to become a volunteer firefighter and, later, a...
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Youth incarceration: bad ROI [BaltimoreSun.com]
As a venture investor who has invested in companies with proven approaches to improving student outcomes in Maryland and across the country, my job it is provide strong returns on the dollars I invest on behalf of my clients. My approach to...
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Re: Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention Hosts Handle With Care Training to Support Children After Trauma: 300 Attendees Begin Statewide Program Expansion
Thanks for sharing, Veto! I know there is a lot of excitement about Handle with Care program and lots of pride that Maryland is taking action to build more compassion towards children.
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Chris, I'm just starting it -- I'd LOVE to hear everyone's ideas regarding how they envision the group's work. So I'll just say it's wonderful to HAVE a group dedicated to changing minds in Maryland. Let's hear what you all have to say. I'm listening. Welcome.
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If anyone who has joined our Maryland State ACEs group knows of ANY Maryland data collection going on now (or in the recent past) that is being or has been gathered to make policy or provide services to those living in Maryland with trauma, please share it! I'm very VERY interested in what's going on (if anything)! Thank you.
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Brenda, Have you checked the links for Maryland on the State Projects page? Also, a new study was posted on employment outcomes last week. Not specific to MD but good info: Negative Life Events in Childhood as Risk Indicators of Labour Market Participation in Young Adulthood: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study - full text http://acesconnection.com/profiles/blogs/negative-life-events-in-childhood-as-risk-indicators-of-labour
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Good questions Brenda, I'm relatively new to the area and not affiliated with any human service agencies. So Jane and Chris, others in the maryland group, do you know anyone who is affiliated witha human service agency who might know what the state reporting policy is on ACEs? Is there such a policy? I suggest we shake our networks a bit and see. For instance, was anyone in from Maryland in a position to answer the questionnaire circulated by the ACEs Pioneer folks (see the reference in the...
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Dennis, I don't think Maryland included the ACE questions in their BRFSS; see this map . FYI, according to this page the contact is lopezh{at}dhmh.state.md.us .
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Just checked online: Doesn't look like Maryland reports adverse experiences on thier BRFSS questionnaires. Its kind of surprising in that Maryland seems to be a fairly progressive state. But ACE reporting makes fiscal sense too. http://www.marylandbrfss.org/cgi-bin/broker.exe CDC had ACEs data on only 5 states in 2009: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm5949.pdf I did attend the online confference event NCCANS last week: Minnesota and Wisconsin are doing some pretty innovative work seriously...
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Dennis, I attended the same Webinar last week - got my mind spinning on all the wonderful things Maryland COULD do if they were clued into ACEs, money spent on traumatized lives (somehow it always comes down to the money, doesn't it?). Still, it makes perfect sense that money flowing into prevention SHOULD reap huge monetary gains later in life. Chris, as usual, you are FILLED with wonderful arsenal for me :) -- I would LOVE to present to somebody who has clout in our state. And watch the...
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Ok Brenda, Why don't we see if we can get a little Think Tank group together starting with this Maryland ACEs group. Heather Larkin will support this. She has developed an ACEs response think tank in the NY capital area with representatives from various agencies there. And she has offered to help me get such a group going here. We can brainstorm and identify our networks and tigure out what our goals might be and then do some project management. I will contact her and see whom she might...
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Chris I agree on all counts you mentioned. Way back during the Vietnam war I worked for county mental health near Travis AirForce Base, "Gateway to the pacific." We didn't really have a good handle on PTSD yet, but I remember a young man who recently arrived "home" after a tour of duty as a helicopter gunner. He was one of those kids who enlisted rather than go to jail. He told me the only time he felt alive and doing anything worth while was when he was hanging out of his chopper spraying...
