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Transform Trauma with ACEs Sciences Film Festival & Follow-Up Discussions The following weekend watch parties and follow-up discussions are co-hosted by ACEs Connection, The Relentless School Nurse , and The Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice (CTIPP) . We appreciated the filmmakers for making these films free to watch for our members and for the public programming of PBS. The films we’ll feature are as follows: Portraits of Professional Caregivers Whole People Part 1...

You could say that Ann Penn-Charles, a native of La Push, Washington, was a natural resilience builder even before there was an ACE Study. La Push is a Native American reservation on the western edge of Olympic National Park, where the Quileute Nation ancestors of “Miss Ann”, as she is known, have lived for generations. Although she faced hardships growing up on the reservation, including having her first child when she was a junior in high school, she was able to graduate with the support...

We at FORGE Youth Mentoring , in partnership with Coalition for a Healthy Benton City and Washington State Healthcare Authority , are excited to provide a course for community adults to learn how to EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE. There is a growing disconnect between generation because of fears, misunderstanding, and lack of trust. This short course is designed to help all adults better understand younger people, the culture, and keys to developing empathy, understanding, and quality...

COVID-19 Behavioral Health Toolbox for Families is now available The COVID-19 Behavioral Health Group developed the COVID-19 Behavioral Health Toolbox for Families. The toolbox gives tips on how to understand emotional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Behavioral Health Strike team guides the work for the COVID-19 Behavioral Health Group. The Behavioral Health Strike Team includes seven doctoral-level psychologists, one psychiatrist, and one Board Certified Couple and Family...

By Ryan White, Center for Health Journalism, July 23, 2020 Harvard’s Jack Shonkoff, a luminary in the field of early childhood, has spent years showing that events in the earliest years of life have profound implications for how budding brains develop, and in turn, shape a child’s later potential at school and work. Now, Shonkoff says it’s time to connect the brain to the rest of the body. “The message now is to say that there is a revolution going on in molecular biology and genomics and in...

The Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at TCU is currently offering two online trainings, TBRI ® 101: A Self-Guided Course in Trust-Based Relationships and TBRI ® & Trauma-Informed Classrooms free of charge until August 31, 2020. Click the following link for this great opportunity! https://child.tcu.edu/sale/#sthash.vvPfcFDj.dpbs

By Lila Shroff, July 2, 2020, KUOW. Over the past two decades, while juvenile incarceration rates have been decreasing, rates of incarcerated girls have either stayed the same, or increased . In response, the Kitsap County Girls Court opened in June 2019 as Washington state’s first court system providing service just for girls. A few months ago, I went to see Girls Court in action. [ Please click here to read more. ]

CRACKED UP THE EVOLVING CONVERSATION Episode 4: Generational Trauma - Breaking the Cycle with Darrell Hammond, Comedian, actor, SNL Legend Michelle Esrick, Filmmaker, activist Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Author of The Body Keeps the Score Jane Stevens, Founder of ACES Connection and special guest Jane Fonda Academy Award-winning actor, producer, author and activist Thursday June 25th at 1pm PDT / 2p MT / 3p CT / 4pm EDT Hosted by ACEs Connection THE PRICE OF THIS LIVE EVENT IS $12.50 We have...

The WA State Prevention Summit will be happening again on November 3-4, 2020 for the first time virtually! Stay tuned for more information, or keep up to date with the latest news by signing up for our newsletter: Sign Up for Updates

CRI is proud to announce its 5th annual BPT Conference is going virtual. The theme this year is Resilience through Diversity: The power of trauma-informed DEI practices. BPT is a medium to share and learn from communities around the world. Over two days you will have the option of attending: 6 live presentations, 2 keynotes, 15 pre-recorded on-demand presentations, and on-demand screenings of 'Paper Tigers', 'Resilience' and the premiere of the documentary 'Visceral' with live Q&A...

The Families Forward Washington (FFW) study has re-started enrollment after a two month pause. Non-custodial parents who live in Benton, Franklin or Walla Walla counties can contact Rosa Reyna at Goodwill of the Columbia to learn more and check eligibility. Eligible parents can sign up for FFW through an online and phone-based enrollment process. Interested parents must have a computer with internet connection, not just a smart phone, to enroll remotely into FFW. Free of charge, each...

THE EASTER BONNIE , aka Bonnie Schmidt of Port Angeles, gave her preschoolers little baskets of farewell last week. On the porch of her Little Rhythms Learning Center, she placed packages of belongings the kids had left behind, plus art supplies and fond notes to each family. No hugs allowed. School is over for the rest of the academic year, following Gov. Jay Inslee’s mandate, and parents, children and educators must cope with the loss. Now and going forward: How can we, as a community,...