A landmark first step was taken today to insure that all public schools in the United States be legally required to address the unique learning needs of children affected by adverse childhood experiences. A class action suit on behalf of...
Organizational Approaches to Effective Trauma-Informed Services Date: Fri., June 12, 2015, 2:00-3:30 pm EDT Presenters: Cheryl Sharp, Senior Advisor for Trauma-Informed Services, the National Council for Behavioral Health; Karen Johnson, Director...
May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month and this Sunday is Mother's Day. The day is somewhat bittersweet when I think about it...shouldn't every day be Mothers' Day, just minus the fanfare? How can we promote better mental health for moms during...
In recent years, there has been a surge of research into early brain development. Neuroimaging technologies, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), provide increased insight about how the brain develops and how early experiences affect that...
A Child Development Series for Foster Parents - Presented by, Debra Wiegel, MFT May 5, 12 & 19th, 2015 6:30 to 9:30 pm Woodland Community College, Building 100, room 109, the Foster Care Room Contact Cherie Shroeder @ cherie@yolofostercare.com This is a great opportunity to give thought and importance to the skills and exposures needed in todays society to raise healthy children. For foster and adoptive parents, this is especially of value, as most of our children...
1. Operational tools: tag line, elevator pitch, action timeline/ logic model, PR tools (ie., table top) etc 2. Upcoming presentations: school district, davis social service, jails, peds. etc 3. Pitch to DPU of speakers for next year (Bruce...
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I-CAN presents in partnership with Community Medical Centers, Crime Victims Action Alliance, Empower Yolo, La Familia Counseling Center, MADD, My Sister's House, Sacramento Court Appointed Special Advocates, Sacramento State Student Health and...
Hi everyone- Tomorrrow (Friday, April 17th) is our Monthly Yolo ACEs Connection Meeting, held at Yolo Co Dept of Health Building (137 No Cottonwood, Woodland). Please see below for a draft agenda and us know if anyone wants to add any agenda...
Here's a write-up of one of the presentations at Sunday's child sex abuse conference in Davis, where Tracy Fauver and I did a presentation about ACEs and trauma-informed, resilience-building efforts in Yolo County. Thanks for sending this, Andrea!...
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month. Throughout the month, YCCA raises awareness around the critical issue of child abuse and neglect, educates the public on prevention, and fundraises to support our ongoing child abuse...
APRIL is National Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month and to recognize this, the Yolo Family Strengthening Network is excited to share our 2015 Toolkit for Families! This year's Child Abuse Prevention Month theme is the following: Talk + Play =...
APRIL is National Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month . Please see the 2015 Calendar of events for Yolo County! (to read in full view, see Clips Section).
See link for a Brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) which provides an introduction to trauma-informed care and how it can be adopted to better serve Medicaid populations with some examples from across the country....