Tagged With "Parent Leadership"
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Education Transformations - Providing Soc/Emot Training to Schools & More
Education Transformations is a company that works with districts, schools, teachers, and other organizations to improve Social/Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and what we call Relational Competency.
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Today 5pm Facebook Live: Improving Child Welfare Practice With the Power of Adolescent Brain Development
Today: Our Experts are Taking to Facebook Live to Highlight the Latest Report on the Adolescent Brain Tune in at 8 p.m. EST (5 p.m. Pacific) today to watch a conversation with the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative on the release of The Road to Adulthood: Aligning Child Welfare Practice with Adolescent Brain Development . Register at - https://www.facebook.com/JimCaseyYouthOpportunitiesInitiative/ Adolescence is a major development period similar to the growth spurt of early childhood.
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Toxic Stress, Toxic Streets (4 minute video)
This video is about 2 years old, but I just came across it last week and wanted to share with you all. It is a powerful statement by the students at Leadership High School in San Francisco, CA. They speak about the ongoing adversity and toxic stress in their daily lives and in their community, all through the power of music. The youth voice is so important as we work to bring trauma-informed and resilience building practices to communities. Link to video: Toxic Stress, Toxic Streets
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Trauma Informed Journeys- San Diego Youth Services
Every odd month the San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team (SD-TIGT) meets to share and disseminate best practices within the San Diego region. A key component of the meeting is the Trauma Informed Journey which allows an agency to share the progress they have been making to become more trauma informed and to promote resiliency with their staff and consumers. This month Stephen Carroll, ASW, Director of Homeless and Transition Age Services presented San Diego Youth Services’ (SDYS)...
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Two-Way Street: Community Organizer and San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Learn from One Another
Barry Pollard told the San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team (SD-TIGT) how a small group of exasperated residents had rattled the corporate gates and won. During the “trauma-informed journey” portion of January’s SD-TIGT meeting—a regular feature in which a member or guest shares challenges, triumphs and lessons learned in the course of implementing trauma-informed practices—Pollard, founder of San Diego’s three-year-old Urban Collaborative Project (UCP), told how residents in Southeast San...
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Upcoming CYFSOC Conference
Each year, the Children, Youth of Care (CYFSOC) Training Academy hosts an annual conference for our children, youth and families system of care. This year, our conference Unpacking Hope: Understanding the Unique Needs of Children, Youth and Families Experiencing Homelessness will address the impact of trauma and the resilience of children, youth and families experiencing homelessness. We are thrilled to announce that our keynote speaker this year is Bryan Samuels. Bryan Samuels is the...
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Trauma Informed Journey- Urban Collaborative Project
The San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team (SD-TIGT) meets bimonthly to share and learn about best trauma-informed practices throughout the San Diego region. The Trauma Informed Journey presentation is a highlight of each meeting. A SD-TIGT member volunteers to share their experience as to how they began implementing trauma-informed practices, challenges that they have overcome, lessons learned, and examples of their successes. A common denominator for all presentations is demonstrated...
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San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team (SD-TIGT) Strategic Plan 2016-2018
After seven years, the San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team (SD-TIGT) had evolved and grown significantly, as had the trauma informed movement. Upon reviewing the initial Strategic Plan, developed in 2009, it was found that it was time for this document to be revised. A dedicated group of core members began meeting with the daunting task of updating the Mission, Vision, and Goals. In November 2015, the SD-TIGT was fortunate enough to be one of 14 Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities...
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team - September 7, 2018 Meeting Minutes
Thanks to all who attended September's meeting! Its great to see both new and familiar faces:-) Special thanks to Craig Beswick from Learn4Life for his Trauma-Informed Journey presentation! Meeting minutes are below and attached. Handouts and Craig's PowerPoint presentation are attached. Welcome - Introductions (Name and Organization) 3 people Zoomed in😊; Jeff Weiner & Sara Coupass Clinton Health Matters Initiative, and Betsy Knight & Adrianne Yancy BHS. Our apologies for the sound...
