Two middle schools in the Buena Park school district have completed their WellSpace centers over the summer. See how spaces centered on tranquility, self-care, and decompression have positively impacted students’ well-being: https://newsroom.ocde.us/new- wellspace-centers-in-buena- park-offer-middle-schoolers-a- space-to-decompress/
Catered towards the RISE initiative, the partnership aims to transform school environments into spaces of elevated health and resistance for both staff and students. Learn more about what practices and expansions are being deployed: https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocde- partners-with-kaiser- permanente-to-pilot-new- resilience-in-school- environments-initiative/
Despite difficult and traumatic circumstances outside of school, 11th grader Kaiyanna Han continues to be an inspiration. To listen to her powerful story, watch Han’s interview with ACSA recognizing her as a 2021 Every Student Succeeding winner. https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocde-access-student-recognized-for-succeeding-and-rising-against-the-odds/
Cases of youth suicide are on the rise. What are the risk factors and warning signs tied to suicide? What steps do we take to provide help? Here’s what OCDE regional mental health coordinators and its Crisis Response Network have shared: https://newsroom.ocde.us/ september-is-suicide- prevention-awareness-month- here-are-risk-factors-and- warning-signs-to-know/
The pandemic has had a lasting effect on youth mental health. Moved by a desire to reduce youth’s toxic stress and increase their resilience, The Dibble Institute, in partnership with a team of students and alumni from ArtCenter College of Design and author Carolyn Curtis, PhD, is releasing Me & My Emotions —a new, free adaptation of our beloved Mind Matters Curriculum. The mobile-friendly Me & My Emotions website features engaging graphics and bite-sized lessons teens can access and...
Photo: Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer) Author: Lilly Nguyen's article, please click here. Newport Beach will soon have its own mobile mental health service response team with the approval of a $1.2-million contract between the city and Mind OC, the nonprofit that operates Be Well OC. City staff said the price tag of the program has been offset by an anonymous donation of $132,000, which is expected to finance the van and initial set-up costs. Federal grants will be used to pay for...
Toxic stress can have lifelong impacts. Here’s what you need to know about adverse childhood experiences and how you can help to mitigate the effects.
Ways to mitigate the toxic stress reponse resulting from COVID-19 and often associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACEs.
As a mental health agency for children, we have witnessed the impact of an ACE Score in the lives of children, families, and our community of Orange County since 1972.
The ACE Study provides insight into the traumatic experiences that occurred in childhood. PEARLS was developed to learn more about related life experiences
With funding from the Mental Health Student Services Act , and in partnership with the Orange County Health Care Agency and local school districts, OCDE recently hired seven regional mental health coordinators, creating a countywide network to strengthen mental health procedures and protocols. Serving a wide-range of mental health needs, the coordinators are each assigned to a region in Orange County and work closely with local school districts to increase access to local mental health...
English: The California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative , ACEs Connection , and the Yolo County Children’s Alliance co-created “Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in both English and Spanish. This material is intended for Californian families experiencing the severe economic consequences resulting from...
Orange County’s cross-sector community resilience initiative, Orange County ACEs Connection , has officially joined the PACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities. The PACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities is a program of PACEs Connection that provides special tools and services for ACEs initiatives in towns, cities, and counties. It’s designed for initiatives that need efficient and sophisticated ways to measure their progress to becoming a trauma-informed community; that want...
La Maida Project is thrilled to share videos from our recent webinar series “Exploring the Role of Culture in Healing”. We had an great audience turn out and robust dialogue with our panel of guest speakers including Ken Epstein, PhD LCSW , leader in trauma-informed systems transformation, Anil Vadaparty , CEO of child-welfare agency McKinley, and Omid Naim, MD , integrative psychiatrist and founder of La Maida Project. In these webinars we discuss the role of leadership in trauma-informed...
Imagine a space on a middle or high school campus that resembles a tranquil coffee house or the lobby of a high-end spa, replete with soft lighting, comfortable chairs, relaxing literature and light snacks. And imagine all that’s asked of students who enter is that they take a moment to unplug, relax and recenter. As part of a multifaceted effort to fortify the mental health of children and teenagers across the county, the Orange County Department of Education and CHOC have teamed up to...