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...

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...

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...

To join SAMHSA's mental health & data archive listserv: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icp...SAMHDA/maillist.html Resiliency in Research and Community: Restorative Integral Support http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Res...e/View.aspx?id=52000 Yoga Can Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...-yoga_b_2074338.html Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body http://www.amazon.com/Overcomi...aiming/dp/1556439695 Center for Post-Trauma...

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...

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...

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...

I'm Shawn, I'll be managing the RIS group. I've been adding some new material to the group. Take a look at the newly added clips, links, and other resources included in the "Articles and Other Resources" widget.  I suggest giving the Restorative...

I'd like to welcome those of you who have joined this group through the RIS for ACE Response online course to use this topic forum to share any thoughts and/or lingering questions you may have about the RIS model (anyone who has not taken the course is welcome to take part in the conversation as well and may want to take a look at the online course flyer attached below). It may also be helpful to share with other group members how you think RIS implementation could potentially benefit your...

I just started this course and completed the first module. Even though I'm pretty familiar with the ACE Study, it was good review. I was less familiar with the Restorative Integral Support. It seems like a useful model for addressing ACEs at individual, programmatic, systemic and community levels. There are lists of additional online resources included as well as the base course information. The information is a mix of video, reading online and reading articles - nice mix.

Thank you for sharing your review of the course, Tory. I'm glad to hear that you've found it helpful so far and have become more familiar with the RIS model. It is a unique and useful model with a wide range of potential applications. The model provides a sort of comprehensive map of the "whole" person in environment, which social work in particular strives to address.

Hi Ellen! Welcome and thank you kindly for your well-thought-out reply to the post. It's most encouraging to see a physician joining the group. Just so you know, you're not alone! There are quite a few others here who work in the healthcare field--hopefully they will see this post and offer up some ideas as we get a conversation started. Regarding your question about RIS outcomes, the model incorporates practices supported by evidence, such as promoting staff self-care and building social...

Hello partners, members, and friends, It is with mixed emotions that I am sharing that PACEs Connection will be sunsetting all operations effective Friday, April 26. While it saddens me to see this chapter of PACEs work come to a close, this work is too important to end, and efforts are underway to identify a new home for PACEs to continue its work. At the same time, this presents an exciting opportunity for PACEs to reemerge stronger than ever. Although we intended a seamless transition,...