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San Diego Youth Voice leaders educate European delegation about ACEs science
City Heights youth leaders from Youth Voice met with women leaders from eight countries who visited the San Diego Diplomacy Council on their tour of the United States to learn about and promote citizen safety, economic opportunity, social justice and environmental sustainability. The members of the European delegation came from Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Jessica and Lizette, Youth Voice leaders, shared their expertise on the...
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San Francisco Dept of Public Health Trauma-Informed Systems Initiative
From Jane Stevens.... I thought you might be interested in taking a look at the 2014 year in review from the SF Dept of Public Health's Trauma-Informed Systems Initiative. It's attached, below. The Department made the commitment to...
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SD Principal & Compassionate Schools
The CA Endowment's addition to Health Happens Here! Filmmaker Rita Grant's video on San Diego Unified School District's Principal at Cherokee Point Elementary in City Heights, Godwin Higa, and his lens and leadership of a compassionate...
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SD-TIGT May 1, 2015 Meeting Minutes
San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team May 1, 2015 12:30pm-2:00pm Meeting Notes Mission Statement: To promote the development and provision of trauma-informed services in San Diego County’s agencies and systems through collaboration, advocacy and education to achieve transformation. I. Present: Stephen Carroll – San Diego Youth Services Betsy Knight – HHSA BHS ...
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SD-TIGT Membership Team Agenda 3.6.20
Hi, team: Please find our Agenda for our next SD-TIGT Membership Meeting on 3.6.20. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I. Welcome: Introductions (Name and Organization) - Co-Chairs Dana Brown and Kat Alexander * Celebrate New Members II . New Sign-In Process: Use above QR Code - Co-Chair Kat Alexander III. Eyes of Compassion: Trauma-Informed Lens Song - Member, Linda K. Williams, original son * Eyes of Compassion (English) * Eyes of Compassion (Spanish) IV. Leadership Team Positions...
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SD-TIGT Strategic Plan Update
On July 1, 2016, the San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team (SD-TIGT) and San Diego Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC) team presented an initial draft of the 2016-2018 Strategic Plan to 19 members. The SD-TIGT is an inclusive, grassroots network that is concerned with expanding the work of the San Diego region to promote trauma informed practices. Heidi Echeverria, MARC Project Manager at Harmonium shared the following highlights from the strategic plan: Mission Statement...
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SDTIGT Meeting Minutes - January 8, 2016
We had another well-attended meeting with a wonderful Trauma-Informed Journey presentation from SAY San Diego and some great discussions! The minutes are posted below and attached: Introductions (20 attendees) Agency Overview and Trauma Informed Journey Presentation: SAY San Diego Jessica Rathbun, MSW Program Manager at SAY San Diego, gave a wonderful presentation on her agency’s trauma informed journey (and brought us homemade cupcakes - YUM!!) SAY San Diego has many programs divided into...
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Self Care Webinar on 11/16/16 Hosted by Futures Without Violence
Compassion Fatigue & Self-Care for Individuals and Organizations Brought to you by Futures Without Violence’s Supporting Organizational Sustainability Institute (SOS Institute) in partnership with the Office on Violence Against Women. Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Time : 9:30 a.m. PT, 10:30 a.m. MT, 11:30 p.m. CT, 12:30 p.m. ET (1 Hr. 30 Min.) ***Closed caption will be provided. Registration Link:...
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Self-Healing Communities [RWJF.org]
A comprehensive model of building community capacity in Washington helped make dramatic reductions in rates of health issues and social problems. The Issue In the early 1990’s, Washington state set up a program to tackle issues like domestic violence, school dropouts, youth substance abuse, and others that impact families and children. These are issues that typically had been addressed separately, but the team in Washington focused on addressing them collectively. Key Findings Over 10 to 15...