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Are there any members of Maryland ACEs who will be attending this event next week? If so, I'll be there and would love to meet up, talk in person. 4th Biennial Trauma Conference: Addressing Trauma Throughout the Lifespan - MARYLAND October 3, 2013 to October 4, 2013 – Doubletree by Hilton Baltimore-North Pikesville
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Looks like no one has claimed to be going to the Baltimore Trauma Conference next week other than Brenda. Wish I could attend but I have other obligations. If I were able to attend, my aim would be to connect with or get contact data for as many Maryland resident attendees and presenters as possible to see if we can build a coalition aiming, to start with, include ACEs questions on the Maryland Behavioral Risk Factor Surveilance Survey. I wouldn't be surprised if we could locate a number of...
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Dennis, You CAN READ MY MIND! :) That's exactly what I plan on doing. I'm going to talk as much as I can to the ppl from Maryland who get TIC, get ACEs, and would/might join our Maryland ACES group! I'm sure I will have fun...but I go with a very strong agenda! Thanks for all you are doing, Dennis. Every bit of it helps!
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Brenda , you made my day! Way to go! I shoulda said "Baltimore conference TOMORROW". I'll do some research from home while you are networking in person, I hope you keep checking in so we can collaborate via posts here. Maybe we can locate some care providers, researchers or teachers who might be interested in a little policy development. Do you know which workshops or presentations you want to attend? REcognizing plans can cahange depending upon real-time opportunities and invitations. I've...
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Dennis, I wanted to report back to you after the Trauma Conference: It was a wonderful experience for me personally. I did get an opportunity to speak to many individuals who work in the field of trauma and social services. I passed out my business card often, talked to many about ACEs, and about our group here. Many said they were interested. I did NOT get any business cards back, and I hope people follow-through and join us. So MANY knew about TIC practices, and a few did know about ACEs,...
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This group is unusually quiet! Don't know if everyone is busy with projects, but would love to see us put Maryland in the cross-hairs of ACE information & pressure to change the way they "care" for its citizens! :)
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Welcome Cheryl Sharp! If there would be an opportunity to get together and forge some kind of plan to reach out to not only Maryland lawmakers, but Montgomery County lawmakers & social service system leaders to educate them on ACEs, collecting ACE data on their BRFSS intake forms, understand the need for prevention policies and laws to keep us all safer, healthier, happier, I would LOVE the opportunity! Meanwhile, if you have an idea for the group, please put it out there. I'm all ears!
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With Kennedy Krieger Institute and SAMHSA right in Maryland's backyard, can we pull together a Maryland ACES Summit? Here's a prototype (via Washington ACE Group) -- all the legwork already done! Comments?
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There is a Statewide Conference which has just been announced today, focusing on "cutting edge best practices" and is geared toward Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault advocates, law enforcement, therapists, health care professionals, and anyone who is interested in DV or SA issues. Here's the link to the Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Conference, to be held at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Annapolis, MD from 8:30am until 4:30pm. http://mnadv.org/?featured=statewide-conference I'm wondering if...
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Wondering if we might have a local meeting somewhere of the DC and Maryland contingent to brainstorm and share resources, parcel out parts of a presentation we might be able to prepare. So Marylanders, Robert Hull, Jen Parker, Eric Rossen and Brenda Yuen--what to you think? Maybe the DCers, Elizabeth P and Chery Sharp could also join us?? Does any one of us have the resources and experience to work out a phone conference?
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Yes! Any one from this Maryland ACES Group could meet up there! I will be staying overnight on May 12th at the DoubleTree in Annapolis. My email is: brenda@usermail.com -- if we can at least get together and start talking strategy, that would be worth it to me.
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Wanted to alert Maryland service providers to a new COMAR 3.1 Therapeutic Sexual Abuse Trauma Recovery House opening July 1, 2014 in Landover, MD! I am on the Advisory Board for "Affirming All Women House of Healing, Inc." 7600 Willow Drive, Landover, MD 20785 -- There will be an Open House on Saturday, June 28th from 9:30am - 2:30pm for touring, opening remarks, meeting staff and supporters, public officials, etc. It's an 8-bed facility with an 8 week program (60 days), 24/7 staff...
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Re: Dr. Vincent Felitti speaks in Hagerstown, MD
I'm sorry I did not know Dr. Felitti was coming to Maryland! I'm so glad he was here -- we need that extra shot in the arm to get moving on ACEs!!!
