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Take a look at this research report about trauma-informed schools.

https://selconference.center-school.org

Please see attached FREE training May 6 th and May 13 th . Please note the May 6 th training is exclusively for caregivers only (parents, foster care parents, grandparents raising grandchildren, etc). The May 13 th training is open to caregivers as well as stakeholders (Education, CYS, JPO, D&A, IDD, MH, court system staff, etc).

Pediatrician Kenneth Ginsburg, MD to present on Opioids, Trauma and Raising Resilient Children April 28, 2019 at Jewish Family Services. See attached flyer.

"The Trauma-Sensitive Schools Training Package offers school and district administrators and staff a framework and roadmap for adopting a trauma-sensitive approach school- or districtwide. The Training Package includes a variety of resources for educating school staff about trauma and trauma-sensitive practices and for providing school leaders with a step-by-step process for implementing a universal, trauma-informed approach using package materials..." This is a great training package that...

February 18 and 25 and March 4, 2019; 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM EST United Methodist Church of the Good Shepherd Do you serve people impacted by violence and trauma? Formerly the “Trauma Awareness & Resilience Institute for Youth Workers,” this three-day intensive is now open to all professionals working with persons impacted by violence and trauma. Attend one, two, or all sessions: Day 1 - February 18, 2019: Focus on understanding the impact of toxic stress on individual brain architecture.

Here is an interesting article about poverty. I can see a lot of ACEs and Resilience in these stories. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poverty/these-10-people-have-10-solutions-for-poverty-—-because-they’ve-lived-it/ar-BBO6e1g?ocid=spartandhp

Interesting article with data from long ago! http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-civil-war-children-20181017-story.html

Greetings all, I catalogue all of the presentations that I am aware of on our presentations map/list and wanted to share with you. More importantly, I would love to add any of your presentations to the map as well. I can give you the link to add them yourself, or I can let you know what is needed and then have you send that to me. Additionally, there is the availability of following a number of trauma-informed milestones in the same part of our webpage. Look to the right of the South Central...

I found this YouTube video to be quite helpful in understanding the brain! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoqaUANGvpA

Please join us on October 9th for the showing of the Resilience Film and a discussion of how ACEs and trauma affect lives and how we can build lives and communities.

If a pair of powerful Pennsylvania state senators get their way, a burgeoning approach to managing student behavior could become a mandate. State Sens. Pat Browne, R-Lehigh, and Vincent Hughes, D-Philadelphia, announced a proposal last week to create a “trauma-informed system of education.” The central plank of their proposal is a requirement that all teachers, school board members, and school employees “with direct contact with students” receive trauma-informed training. The details don’t...