Tagged With "Pre-K through 12"
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12 Myths of the Science of ACEs
The two biggest myths about ACEs science are: MYTH #1 — That it’s just about the 10 ACEs in the ACE Study — the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study . It’s about sooooo much more than that. MYTH #2 — And that it’s just about ACEs…adverse childhood experiences. These two myths are intertwined. The ACE Study issued the first of its 70+ publications in 1998, and for many people it was the lightning bolt, the grand “aha” moment, the unexpected doorway into a blazing new...
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$16.2 million given locally for veteran housing (sandiegouniontribune.com)
Three area housing developments have received $16.2 million in state funds to provide new housing for homeless military veterans and their families. An announcement from Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, says that $6.37 million was awarded through the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention program to the Grantville Veterans Housing project, $3.34 million went to the Vista del Puente in Southcrest in San Diego, and Veterans Village San Diego’s project in Escondido received $6.5...
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2018 Children Youth and Families (CYFSOC) Conference Presenter Announced!
To view the Conference Registration Form CLICK HERE Visit the BHETA CYF-SOC webpage for additional information. We are pleased to introduce our presenter for our workshop, Educating Students Experiencing Homelessness at this year's CYFSOC Conference: Susanne Terry, MPH Susanne Terry has 25 years of experience in human services and education. She has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California; was the Administrator of Maui County Drug Court; spent 11 years as...
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34th annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment
The 34 th annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment, will take place January 26-31 st at the recently renovated Town and County Hotel in Mission Valley. We expect upwards to 2000 professionals from 30 or more countries. Once again this year we are offering a reduced registration rate for the entire conference to San Diego professionals who would like to attend. Attached is a copy of the advance brochure and a flyer outlining how your staff can take advantage...
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44th Street Residents Ask SD Unified To Get Trauma-Informed (kpbs.org)
After a double homicide took his grandson's life last summer, Ricky McCoy Sr. started knocking on doors. He intended to get his neighbors, who retreated inward after hearing more than 40 rounds fired, talking again. Along with the acute trauma of witnessing a fatal shooting, they were experiencing cumulative trauma built up from years of struggling to get by and watching loved ones go to jail or get deported. McCoy and a group of 44th Street residents, whom we started following in November ,...
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4th Annual: Beyond Paper Tigers: Building Resilience Across the Life Span
Tickets now available for the 2019 Beyond Paper Tigers Trauma-Informed Care Conference The 2019 Beyond Paper Tigers Trauma-Informed Care Conference on June 26 & 27, 2019 will revolve around the theme, “Building Resilience Across the Life Span,” with Pre-Conference Trainings, Social/Networking event, and film screenings beginning on Tuesday June 25, 2019. The conference will be held at the Red Lion Hotel in Pasco, WA. Early bird conference ticket pricing is being offered until March 15,...
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ACE Activists in San Diego: An Example of Trauma Preventive Policy Action!
Thanks to all who participated in the this past week's webinar on trauma informed policy with our guest speaker Jonathan Purtle, DrPH, Assistant Professor at the Dorsife School of Public Health at Drexel University. Jonathan outlined a very useful typology of trauma informed policies one of which is "trauma preventive policies." Jonathan describes these as "policies that are not necessarily designed with the explicit intent of addressing traumatic stress, but have great potential to do so by...
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ACEs Connection Information (updated with ACEs Science 101 FAQ)
This post has links to a quick welcome tour through ACEsConnection, a link to a How-To Directory where you can find easy steps to post a blog and many other cools things, a link to FAQs about ACEs Science 101, and an overview of the ACEs Connection Network, which includes ACEsConnection.com and our sister news site for the general public, ACEsTooHigh.com.
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ACEs Connection Network Confab -- Southern California, May 10, 2016
(l to r) Sienna, one of the teens from Youth Voice from City Heights; Dana Brown, ACEs Connection Network regional facilitator and co-founder of Youth Voice; Francisco Mendoza, CEO, Mendoza Consulting; Jessica, Youth Voice; Lizette, Youth Voice; Talitha Thompson, Youth Voice co-facilitator; Joshua Aguirre, RISE Up Industries board of directors; Stephanie Linderman, Youth Voice mentor; Arturo Soriano, Youth Empowerment co-founder; (in front) Adrian, Youth Voice.
