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Building Healthy Life Skills: Free 12-Week Workshop for Parents & Children

Phil Schmauss ·
-ANOTHER CLASS IS COMING SOON- STARTING January 14th, 2019 | SIGN UP NOW! Building Healthy Life Skills is an exciting and informative 12- Week Course FREE for Parents and Children. You Will: Improve Personal and Family Relationships Understand how Trauma Affects the Brain Raise Resilient Children using Scientific Principles Learn the Keys to Self-Control Discover The 7 Most Important Questions of Every Relationship First 5 Merced County is dedicated to improving the lives of Merced's young...
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Show Your Support!: Friday, April 24 is Children's Memorial Flag Day

Amanda Guajardo ·
Now more than ever, the safety and security of our nation's children is paramount. The Children's Memorial Flag was created in honor of National Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Month. Flown on the fourth Friday in April — on April 24 this year — the Children’s Memorial Flag honors each lost child and serves as a symbol for the protection of children and young people from all forms of violence. The flag raises public awareness about the continuing problem of violence against children.
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Volunteer 'Cuddlers' Offer Comfort to Newborn Babies at Valley Children's Hospital [yourcentralvalley.com]

By Kristen Mitchell, YourCentralValley.com, September 15, 2019 Not every newborn gets to go home from the hospital right away. Those needing extra care at Valley Children’s Hospital also get extra love from cuddlers through a volunteer program. Their job is to hold and cuddle with newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit when their parents can’t be there. One of the roughly 70 cuddlers is Donna Garcia. She snuggles with babies twice a week. [ Please click here to read more .]
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April: Child Abuse Prevention Month

Phil Schmauss ·
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. It began in 1983 when a report about 500,000 abused children caught the attention and heart of President Ronald Reagan. “Now, Therefore, I… hereby proclaim the month of April… as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.” With support from the community, parents increase their capacity to provide safe and healthy homes for their children. By doing simple acts to support children and their parents – or give to those organizations and agencies that do – we...
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Looking for a supportive community? Join us! (Fee Free)

Jodi Wert ·
The Community of Practice (C of P) is an interdisciplinary, online platform for adults who are important to children. Among other topics, we explore how systems, environments, and documentation shape early childhood learning and wellness. We grow our ability to be curious about children's full-being, inherent wisdom by being curious about our own ways of knowing and inquiring. We are peer accompaniment with each other - support for the supporters of children, families, and communities. Join...
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Valley Children’s Awarded $500,000 Grant to Combat Adverse Childhood Experiences

Phil Schmauss ·
(Merced, California) Valley Children’s, along with a collaborative of Merced community-based organizations, has been selected as a $500,000 recipient by the California Department of Health Care Services to combat adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress screening. ACEs are stressful or traumatic events children experience before the age of 18, including abuse and neglect. The screenings will focus on patients at Valley Children’s Olivewood Pediatrics in Merced. “Children who are...
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Free Building Healthy Life Skills Expecting Mothers Class

Phil Schmauss ·
This is an exciting educational 2-day course for expecting mothers and their partners & support persons. Session 1: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 12PM-2PM Session 2: Thursday, January 19, 2023 12-PM-2PM This is an introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's), toxic stress, and how to create resilience in children. Improve personal and family relationships Understand how trauma affects the growing brain Understand how toxic stress impacts health Learn keys to self-control Raising...
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ACE Overcomers Introduces Parent Education Program in Merced County

Melissa Baltazar ·
In a significant boost to family welfare initiatives in Merced County, ACE Overcomers, in collaboration with Valley Children's Hospital and Cultiva Central Valley, launched a groundbreaking Parent Education and Support Program. This pioneering two-year project, generously funded by the Central California Alliance for Health, is designed to cater to the Medi-Cal underserved populations, offering bilingual parenting classes for parents, guardians, and caregivers of children aged 0-5 years. The...
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