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Hi Jonathan, Yes, I do believe we have some other Maryland ACE Group members who have experience working with community on ACEs. I don't want to speak for them - hopefully they will see this and reply. Or you could write a column on what you hope to do and ask for input. I am in the last year of my graduate school program on Clinical Mental Health Counseling. It has my full attention right now! I have, from time to time, reached out to my own kids' public school system, MCPS in Montgomery...
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Re: Education, inspiration, and action—Maryland lawmakers take deeper dive into ACEs science and how it informs policy
Ruby, so happy to be invited...look forward to following all of the progress in Maryland. Thank you for all you do.
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Re: New Training Initiative in Maryland Focuses on ACE Reduction & Resiliency
Hi Kerry! Unfortunately, this is the FIRST I've ever heard of this initiative (after the fact, of course) and wish it had been open to those of us in Maryland who are passionate and wish to be involved. Sounds like you, like me, feel completely left out of this!
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Re: Paid Family Leave Event
Paid Family Leave is a key policy response to the NEAR (neurobiology, epigenetics, ACEs, and resilience) Science, as the time it provides for parent-child bonding helps to ensure the healthy development of babies and families. These parent-child relationships nurture early brain connections that form the foundation for all learning and relationships that follow. According to research by Joanne Klevens, et. al., state paid family leave policies have also been shown to reduce ACEs (child...
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Re: U.S. Senate champion on trauma, Heidi Heitkamp, provides inspired and hope-filled leadership
Wonderful news that more and more policy makers are being educated on ACEs and Resilience! So exciting to see one of our Maryland ACE Interface Trainers, Frank Kros, MSW, JD, on the front lines of this key policy work (seated next to Senator Heitkampf above) !
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Re: Harford County Public Schools to Pilot Handle With Care Program at Joppatowne Area Schools
There is great work also being done at the state level by Governor Larry Hogan and the Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention (GOCCP) to bolster local efforts and expand Handle With Care to all of Maryland. Please check out their press release and the accompanying blog post here on Maryland ACEs Action.
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Re: Healing Communities
Hoping to attend this event! Dr. Anda is always a fascinating speaker and motivational force. Hagerstown is really taking the lead in Maryland (putting Montgomery County to shame!).
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Greater Richmond Trauma Informed Community Network, first to join ACEs Cooperative of Communities, shows what it means to ROCK!
In 2012, Greater Richmond SCAN and five other community partners hatched a one-year plan to educate the Richmond, Virginia, community about ACEs science and to embed trauma-informed practices. Eight years later, the original group has evolved into the Greater Richmond Trauma-Informed Community Network (GRTICN) with 495 people and 170 organizations. And they're just scratching the surface.
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Prevention is Essential: Collective Impact Coalition Promotes Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments for All Maryland’s Children
When members of Maryland’s State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (SCCAN) began in 2006 to examine what their state was doing in the realm of prevention, they discovered a gaping hole. Many participants in the 23-member Council—people working in child welfare, mental health, law enforcement and advocacy groups—knew about ACEs and about the corrosive effects of early childhood maltreatment. But they discovered, through informational interviews across different sectors and an environmental...
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Youth-Led Advocacy Creates Healing Opportunities in Baltimore City
After a shooting at a historic Baltimore high school in February 2019—a 25-year-old man, angry about the school’s treatment of his sister, who was a student there, shot a special education assistant with a Smith and Wesson handgun—conversation in the city centered on whether school resource officers should be armed. Students said that was the wrong question. When City Council’s education and youth committee, chaired by council member Zeke Cohen, held hearings on school violence following the...
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'A Better Normal:' Can universal ACEs screening be equitable? -- Concerns and solutions
Can universal ACEs screening be equitable? A conversation about concerns and solutions. When: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2-3:30 pm PDT/5-6:30 pm EDT This webinar explores what it takes to ensure that equity is built into the process of screening and providing support for families who have experienced trauma and want help. REGISTER HERE Background At the beginning of this year, California, through the ACEs Aware initiative began rolling out universal screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs),...
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