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ACEs Connection's Lunch & Learn
Thank you to each of you who engaged in our ACEs Connection Lunch & Learn on Thursday, January 29th from Noon to 2:00 pm. Hosted by Cherokee Point Elementary School, over 55 participants celebrated the the SD-Trauma Informed Guide Team's convergence of their communication platform onto SD County's online group. Honoring the history of the SD-Trauma Informed Guide Team, Amelia Barile-Si mon, Kimberly Beckstead, and Pam Hansen shared the evolution of the Guide Team. ...
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After COVID-19 Let's Build Back Better (Yahoo! Finance)
" Trauma-informed practices must become the standard. Many students and teachers are feeling the stress and grief from COVID-19. Even before this pandemic, schools primarily treated the behaviors associated with grief as discipline cases. When youth and adults act out in grief, with short tempers or by becoming withdrawn, we need leaders and counselors to recognize grief and respond through trauma-informed practices. In this crisis, we are seeing a warming of empathy and compassion in our...
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AG Kamala D. Harris Seeks to Better Serve Foster Youth (sdvoice.info)
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Issues New Guidelines to Encourage Secure Sharing of Information Between Schools and Child Welfare Agencies to Better Serve Foster Youth Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Children’s Justice (BCJ), the California Department of Education (CDE), and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) have jointly developed statewide guidelines for school districts, county offices of...
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Agenda for Fri, July 7, 2017 San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Meeting
San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Meeting July 7, 2017 12:30pm - 2:00pm (Please arrive 5 min early to check in) San Diego Center for Children 3002 Armstrong Street, San Diego, CA 92111 Tomorrow's SD-TIGT meeting will be an important one!!! There will be Trauma-Informed Journey presentations by Youth Empowerment and Youth Voice. Our 2 Co-Chair nominees Dana Brown and Rosa Ana Lozada will each prepare a 2 min BRIEF presentation about their interest and qualifications in serving as Co-Chair.
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Agenda - San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team - September 2, 2016
Agenda for Sep 2, 2016 12:30pm-2:00pm Located at San Diego Center for Children 3002 Armstrong Street, San Diego, CA 92111 (Please sign in at Lobby) 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. Introductions II. Agency Overview and *Updated* Trauma Informed Journey Presentation:Harmonium, Inc. – Rosa Ana Lozada III. Mobilizing Action...
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Alive and Well: Moving Missouri Toward Grass-Roots and System-Wide Change
On the eastern edge of Missouri, leaders of the Alive and Well network had generated a robust media campaign to help people understand the impact of trauma and toxic stress on health and well-being. There was a monthly column in an African-American newspaper, spots about toxic stress and resilience on urban radio stations and weekly public service features on the NBC affiliate, with physicians, clergy and teachers advocating ways to “be alive and well.” Two hundred and fifty miles to the...
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Animal Services Waives Pet Adoption Fees for Military (May 24 - May 26 only)
By Tracy DeFore , County of San Diego Communications Office May. 22, 2019 | 9:26 AM In a salute to military members and their families, County Animal Services is offering them free animal adoptions May 24 through May 26. The department is taking part in the Animals for Armed Forces special adoption event over the Memorial Day weekend. Active duty, reserve and veterans can choose from 25 locations that are waiving or reducing pet adoption fees as a thank you for their service. Animals for...
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Anonymous tips stopped 12 potential school shootings in San Diego (10News.com)
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Authorities in San Diego have confiscated twelve guns from campuses across the county since the anonymous hotline “Students Speaking Out” was implemented in 1999. That’s according to Dep. Adriana Uribe with the San Diego Sheriff’s Department, who helps manage the county’s anonymous tip hotlines. “That’s twelve potential school shootings that didn’t happen because somebody said something,” said Uribe. To read more of Matt Boone's article and to watch the accompanying video,...
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Anti-crime resource center opens in South County (sandiegouniontribune.org)
Center offers programs and outreach for youth, veterans and former inmates. Local officials announced this week that a new resource center has opened in National City with programs aimed at preventing crime and improving quality of life for residents. The Community Action Resource Engagement Center, also known as the CARE center, is the product of a collaboration between the District Attorney’s Office, Probation Department and other city and county agencies. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis...
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Artists in the ACE and Resilience Movement: Creative Avenues to Change
They began with a song and ended with a poem. In-between, there were photographs and giant graphic renderings, movement exercises and a “human pulse” formed when 90 people stood in a circle and squeezed each other’s hands. At a June summit in Whatcom County, Washington, titled “Our Resilient Community: A Community Conversation on Resilience and Equity,” the arts played a starring role. Kristi Slette, executive director of the Whatcom Family and Community Network, one of two Washington sites...
