Need 45 Trauma-Informed Practitioners or Clinicians For Study on Using a Brain Regulation Headband-Bellabee Designed To Help Trauma Survivors Regulate Their Brains. All trauma informed practitioners who are suffering with or who work with adults or children suffering with C-PTSD, PTSD, Developmental Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, ADHD & Sleep Disorders are welcome to apply to be considered for this study. The deadline to request and submit your application is: March 20, 2020 As a trauma...

Hello! I’m a Community Manager for the Practicing Resilience for Self-Care & Healing community. This is an introduction to me and this new community. I graduated with a B.S. in Public Health from Santa Clara University June 2017. And I’m interested in preventing chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, at the community and population level by addressing biological, psychological, and social factors that affect chronic disease outcomes. As the...

How to Attend Chat Event on August 8th @ 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST : If You are a Member of the Parenting with ACEs Group Go to Parenting with ACEs Group on August 8th. Find Featured Chat at top. If You're Not a Member of the Parenting with ACEs Group Go to Groups, All Groups, find Parenting with ACEs Group , Join This Group. Find Featured Chat at top of page. More about the Chat: Carey Sipp is a health writer, parenting educator and trauma-informed communities advocate. She is the author of The...

We’ll start to populate the new Resource Center next month. One of the sections lists ACE surveys that have additional questions. The CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study revealed that ACEs contribute to most of our major chronic health, mental health, economic health and social health issues. It measured five types of abuse and neglect: physical, verbal and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect. And five types of family dysfunction: a family member with mental...

The National Center for Excellence in Homeless Services (NCEHS) at the University at Albany has been leading efforts in supporting the advancement of homeless services since 2013. Guided by the Restorative Integral Support (RIS) model, NCEHS supports RISing leadership in the homeless services field. The Center offers Integrally-informed leadership training emphasizing whole person homelessness response to homeless service agency directors. In addition to leadership training, NCEHS promotes...

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The Restorative Integral Support (RIS) model gives service providers and community planners a concise framework to map out multiple dimensions of a given problem. At Chugachmiut , a non-profit agency serving the Native people and communities of Alaska's Chugach Region, the RIS model has been used to conceptualize an ACE-informed approach to the problem of suicide among Alaska Natives. Read about the application of RIS at Chugachmiut in the attached article below, written by Chugachmiut...

We recently posted a blog highlighting RISing leadership in ACE Response at Senior Hope Counseling, Inc., a center of healing for older adults recovering from addiction and a partner of the New York State Capital Region HEARTS Initiative . The blog made an appearance on the ACEs Connection home page. Here is a link to the blog in case you missed the post and would like to read more about an example of RISing leadership in ACE Response for older adults: ...

A free online course is now available to anyone interested in learning more about ACEs, resilience, and RIS as an ACE response approach. A range of topics are explored in 13 course modules, covering approximately 12 hours of course material (which you are able to complete at your own pace). The online course was created and arranged by Associate Professor Heather Larkin and her team at the University at Albany. For more information about the course, download the attached flyer...

Check out this news story on the HEARTS Initiative and its multi-pronged approach to addressing ACEs and trauma. HEARTS helps transcend siloed systems and build community resilience by bringing leaders from multiple sectors together at the same...

The Healthy Environments And Relationships That Support (HEARTS) Initiative of New York State's Greater Capital Region has been awarded a grant to advance ACE Response through a nationwide project , launched by the Health Federation of...

Attaining a level of self-awareness is an important part of the RIS model, which emphasizes the interplay of all dimensions comprising the person-in-environment. Burnout and vicarious traumatization are all too prevalent in the helping profession when...