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Showing UP for Sophia: Dear John,
Dear John, Watching Marriage Story on New Year’s Eve was the ending I needed to witness in order to understand our own. Like Charlie and Nicole, we have history, we share a child, and we both want our child to be raised in an environment where she can thrive. While our similarities don’t stop there, the difference in how their ending started inspired me to follow suit. A mediator encouraged them to write a note of positivity to remember why they got married (together) in the first place.
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The CA Endowment's Video on TICS: Trauma Informed Community Schools
The CA Endowment's newest addition to Health Happens Here! Videographer Rita Grant has created an exceptional video on Trauma Informed Community Schools in City Heights. The place-based outcomes (in the home, in the school, in the...
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Free San Diego Events sponsored by Parents & Caregivers for Wellness
Parents & Caregivers for Wellness, a collaborative project to strengthen the voice of parents and caregivers and improve services and supports for families, is presenting two events in San Diego: Empowering Professionals on September 13, 2019 from 9a - 3p (for professionals) Supporting Parents/Caregivers on September 14, 2019 from 9a - 3p (for Caregivers) Please see attached flyers for details and information about Parents & Caregivers for Wellness.
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Getting on the Same Page: Developing a Strategic Plan
Plans change. That was a key lesson learned by the San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team (SD-TIGT) as the group worked to hone a strategic plan. The network had begun as a grass-roots collaborative, and members wanted to preserve that sense of openness and inclusion. At the same time, with Harmonium, Inc., as the backbone organization and the MARC grant as an impetus, the network also needed structure, goals and clearly defined roles. Already, the Guide Team’s focus had shifted; what began in...
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Hundreds Gather for Restorative Practice / Restorative Justice Summit!
The Restorative Justice and Restorative Practices Summit drew more than 400 people to downtown San Diego last Friday for a day of learning about the science of childhood adversity and how San Diego’s organizations and institutions are implementing trauma-informed and restorative justice practices. Co-hosted by the Human Relations Commission and Commission on Gang Prevention & Intervention, the event brought together community residents, victims, service providers, youth, faith and civic...
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"Inclusion through Kindness and Compassion" One-day summit supporting our LGBTQ youth
The San Diego County Office of Education, in partnership with the International Bullying Prevention Association and working in collaboration with the San Diego County Suicide Prevention Council’s School Collaborative presents: "Inclusion through Kindness and Compassion" One-day summit supporting our LGBTQ youth. 8am - 4pm, Friday, April 28, 2017 Marina Village Conference Center San Diego, California Topics include: • Culture Change Strategies for Addressing Bias • Suicide Prevention among...
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Job Opportunity
Hi, the Chadwick Center has an opening for a Director of Clinical Operations to oversee the multiple clinical programs at Chadwick Center at Rady Children's Hospital. Job description and link to apply is attached.
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Legislation Signals Growing Support for Significance of Trauma Indicators [CaliforniaHealthline.org]
As a college student, Rob Bonta had a summer job working as a counselor for troubled kids. Now, two decades later he is bringing legislation to address some of the needs he saw then. “I worked with some of these kids as a counselor out of college, and I’d walk them home and hear some of these stories,” Assembly member Bonta (D-Oakland) said. “Shootings they heard. Or shootings they witnessed the night before.” It was the summer of his junior year at Yale, when...
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Local students create Project Tabby for Chula Vista kids (sandiegouniontribune.com)
Tabby the bear is delivering smiles to homeless children across Chula Vista with the help of university students and police officers. Created by students from Brandman University in Irvine in partnership with the Chula Vista Police Department, the bear is meant to provide comfort to distressed children. The project is part of Brandman's organization leadership doctoral program, which challenged the students in an assignment to change the world by creating the most value possible. One team...
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Re: OurSOLES youth leaders led Trauma Informed Presentation before Educators and School Staff
Awesome! Looking forward to being able to look at the powerpoint in detail ASAP! What a blessing you are, my dear friend Dana!!! Hugs, LKW :-) From: ACEsConnection < communitymanager@acesconnection.com > To: Linda Williams < lkw_betterworld@yahoo.com > Sent: Monday, September 7, 2015 2:42 PM Subject: Post By Dana Brown: OurSOLES youth leaders led Trauma Informed Present... Post By Dana Brown: OurSOLES youth leaders led Trauma Informed Present...== To reply by email, write above...