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Attending to the Body in Psychotherapy workshop April, 14, 2018
Somatic therapies can be very effective in working through traumatic experiences. Learn more at this introductory workshop on modern Bioenergetic analysis. See attached flyer for more information and registration.
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Rady Children's Behavioral Health Urgent Care in City Heights
Rady Children's Behavioral Health Urgent Care Hours of Operation Walk-in clinic: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday 4305 University Avenue, Suite 150 San Diego, CA 92105 Tel: (858) 966-5484 Fax: (858) 966-5482 Follow up visits by appointment only Closed weekends and Holidays WHO WE SERVE The Behavioral Health Urgent Care serves children, teens and their families struggling with urgent emotional and/or behavioral concerns posing a risk to their safety or the safety of others or creating...
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Reclaiming Our Stories Narratives of Identity, Resilience and Empowerment
Reclaiming Our Stories: Narratives of Identity, Resilience and Empowerment gathers 19 powerful narratives written by members of the Reclaiming Our Stories Community Writers Workshop located in Southeast San Diego. These authors, almost all of them emerging, reached deeply into their lives to excavate these offerings that, in the end, rise in triumph. Although it wasn’t the intention of the project, most authors chose to write about some of the most traumatic events in their lives. In many...
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Recommendations to the National Governors' Association Meeting
Happy Thursday! Thank you for your feedback regarding the National Governor’s Association. Based on feedback and prior conversations the following three recommendations were sent to the Health Federation of Philadelphia on behalf of the San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team Leadership as multi-generational, multi-sectoral approaches that could improve the quality of life of children: The authentic engagement of community members of all ages when shaping programs and policies. Examples of...
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Recording available now for What Surrounds Us Shapes Us: Greening and other physical/built environment strategies for preventing sexual and domestic violence
The web conference recording for What Surrounds Us Shapes Us: Greening and other physical/built environment strategies for preventing sexual and domestic violence on Thursday, June 6, 2019 is now available on our website at http://www.preventconnect.org/2019/05/what-surrounds-us-shapes-us-greening-and-other-physical-built-environment-strategies-for-preventing-domestic-and-sexual-violence/ . You will receive another email when the text chat transcript from this web conference is available.
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Register now: Free ACEs Connection Webinar on the Human Impact of Climate Change
A year after 85 people died in the wildfire that swept through Paradise, CA, and nearby towns, one of the town’s survivors will talk about how she and others are using resilience practices in their recovery from the trauma. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, Paradise resident Kelly Doty will have a conversation with Elaine Miller-Karas, who developed the Community Resiliency Model (CRM). Doty, who lost her home in the fire, and Miller-Karas will discuss resilience education skills designed to help...
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Register TODAY for San Diego County BHS Community Engagement Forums
The County of San Diego’s Behavioral Health Services is holding their community engagement forums this summer. There are several opportunities in August for community members to provide feedback about its behavioral health programs and services. I invite you to register to attend these events and also welcome your help to spread the word about these important forums. We have created a social media kit to help easily you share the information. I have also attached a flyer and an image to...
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Reminder: SDTIGT March 4 meeting 12:30-2pm at San Diego Center for Children
Reminder: San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Meeting is March 4, 2019 12:30pm-2:00pm We are at our new location at San Diego Center for Children 3002 Armstrong Street, San Diego, CA 92111 (Please sign in at Lobby) 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. DRAFT AGENDA Introductions Agency Overview and Trauma Informed Journey...
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Resilience Screening & Resource Fair 2/21/17 from 3-5:30pm (Chula Vista)
Sent on behalf of Stacey Kurz, Senior Project Coordinator/Healthy Chula Vista Initiative, City of Chula Vista Please join Healthy Chula Vista, the Chula Vista Community Collaborative Youth Coalition and our partners as we explore the impacts of childhood trauma on long term health and the ways our community can all help youth cope and become thriving adults at a screening and discussion of the new documentary R ESILIENCE: THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS & THE SCIENCE OF HOPE . The film will be...
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RESILIENCE - Special Educational Edition Now Available
It's been one year since the premiere of RESILIENCE at Sundance, and since then we've screened at festival around the world and in hundreds of communities across the nation. RESILIENCE dives into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent Toxic Stress. Now understood to be one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression, extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter...
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Resilient San Diego! ~ Saturday, December 9, 2017 from noon to 3:00 pm in Balboa Park!
