RESOURCE for Parents and Teens: Yolo Rainbow Families
A social and advocacy group for families in Yolo County with LGBTQIA members. We are a project of The Davis Phoenix Coalition. Join us! See attached flyer for more details.
Parenting & Family
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH: Virtual Groups during Winter Break from Victor Comm Support Services (now through Dec 30)
Victor is hosting free virtual groups that will continue to meet throughout winter break! Would your student like to connect with others their age while enjoying activities that facilitate social emotional learning? Please see the attached flyer and encourage youth to sign up anytime to join!
RESOURCE: Using Relational Health during the Pandemic to Help Prevent Toxic Stress in Your Child, Patients, and Clients
This short and practical paper explains how relationships are vital to health, and what you can do as a health provider to help children and families be healthy in the face of increasing stress and physical distancing. The fear and social isolation associated with COVID-19 are worsening existing chronic stressors, as well as creating new ones for families who are experiencing new kinds of adversity. People are feeling isolated and alone and have less emotional support than they did prior to...
PRESENTATIONS/WEBINARS on trauma-informed care, parenting, and ACEs
A Trauma-Informed Approach: Three Myths Busted 1pm on January 12 Amidst all of the trauma in the world, the time for a paradigm shift is now. Join Origins Training & Consulting for an overview of what a trauma-informed approach is (and what it isn’t!) and how you can apply these concepts in your setting. Whether you have just learned about ACEs, toxic stress, and the impact of trauma or have been using this approach for years, this one-hour interactive session will give you information...
RESOURCE FOR PARENTS: Kids Are Anxious And Scared During The Pandemic. Here's How Parents Can Help
Listen to or read this article: Kids Are Anxious And Scared During The Pandemic. Here's How Parents Can Help
PBS NewsHour Special: Invisible Scars on Childhood Trauma & How to Survive Starts- Dec. 14th
TV Program PBS NewsHour Special: Invisible Scars on Childhood Trauma & How to Survive Starts Monday, Dec. 14 th In a country upended by the coronavirus pandemic, we begin our series that takes a closer look at a growing, silent epidemic — childhood trauma. Watch: Online at 6 p.m. ET on our site: http://pbs.org/newshour On your local PBS station: http://to.pbs.org/1XWBoZlon Monday, December 14th through Thurs. Dec. 17th.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS: Feedback requested from parents on new fall prevention toolkit
Please share the attached a flyer for parent recruitment for our Kids Plates Safe Beginnings Unintentional Child Injury Fall Prevention toolkit. The Child Abuse Prevention Council of Sacramento and the Sierra-Sacramento Innovative Partnership are looking for 10 parents of children 0-5 to provide feedback on trainings that will be used by Family Resource Centers and other family service agencies to promote child safety and raise awareness in your county. Presentations will be conducted...
RESOURCE FOR PROVIDERS: Community Conditions That Strengthen Families: Protective Factors at the Community Level
Attached is the executive summary of the Community Conditions That Strengthen Families: Protective Factors at the Community Level Report from the Center for the Study of Social Policy. The link to the full report is also here . Feel free to share.
RESOURCE: Youth Opioid Videos for healthcare providers, teens, and parents from CommuniCare
The Yolo Opioid Response team with CommuniCare Health Centers worked to develop a video that provides education and awareness for youth opioid risks and services available. Healthcare Providers: https://youtu.be/Fiy3Xupk9l0 Teen: https://youtu.be/upl7iWWWImA Parents: https://youtu.be/KiAk5gs7bYY
WEBINARS on ACEs, Conversations at Zoom, homelessness, resilience, racism, adversity
Roadmap for Resilience: The California Surgeon General's Report on Adverse Childhood Experience, Toxic Stress, and Health on 12/10 Noon - 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 10 California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris set a bold vision to cut ACEs and toxic stress in half in one generation through a strategically deployed, coordinated public health initiative designed to raise awareness, reduce transmission of ACEs and strengthen our response networks. As part of this work, the Office...
Videos for parents from Positive Parenting in English and Spanish
· Ready to Learn: It's More Than the ABC's! : Social psychologist, Kristin Moore, PhD, and colleagues find that school readiness goes beyond knowing letters and numbers. They studied parents' self-reported information from the National Survey of Children's Health for kids ages 3 to 5 and found that preschoolers are better prepared to enter school when they are physically healthy with access to nutritious, balanced meals and when they get adequate sleep (10 to 13 hours a day). During the...
WEBINARS on income inequality, children with disabilities, racism and equity, school services for children, school staff wellness
Income Inequality and Economic Opportunity in California on 12/8 11am-12 on Tuesday, December 8 The current recession threatens to deepen California’s economic divide. Low-income families, communities of color, and women have been hardest hit, and past recessions suggest their wages will take longer to recover. Can policymakers break the mold and pave the way for an equitable recovery? Sarah Bohn, vice president of research at Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), will present...
Focus group on services in Yolo County—Register TODAY!
Tomorrow, Dec 5th is the last chance for families in Yolo County to register for a focus group and receive a $20 gift card. The UCDavis Perinatal Origins of Disparities (POD) Center is looking for parents of child up to 18 to talk about what services in Yolo County they use and what services they would like to see in Yolo. Please share the attached flyers!
Family Nurturing Program for parents, foster parents, and family, friend, and neighbor child care providers in Woodland (in Spanish)
Through IMPACT, YCCA is providing coaching for family, friend, and neighbor child care providers using the Nurturing Parenting Curriculum. This course seeks to provide support and training to caregivers of children, including parents, foster parents and family, friends, and neighbors in the community who provide child care. There will be 1:1 support, activity bags, and Covid-19 training. There are still a few spaces available in the Spanish Woodland training (please see the attached flyer).
PARENTING CLASSES: Foster & Kinship Care Education
Foster & Kinship Care Education offers many parenting classes for foster or adoptive caregivers, but birth parents can attend some as well. If you would like to know more about their excellent offerings, I encourage you to sign up for the listserv by contacting Cherie Shroeder at cherie@yolofostercare.com . Attached please find flyers for the following classes in December: Reparative Parenting Approach: Strategies for Changing a Child’s Challenging Behaviors (4 classes in December)...