Register by June 1 to participate in a state wide education day at the State Capitol, with the goals to 1) Raise awareness of the impact of childhood adversity on children, youth, families, and communities and 2) Address gaps and structural inequities in systems so they can prevent and appropriately respond to childhood adversity, strengthen protective factors and build resilience.
At the monthly Mindful Educators MeetUp, practice mindfulness skills and learn about trauma informed practice. Check out the April meeting in this post, and mark your calendars for the next meeting on May 10.
Susan Jones, a member of Resilient Sacramento and Behavior Specialist at San Juan Unified School District, spent the day of the Becoming a Trauma Sensitive School conference, overjoyed. This conference has been Susan's long term goal with the district, and the day she planned for the convened administrators, teachers, and school staff members was an phenomenal success.
The original play TRIGGER, written and directed by Resilient Sacramento member DeAngelo Mack and acted by local youth, was a smash hit.
The UC Consortium on the Developmental Science of Adolescence will feature speakers with a focus on Adolescence as a Second Period of Transformation.
DO NOT MISS THIS PLAY! Mark your calendars for March 24 & 25. Playwright is our own DeAngelo Mack! Along with his young people served through SVIP. Trigger follows a small group of young individuals through a journey of discovery and healing.
CA Department of Health Care Services and Department of Public Health welcome Dr. Vincent Felitti, Co-Principal Investigator of the O riginal CDC-Kaiser Adverse Childhood Experiences ( ACEs ) Study, 1995-1997 The DHCS Office of the Medical Director and CDPH would like to invite you to hear Dr. Felitti speak about the seminal ACE Study, one of the largest investigations of childhood abuse and neglect and later-life health and well-being. The ACE Study now includes more than 80 publications...
On November 1, the UC Davis Department of Family and Community Medicine hosted guest lecturer Dr. Nadine Burke Harris for a special screening of "Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope", a KPJR film directed by James Redford. The film is a follow up from the documentary, "Paper Tigers". "Resilience" takes us on the next step: Learning how trauma informed practices can help dramatically shift outcomes for struggling families in entire communities.
For more information, download the full flyer attached below, or click on the registration link here .
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is an 8 hour in-person certification training that teaches you how to help a young person who appears to be experiencing a mental health crisis or developing a mental health problem. Receive this training for free in Sacramento! Click link within to register.
The following course was previously posted to our site in advance of the Spring 2016 Course, and now there is an opportunity to participate in the course as part of a UC Davis research study. Study participants will receive a discount (via gift cards) on the course: Those students who choose to participate in the study (online pre/post-questionnaires) will receive $100 gift cards. Sign up here: http://www.threeriversmindfulness.com/course-signup/ Course Dates: 9/11-10/30, Sundays 1-4pm ,...
The conference will focus on how we can deliver better care through coordinated, data-driven, and patient-centered approaches—with attention to the social correlates of health like housing, transportation, hunger, and education.
See the attached flyer for information about how you or your organization can help support this Back to School fair in South Sacramento.
Come talk to Senator Pan, Jay Hansen of the SCUSD School Board, and community leaders Kim Williams (BHC) and Jim Steyer (Common Sense). See details on flyer.
Register for this important, and FREE training, but hurry, the training dates are coming up in just two weeks. See flyer below; also attached.