Tagged With "Impact of Mind Matters"
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From Awareness to Action, with Voices of Lived Experience: Wisconsin’s Collective Impact Initiative
Perhaps it wasn’t the optimum time to update the network’s vision and values statements: a virtual meeting held in the midst of a global pandemic. But a record number of people—51, compared to the typical 30—tuned in for the May 1 Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health (OCMH) Collective Impact Council, and they gave the new values statement, which highlights inclusivity and collaboration, an enthusiastic thumbs-up. At the virtual table were members from key state departments—Children...
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Grow Your Trauma-Informed Mind: Help Them Go For The Gold
Those of us who get the trauma-informed movement understand how to put the dots together when were interviewing a new client. Our ear hears the pertinent details: the ACES, the Big Ts, the little ts and all the complexities as they tell us their story. We sit, knowing the many tools we can offer to help this hurting person cope, heal and recover. We validate, affirm and offer hope for a better future. We know we can help. We have gold to give them. But, not all who have suffered what we...
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How One Connection at CYW’s ACEs Conference Sparked Awareness into Action
Origins offers a number of training and consulting services. We developed The Basics as a half-day session to provide the foundation to support trauma-informed and resilience practices across sectors and industries. The session includes an overview of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, the neurobiology of toxic stress, the impact of social and historical trauma, and the science of resilience. We have tested The Basics with two cross-sector audiences, in Los Angeles and Phoenix.
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How we integrated ACE screening into the Health Appraisal Center at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego
In all of medicine, it is important to understand that there are only three sources of diagnostic information: patient history, physical examination, and laboratory studies. While patients overwhelmingly assume that diagnosis derives from lab...
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In Spanish: Handouts for parents about ACEs, toxic stress & resilience
The Community & Family Services Division at the Spokane (WA) Regional Health District has come through again, with a Spanish version of the parent handout (in English) that we posted last year , and which has been downloaded thousands of times. The English versions came about whiledoing a story about the trauma-in formed elementary schools in Spokane, WA .I interviewedp ublic health nurse Melissa Charbonneau who said that she'd been giving an...
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Kaiser Permante Offers Six Simple Ways to Relieve Stress (livewellsd.org)
Deep Breathing Focusing your awareness on breathing is an excellent way to settle your mind and relax. Breathing often mirrors your emotions, and changing your breathing can shift your attention and mood. Learn deep breathing techniques . Guided Imagery Your brain often can’t distinguish whether you’re imagining something or you’re actually experiencing it. That’s why your imagination can be a very powerful resource in relieving stress and pain. Unwind with guided imagery podcasts .
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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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The Gratitude Experience by MusicLifeChange
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What Is Service Yoga 2.0 Workshop
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Changing Minds - Minds Matter
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Changing Minds - Minds Matter (Chula Vista, CA)
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Community Resiliency Model (Echo in Los Angeles)
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Re: Uncovering the Impacts of Stress and Trauma on our Communities (livewellsd.org)
I don't see the article attached
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Re: Uncovering the Impacts of Stress and Trauma on our Communities (livewellsd.org)
Hi, Norma: It's in the text now.... Thanks for the heads-up!
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Re: Purple Glasses video produced by Teeland Middle School
Thank you so much for sharing, Pam! This brought tears to my eyes! On Thursday, June 7, 2018, 4:33:52 PM PDT, ACEsConnection < communitymanager@acesconnection.com > wrote: | == To reply by email, write above this line. == | | | | | Hello, Linda Williams: We're sending you this notification because you are following the blog and/or author below. New Blog Post | Title: Purple Glasses video produced by Teeland Middle School By: Pam Hansen Community: San Diego County ACEs Connection | |...
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Re: "Connecting the Unconnected to Live Well" ~ Save the Date!
Sorry for the confusion. The registration information was included in our September 7th meeting minutes. Go to REGISTER for the Live Well Advance. Registration is free -- breakfast, lunch, and parking are also included at no cost. Registration is quickly filling up, but there is still room. Please feel free to forward this announcement to your staff and partners to encourage them to attend. REGISTER TODAY! https://211sandiego.org/live-well-advance-2018 When: Tuesday, October 2nd from 9:00...
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Re: The Mental and Physical Trauma of “Dreamers” Living With Deportation Threats (sandiegofreepress.org)
The trauma response can be activated not only by abuse and neglect but also by general dysfunction. The ACEs study A stressful, unpredictable environment activates the same stress response internally. Lack of sleep and anxiety are appropriate responses, though troublesome, for being stressed but these are only short-term health consequences. If this stress is prolonged and the levels become toxic, we can expect difficulty in sustaining a job and a reduction of overall health. Taking an...
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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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Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: One-Pager
Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: One-Pager
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RSVP now! FREE Learning opportunity for CA healthcare providers: Oct 1, 2020 at noon PST
RSVP now for a presentation by Susie Wiet, MD who is an integrative developmental psychiatrist with expertise in holistic treatment of trauma-addiction, dual diagnosis, and complex psychiatric disorders. Target Audience T his activity is intended for CALIFORNIA physicians, physician assistants, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists and social workers engaged in the care of patients who have experienced violence or trauma. Educational Objectives After completing these...