Please join us! Resilient San Diego! Attached, please find flyers in Arabic, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese . Please share with others. Save the date for Saturday, December 9th, from noon to 3:00 pm at Balboa Park! Our San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team (SD-TIGT) is hosting an event celebrating our members in the Recital Hall at Balboa Park. Who: Families ~ Youth ~ Community Partners ~ Professionals What: Celebrate our region's resilience building movement. FOOD. FUN. ACTIVITIES.
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Rethinking Sciences ~ Epigenetics: Winter Colloquium on 11/10/15
Alliant International University is proudly hosting a Winter Colloquiumon November 10th from 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm on campus.Rachel Yehuda, PhD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the lcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and...
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San Diego Community Is All About Community Caring
It is true most of the time that out of anguish grows hope bursting into the consciousness of all those feeling helpless around the tableau of violence. And so in 2008 San Diego community members were horrified and devastated by the shooting deaths of Monique Palmer and Michael Taylor then in less than 3 months the shooting death of Hannah Podhorsky all just high school students. These community members determined to support the families but also the traumatized community Pastor Rene Colon,...
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San Diego County ACN group - Community Template - 4CA
San Diego County ACEs Connection group is one of the community templates for 4CA (California Campaign to Counter Adversity) in preparation for July 11th Policymaker Education Day in Sacramento.
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San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative (COI) Mini-Grant Webinar on Monday, May 7 at 11:00am
Hello Partners, We’re excited to announce that the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative (COI) is requesting applications for our third round of environmental change mini-grants! The total award amount is $5,700 and grant awards may range between $500 and $5,700. The deadline to apply is June 8, 2018 by 5:00pm. Registration is now open for the COI Mini-Grant Webinar on Monday, May 7 at 11:00am. We will be reviewing the application process, providing tips for submitting a strong...
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San Diego County Has Fourth Largest Homeless Population in Nation (obrag.org)
A brand new federal report on homelessness in America has bad news for San Diego County. Our County now has the fourth largest homeless population in the country, according to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). San Diego County is the fifth largest county in America. Here are some of the numbers: 9,160 homeless people in the county; compared with New York City (76,501), Los Angeles County (55,188) and Seattle/King County (11,643). 3rd in the number of homeless veterans,...
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San Diego County jails make changes to treat mentally ill inmates, curb suicides (sandiegouniontribune.com)
For decades, jails throughout the state have operated as de facto mental health facilities, a trend that intensified in recent years after California changed its laws to keep some offenders out of the state’s overcrowded prison system. In San Diego County, where there were 12 inmate suicides in 2014 and 2015, Sheriff Bill Gore and his staff have been working to improve mental health services at the county jails to prevent more deaths. The department has modified the mental health screening...
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San Diego County Juvenile Hall Treats Traumatized Youth With Innovative Program (livewellsd.org)
About 70% of youth in detention have mental health diagnoses often related to high levels of trauma. To seek out a solution, the San Diego County Probation Department participated in the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform's "Youth in Custody" certificate program through Georgetown University and developed plans for a specialized treatment unit - TRU or Trauma Responsive Unit - to better meet the specific needs of male youth in custody. TRU has seen many successes in its first year,...
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SD County ACEs-, Trauma-Informed and Resilience-Building Time Line
PURPOSE: Create a historical narrative of ACEs-, trauma-informed, and resilience building activities for San Diego County. DIRECTIONS: Review timeline info below. Add date/s and BRIEF synopsis of major activities/milestones in the comment...
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team - One Pager
Attached find a 2018 version of San Diego County community profile detailing information about your community ACEs initiative. This will be shared with CA legislators at the Trauma-Informed Policymaker Awareness Day on May 22nd in Sacramento. I attach it here as a PDF ready to print and share! I also have uploaded into 'Resources for Downloading' the same PDF, and an editable Word document so that you can update or otherwise improve it. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out...
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San Diego County Trauma-Informed Guide Team Membership Meeting on 5.1.20 from 12.15 pm - 2:00 pm
SD-TIGT MEMBERSHIP MEETING AGENDA Noon Networking 12:15 pm – 12:30 pm Meeting 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm May 1, 2020 Location: Virtual Zoom meeting Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/266467279 Call mobile (669)900 9128 Meeting ID: 266 467 279 I. Welcome: Networking Introductions During COVID-19 (Name and Organization) (12:15 - 12:25) - Co-Chairs Dana Brown and Kat Alexande * Celebrate New Members II. New Sign-In Process: Use above QR Code (12:25 - 12:30) - Co-Chair Kat Alexander III. Update on...