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Re: The damage is already done.
Thank you Danielle for sharing your blog. Such a critically imperative awareness is slowly moving through our communities on how devastating domestic violence impacts the well-being of everyone involved. We must, as one human family, increase prevention in every facet of our communities. Churches, schools, community-based organizations, youth leadership programs, etc. need to have this depth of awareness and understanding. Thank you for including resources for those in need. Very...
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Re: SD County ACEs-, Trauma-Informed and Resilience-Building Time Line
Here are some more dates to add: 2015: Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC) Grant awarded to San Diego (as one of fourteen communities from across the country to now have an opportunity to expand their innovative work in addressing childhood adversity through a new project launched by The Health Federation of Philade lphia , with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The California Endowment. ) 2015: City of San Diego passes unanimously the Resolution of Support...
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Re: Trauma-informed program in San Diego teaches parents to train other parents
Please contact Dr. Audrey Hokoda, Chair, SDSU's Child, Family Development Dept. for more definitive information with respect to our amazing Parent Leaders who are now Trauma Informed Community experts. With Dr. Hokoda's exemplary mentoring, leadership and guidance over the last four years with our Parent Leaders, their transformation has evolved to collective efficacy. Dr. Hokoda is available at: ahokoda@sdsu.edu
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Re: Showing UP for Sophia: Dear John,
Sending you lots of love and light my friend. This is hard stuff. Thank you for sharing.
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Re: Anti-crime resource center opens in South County (sandiegouniontribune.org)
With the on site leadership of J.J. Anderson and Grace Lieu there is lots of opportunity for collaboration at the CARE center! If you have services, upcoming events, or other offerings that the community could be interested in, you can stop by the CARE center and let them help you get the word out!
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Re: Poverty in San Diego County higher than during Great Recession (inewsource.org)
Thanks Lynn for sharing your thoughts. Please click on the Annie E. Casey Foundation report "Engaging Parents - Developing Leaders" on the link below. Concurring with you, how can "we" be resident driven/peer led with our polices, practices, procedures and programs. https://www.pacesconnection.com/...ing-leaders-2016-pdf We know the transformation of families/parents is long lasting and ultimately, collective efficacy, when their voice and choice is honored, valued and respected. As more...
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Minutes - May 1, 2020
It was nice to see so many attendees at our first all-virtual meeting! Attached are the meeting minutes, including announcements of our mini-grant recipients and how to apply for our next round of mini-grants !
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California reaches milestone with ACEs initiatives pulsing in all 58 counties. Next: All CA cities.
Karen Clemmer, the Northwest community facilitator with ACEs Connection, was already deeply interested in the CDC/Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study when she and a colleague from the Child Parent Institute were invited to lunch by ACEs Connection founder and publisher Jane Stevens in 2012. But that lunch meeting changed everything. Karen Clemmer “Jane helped us see a bigger world,” says Clemmer. “She came with a much wider lens. She didn’t look only at Sonoma County, she...
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Meeting July 10, 2020
It was wonderful to "see" everyone at our virtual meeting in July! Attached are the meeting minutes and the Systemic Racism PowerPoint mentioned in our meeting.
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kNOw More! online human trafficking education for San Diego County schools.
kNOw MORE! , Point Loma Nazarene University's one-of-a-kind creative human trafficking awareness and prevention program for youth and families, is now available for distance learning! In this moment of pandemic, young people are spending significantly more time online, increasing their vulnerabilities to trafficking. Human trafficking education is more important now than ever. kNOw MORE! utilizes the same student-centered multimedia teaching style with dramas that have shifted to film, live...
