Schools

If you missed the screening of Paper Tigers in Yolo and Davis, you have one more opportunity to see the film locally! ACEs Connection of Sacramento will be showing it at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street in Downtown Sacramento, this Friday October 16th...

  Just as the screening of Paper Tigers ended on the night of Oct. 7, 2015, the 400-plus people who nearly filled Brunelle Hall at Davis High School burst into a sustained applause. Many had tears streaming down their faces -- tears of...

Thank you to all who attended the showings of the documentary Paper Tigers in Woodland and Davis. Please help us spread the word and help us become a trauma informed and resilience building community. For information on the resources provided at the...

A great report about the power of relationships. Sent to us from Jessica Larsen.   http://gradnation.org/report/dont-quit-me

READ TH I S FOR LOTS OF RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS!!!! Mindfulness is a committed, concerted, targeted practice -- a life skill. While pausing for a few deep breaths may make you feel better in the moment, practicing and training regularly will allow you...

And how schoo ls are handling it.  Read this great NPR interview of two authors of books on this subject.     One of the authors,  Julie Lythcott-Haims, will be coming to Davis to speak through Davis Parent University in December....

After Jen Caldwell from San Francisco Joint Unified School District (JUSD) came to Yolo County last May to present on trauma-informed schools in San Francisco to Davis JUSD counselors and district staff and then went to Woodland to meet with WJUSD...

  Two-and-a-half years ago, a school administrator confronted District of Columbia Councilmember David Grosso with a stark and surprising reality when he visited the Walker-Jones Education Campus to learn about a literacy intervention program. At...

Attached find Sue Delucchi's manual for childcare providers. Tips and tools to help kids with trauma heal and develop resilience. Sue was the Director of a crisis nursery in Washington State throughout her career. This manual was developed based on...

  I am reposting from ACEs in Education group a manual on Trauma-sensitive schools from Massachusetts.   The release of Helping Traumatized Children Learn 2 represents an exciting next step in the evolution of the cultural movement to...

Original article posted on June 22, 2015 from the School-Based Health Alliance   The 2015 National School-Based Health Care Convention started off with an inspiring discussion about how trauma-informed care can change lives—and how...

See link below for tools for educators including online training simulations to learn how to recognize signs of distress and connect those in need to support services.  This site is freely accessible through June 30th so try to log in and review...