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Christopher Duffley was born at 26 weeks with cocaine in his system weighing just 1 lb 12 oz. Miraculously, Christopher Duffley survived, but is blind and austic and was raised in foster care. Check out this youtube video of Christopher Duffley at age 11, with 68 million views : https://youtu.be/-F_W_ zl61bI . On September 11th, 2022 Christopher Duffley will share his testimony and perform at the historic Fox Theatre in Redwood City along with Pastor Albert Macklin of New Sweet Home Church...

The Resilient Santa Clara County PACEs Network is hosting a virtual workshop on the HOPE framework on Thursday, June 30 from 9-10:30 am PDT. Join us for an interactive workshop on infusing the HOPE framework into your work and to gain a deeper understanding of the health impacts of positive experiences! Register HERE !

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's) have a proven connection to long term health and well-being and have been a focus in California for a long time. However, there are also “second ACEs”, or Adverse Community Experiences/Environments, that exacerbate the traumatic stress response among children. This webinar will explore how COVID has impacted both types of ACEs, the implications for our work in overdose prevention, and some strategies to consider to help support children and youth moving...

At our March meeting, we discussed a refresh of the “ PACEs Connection Santa Clara County ” online community. We suggested a new Network name, tagline and “About This Community” section. We also proposed creating a logo for our local group that is different from the broader PACEs Connection to help promote our local actions. For anyone who was not able to attend the March 30 th meeting, or who has more input to give, this survey is a final opportunity to submit input on the proposed changes.

The Office of Gender Based Violence Prevention will be hosting the 29th Annual County of Santa Clara Domestic Violence Conference in October 2022. Submissions for workshop proposals are being accepted via online and are due by May 20th at 4pm. Submit today: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2022DVConference

Just want to share the last training session being facilitated by Tia Martinez on the Life Course Framework . Santa Clara County's Cross-Agency Services Team (CAST), a partnership of social service agencies, government leaders, and community-based organizations, have been working together to change conditions and remove barriers for families accessing programs and services. CAST's goal is to help children become resilient and lift families out of an on-going cycle of poverty. The partnership...

https://www.avahealth.org/what-we-do/2022-san-diego-pre-conference-videos.html This institute provided participants with the unique opportunity to obtain the latest information research findings on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and engage in a discussion on how to move beyond the first steps with Dr. Vincent Felitti, MD, leaders from the Academy on Violence and Abuse, and colleagues working to integrate ACEs knowledge into health and human services

Associations between adverse childhood experiences, attitudes towards COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine hesitancy: a cross-sectional study . BMJ Open. 2022 Feb 1;12(2):e053915. PMID: 35105582; Bellis MA, Hughes K, Ford K, et. al. For 2285 Welsh adults, “Increasing ACE counts were independently related to low trust in NHS [National Health Service] COVID-19 information, feeling unfairly restricted by government, and ending mandatory face coverings. High ACE counts (4+ vs 0 ACEs) were also...

Nowadays, postpartum depression is so widely known that people who have never birthed a child know many of the warning signs. But when I had my first child, I was unaware that what I was experiencing wasn’t normal. I was young, and living away from family who could’ve picked up on the signs. Doctors were not as vigilant then as they have been in recent years. I was given a postpartum depression screening at my six-week checkup, and no one asked me any follow-up questions. They handed...