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Visitor & Membership Meeting
SD-TIGT MEMBERSHIP MEETING AGENDA Noon Networking 12:15 pm – 12:30 pm Meeting 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm September 4, 2020 Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81494025247?pwd=aGtwMzBLL0tvOXhTSTZ6WXRldCtHUT09 Meeting ID: 814 9402 5247 Passcode: RESILIENT Call mobile (669)900-912 I. Welcome: Networking Introductions (12:15 - 12:30) Chair Dana Brown] * Type Name/Organization/Role in ChatBox * Celebrate New Members (2nd Membership Meeting) II. Zoom Poll (12:30 - 12:35) * Geographical Region in...
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team March 6, 2020 Meeting Minutes
Oops... Attached are the minutes and handouts from our March meeting. My apologies for the delay in getting the minutes posted. This fell through the cracks at the beginning of the pandemic.
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team September 4, 2020 Meeting Minutes
Thanks to all who attended our last meeting and to Linda Williams, Louise Mettler and Brianda Vargas for the wonderful presentation on the Rowan Elementary School Community Connection Circles they created using the mini-grant they received! Rowan Elementary Community Circles (Community Mini-Grant Award) See attached for meeting minutes and handouts. We hope to see you at our November 6th Learning Exchange meeting focused on culture and trauma!
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Leaders in diversity, inclusion honored for contributions to San Diego’s communities (sandiegouniontribune.com)
Local leaders and organizations in San Diego dedicated to serving some of the most vulnerable and under-served communities were recognized for their contributions Monday during RISE San Diego’s fourth annual awards ceremony. RISE San Diego, which creates leadership opportunities for diverse individuals in San Diego, distributed seven Inclusive Leadership in Action Awards during an online presentation, instead of an in-person event at the Joe and Vi Jacobs Center dining hall. The Mothers with...
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Tlingit man elected mayor of San Diego (indiancountrytoday.com)
On Nov. 3, Todd Gloria, Tlingit, was elected mayor of San Diego, the nation’s eighth-largest and California’s second-largest city. Gloria, 42, is the first openly gay and the first person of color to be elected as San Diego’s mayor, as well as the first Native American and Filipino-American mayor elected in a U.S. city of over 1 million people, according to the Los Angeles Times . He was born in San Diego. In a 2009 interview he said he’s Native American, Filipino and “a little bit of Dutch...
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team January 8, 2021 Meeting
We had wonderful presentations from our mini-grant awardees at our January meeting, including the voice of lived-experience in solving Urban Domestic Human Sex Trafficking from Armand King and Jaimee Johnson and dealing with Workplace Trauma from Cambria Rose Walsh . Please see the attached handout and minutes, which include links to presentations and other valuable information.
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San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team Meeting Minutes for March 2, 2018
Link for Empowered to Connect Conference: http://risecitychurch.com/event/empowered-connect-conference
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Burnout Isn't Just Exhaustion. Here's How To Deal With It (npr.org)
Whether working from home or not, many people are feeling burned out during the coronavirus pandemic. A new survey found that nearly 90% of respondents in more than 40 countries felt that their work lives were getting worse during the pandemic. And more than 60% felt that they were experiencing burnout often or very often. In 2019, the World Health Organization brought some attention to the issue by defining burnout as a syndrome associated with chronic stress at work that goes unmanaged.
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The Behavioral Health Workforce Collaborative presents Integrating Our Work and Our Approach event
The Behavioral Health Workforce Collaborative presents Integrating Our Work and Our Approach event on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 from 2:00PM - 4:00 PM. There are tremendous opportunities to integrate the way we work in our communities. The goal for this seminar is to address interdisciplinary collaboration and how we can empower and promote diverse perspectives in leadership. (Please see attached flyer for information regarding registration.)
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Why The Future Of Work Prioritizes Mental Health (thriveglobal.com)
Companies that support mental health —meaning, they talk about it, they work differently, they offer resources and normalize people using them, they train their leaders and managers to know how to support employees, and they hold people accountable for prioritizing mental health—see a 5:1 return on investment . Some of these companies might even (gasp) work fewer hours, but they are working better, smarter, more sustainably. In other words, they are more productive and higher performing.