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Re: Under One Roof
John, I would encourage you to contact Child and Family Services. They do accept Medicaid and private insurance. Remember, referrals from DHS (neglect/abuse cases) would have their funding. The Court I work does in some cases pay for assessments and treatment for youth. ~ Cathy
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Re: Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress and Adult Psychiatric, Social and Medical Outcomes
I can't attend. It is National Day of Caring and I'm coordinating a county team with some of our court involved juveniles to do work at the Cherryland Human Society. Cathy
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Re: Assistance dog trained to help witnesses, victims in Stanislaus County court [Modesto Bee]
We are very excited in Grand Traverse And Leelanau counties to have the use of a "facility" dog to spend time with witnesses, children in court, and families. Gunther is handled by the Victim Witness Coordinator of Leelanau county, Laurie LaCross. Laurie wrote a grant to fund Gunther and then completed weeks of specialized training. Someday with Gunther is ready to retire Laurie will adopt him. He is trained specifically to be non-reactive. Most dogs react when threatened or even when a door...
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Re: Assistance dog trained to help witnesses, victims in Stanislaus County court [Modesto Bee]
Tina, I understand completely. The "system" has to ask a victim to recount and relive a horrific incident. This is the same for victims of domestic violence. When I worked as a domestic violence advocate I went to court with victims.The cross examination was the worst. ~ Cathy
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Re: Welcome Members of Northern Michigan ACEs Action
Tina, It would be great to have you attend if it doesn't conflict with the event in D.C. I have sent the GT Collaborative Coordinator, Sharon Vreeland, an invitation to join Connections. I believe ACEs has implications for everyone in our community infant to seniors and the collaborative members unanimously agreed this morning at our meeting. I am absolutely passionate about how we can use the ACEs information to transform our communities, heal lives, lengthen lives, and end many of the...
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Re: Live Chat on ACEs in Education
I will attend at 5:30 pm. Every Thursday until 5:30 pm we hold specialty juvenile courts, either mental health court or sobriety court.
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Assistance dog trained to help witnesses, victims in Stanislaus County court [Modesto Bee]
The woman, a victim of an assault, sat in the courtroom’s witness chair and started to talk. As she told a judge what happened and how it affected her – giving what’s called a victim impact statement – the woman...
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Column: Update young offender sentencing (detroitnews.com)
As legislators, we like to think of Michigan as a forward-thinking state. In many areas of state law, this is true. However, one area that is firmly rooted in outdated ideals and practices is our method of charging and sentencing youthful offenders....
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Creating and Advocating for Trauma-Sensitive Schools
Creating and Advocating for Trauma-Sensitive Schools Volume 2 of Helping Traumatized Children Learn: Creating and Advocating for Trauma-Sensitive Schools, safe, supportive learning environments that benefit all children offers a Guide...
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"Faces of ACEs: The Lifelong Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences" Conference 2019
Friday, April 12, 2019 marked an exciting, auspicious, and perhaps pivotal day in the history of Monroe County, Indiana. That’s a lot of adjectives—and pressure—to pile onto just another glorious spring day in Bloomington. But I think many folks who virtually congregate on a site that supports communities implementing trauma-informed and resilience-building practices grounded in ACEs science would agree that a county’s first-ever ACEs conference deserves a little ballyhoo. But this ACEs...
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Innovative, New Approach in Charlevoix County, Michigan Court
CHARLEVOIX COUNTY PROBATE / FAMILY COURT SAFE HARBOR ADOLESCENT RECOVERY PROGRAM “ An innovative trauma-informed substance abuse treatment program where youth find safe sanctuary to heal and move forward. ” Charlevoix...
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It's April Again, Camping Season in Northern Michigan Begins
Growing up in Iowa, once a summer my dad would pack a tent, sleeping bags, and load up our camper which sat securely on the bed of my dad's pick- up truck. My mom would pack hot dogs to roast, and of course s'mores. We would then head off to a local campground on the shores of Saylorville Lake for an overnight adventure. We laughed as we burned marshmallows, and sometimes my mom even brought her guitar to play for us. This is all, thankfully, I knew of camping until I became an adult living...
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Letters from Death Row: The Biology of Trauma (texasobserver.org)
Juan Ramirez grew up in poverty in the Rio Grande Valley, in a neighborhood infested with drug-and gang-related violence. By the age of 10 he’d started smoking marijuana and using inhalants. Within a couple of years he’d moved on to...
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Michigan Supreme Court on Family Resilience
Through grant funding, we are weaving our way into a trauma-informed family court system in our neck of the woods: http://michildsupportpundit.blogspot.com/2018/09/building-family-resiliency-in-wexford.html Tell us what you think!
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Resilience Coffee Notes May 2016
May 2016 Resilience Coffee Notes Present Mike and Sharon Herron, Carrie Douglas, David Lloyd, Paula Smith, Amelia Siders, Emily Quinn, Lance Morgan, Sharon VanDrie, Carey Curran, Deb Frisbie, Sarah Hubbell, Erika Solomonson Conversation about a support group for parents who are parenting a child with ACES (adoptive, foster care or otherwise)- Amelia Siders of the Child Advocacy Center and Paula Smith of Child and Family services offered to work on a series. Amelia mentioned that Child...
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Supreme Court Allows Teacher Testimony in Child-Abuse Cases
Justices give prosecutors leeway to bring cases without young children testifying Su preme Court Upholds Child Abuse Evidence Via Mandatory Reporter On Thursday, June 18 the Supreme Court upheld the use of a child’s comments to a...
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The Crisis in Pediatric Psychiatric Emergency Rooms (The Center for Young Healthy Minds)
Psychiatric emergency rooms are busier than you can imagine—unless you’ve been stuck in one. In fact, there’s only one emergency room setting that’s even more so: pediatric psychiatric emergency...
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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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Heather Prevo
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Mickki Smith
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The Hidden Biases of Good People: Implicit Bias Awareness Training
The Dibble Institute is pleased to present an introductory webinar by Rev. Dr. Bryant T. Marks Sr. of the National Training Institute on Race and Equity , which will provide foundational information on implicit bias. It will focus at the individual level and discuss how implicit bias affects everyone. Strategies to reduce or manage implicit bias will be discussed. Broadly speaking, group-based bias involves varying degrees of stereotyping (exaggerated beliefs about others), prejudice...
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Mark Risk
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Examples of Current Trauma-Informed Judicial Systems
Please join us for a new series entitled: Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice. This monthly virtual Zoom series will feature conversations facilitated by Porter Jennings-McGarity, 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 used in this area...
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Tammy Brintnell
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adult male with high aces and veteran with bipolar - facing felony possession
I have a family member who is otherwise a kind and good citizen who has a bipolar diagnosis and history of childhood trauma as well as being a veteran with cancer. He had possession of guns and was not allowed to and during a manic episode this fall concerned friends and family continually went to the police who did what they could but finally had a reason to search the home for a missing gun from a family members home. He is now facing some felony charges. It is not clear yet if the...