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San Diego Institute to Study Ways to Improve Health for Seniors (timesofsandiego.com)
The San Diego-based Gary and Mary West Health Institute announced Wednesday a two-year research program, with Meals on Wheels America and Brown University of Rhode Island , to look into ways to improve the health of homebound seniors. The research will integrate health and safety screenings into daily meal delivery services by Meals on Wheels of Greater San Diego, and Meals on Wheels affiliates in five other localities around the country. “By researching how we can coordinate and extend the...
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San Diego MARC Initiative
MOBILIZING ACTION FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES (MARC) WHAT IS MARC? Fourteen multi-sector, well-established communities throughout the United States have been awarded the MARC grant and we’re excited to announce that San Diego is one of them. MARC, is a national effort coordinated by the Health Federation of Philadelphia with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the California Health Endowment to support community projects that create a just, healthy and resilient...
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San Diego MARC Project
Hello All! My name is Heidi Echeverria and I am the MARC project manager at Harmonium. I wanted to share with you the most up-to-date version of the MARC 1 Pager. If you want to know more about the MARC project please feel free to contact me. Have a great day! Sincerely, Heidi
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San Diego non-profit is using coffee to propel people out of poverty (sandiego6.com)
The San Diego Coffee Training Institute (SDCTI) seeks to empower and elevate vulnerable populations to self sufficiency through the advancement of coffee. By offering certified training programs in specialty coffee, at-risk populations simultaneously acquire marketable skills in a highly-regarded trade that elevate the quality standards and understanding of the industry overall, while also acquiring more confidence, higher self-esteem, and general professional workforce skills that translate...
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San Diego's coordinated effort aims to combat homelessness (sandiegouniontribune.com)
Homelessness is being discussed in neighborhoods across the county. Reducing the number of homeless individuals requires publicly tackling some of the most personal issues that exist in public policy. Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer, the City Council, county supervisors, San Diego Housing Commission, members of the Regional Task Force for the Homeless and many other regional partners all know that success in addressing this challenge is only possible through coordination, communication and...
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San Diego's stop-and-go progress to becoming a trauma-informed community
It’s a warm spring afternoon and Arturo Soriano is in his old stomping grounds—at Teralta Park, a small urban park atop a sunken freeway in San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood. As a teenage gang member in the 1980s, Soriano roamed the park and the surrounding streets before spending the better part of two decades in prison. Now 40, he has returned with a different mission.
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Agenda - March 2, 2018
Mission: Promoting trauma-informed services in the San Diego region through collaboration, advocacy, and education. I. Noon Networking II. Introductions (Name and Organization) III. Trauma-Informed Journey Presentation a. NAMI, Linda Ketterer IV. ACEs Connection Network a. Using ACEs Connection to connect to the power of transformation in the ACEs Science movement V. Committee Report Out a. Membership Committee – Stephen Carroll/Linda Ketterer b. Training Committee – Craig Beswick/Melissa...
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team July 12, 2019 Meeting Minutes
It was great to see those of you who attended this month's Guide Team meeting and to "Celebrate our Successes" together! See below and attached for meeting minutes. Welcome - Introductions (Name and Organization) 17 Attendees (16 in person, 1 virtual) Clarified the intention of SDTIGT meetings is to provide an opportunity for people interested in furthering TIC efforts to share knowledge and resources, and to network. Training a. 5 Key Trauma-Informed Training Components Copies of this...
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San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team - July 6, 2018 Meeting Minutes
Thanks to all who braved the heat and attended last week's meeting! Our new membership directory and ACEs group were revealed and we had an inspiring activity re: member's accomplishments related to our Strategic Plan Goals! Meeting minutes are below and attached. Also attached is a list of our members' accomplishments related to our strategic plan goals. Welcome Stephen Carroll and Linda Ketterer co-facilitated today’s meeting as Amelia and Dana were both unable to attend in person. THANKS...
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San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team - July minutes
Our July meeting was well-attended and exciting as we held our first formal election for the co-chair position! Please see meeting minutes below and attached. Introductions- Welcome New Members Welcome and Acknowledgement of Participants and New Members Pam Hansen, SD-TIGT acting Secretary opened the meeting pending arrival of Co-Chair, Amelia Rosa Ana Lozada volunteered to take minutes as Pam was temporarily facilitating meeting Individuals introduced themselves New participants and the 6...