Tagged With "Prevention"

A mother, frantic with worry, brought her newborn in for a checkup at the pediatric clinic at San Francisco General Hospital. But there wasn’t anything wrong with the baby. And over the next several months, no amount of reassurance could convince the mom that her child was eating, sleeping and growing just fine. If anything, the mother’s worry led to behavior that raised alarm bells for her health care providers. Dr. Kate Margolis “[The family] wasn’t returning calls from the provider, and...

Child Abuse Prevention Councils (CAPCs) of California are community councils whose primary purpose is to coordinate the community’s efforts to prevent and respond to child abuse and neglect. The Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) meets every other month, and community members are welcome to attend. Our next meeting is 9am-11am on Zoom on Friday, December 4. Please see the attached agenda to learn more about what the meeting will cover and for a link to the Zoom meeting. The...

Tools to Mitigate Work Stress and Prevent Burnout: For Health Care Providers during COVID and Beyond on 12/9 Noon-1pm on Wednesday, December 9 Whether you work in a hospital, a safety net clinic, or in another health care setting, no health care provider working during the COVID-19 pandemic needs to read the flurry of news stories that highlight the extreme stress experienced by people in this line of work – you already know it firsthand. This webinar from ACEs Connection and the Center for...

Did You Know? Middle and High school staff and students throughout CA are eligible to access LivingWorks Start at no cost , AB 1808 provides the funding to make this happen. Please share this information, if you: have or work with middle or high school students (qualifies for community service hours) know, are or work with middle or high school staff members To Enroll visit our Website: https://www.lwyouthsummit.com/access-training Select Student or Staff - the content is the same for each.

Futures Without Violence (FUTURES) is excited to share A Road Map for Ending Domestic Violence in California: A Life Course Approach to Prevention with the ACEs Connection community. The Road Map , a policy paper supported by Blue Shield of California Foundation, draws upon our work at FUTURES as well as research and study on best practices for preventing violence. It presents four evidenced-based prevention and intervention strategies to prevent and end domestic violence in California:...

Dear Yolo County CASA Supporters, April is child abuse prevention month and this year is especially important. Schools are often a safe haven for foster children. After all, when their lives become quickly unfamiliar with new family members, foods, and traditions, school is often the place that stays the same. It also used to be a place where about a fifth of child abuse and neglect cases were reported to child protective services. When the pandemic hit and schools closed, we were concerned…...

Announcing a free, one-day, virtual Multi-County Suicide Prevention Summit on September 30 th . This Summit is free due to sponsorships, the Mental Health Service Act, and participating counties and offers 6 continuing education credits. More details are attached below.

Parenting to Prevent and Heal ACEs a resource handout (from PACEs Connection, posted on PACEs website as well) The handout is attached to this email in 3 different languages (English, Spanish, and Dari.

This handout is based on the work of Donna Jackson Nakazawa , who worked with us and generously allowed us to paraphrase content from her book, Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology & How You Can Heal . Donna's book specifically addresses those of us parenting with ACEs (which she also does brilliantly in the powerful documentary, Wrestling Ghosts , which is about parenting and healing from ACEs). This handout can be downloaded, distributed, and used freely. It is...

Presented via Zoom (from the CAP Center/OCAP, can go to their PACEs Calendar EVENT for more information) The Child Abuse Prevention ( CAP ) Center in collaboration with the Office of Child Abuse Prevention ( OCAP ) presents their 4 th and final webinar in their series of topics related to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Join the CAP Center and OCAP in welcoming their panelists for this webinar: Sheila Boxley, Yasmin Grewal-Kök, Michael Finley, Hillary Konrad and Samantha...

A Conversation with Jenna Quinn of Jenna’s Law: A Survivor’s Perspective via Eventbrite. Go to their EVENTBRITE page for more information The Children’s Advocacy Center presents a virtual screening of It’s Not Just Jenna followed by a live conversation and Q&A with Jenna Quinn herself. The film can be viewed online through the Eventbrite page. NOTE: the film is approximately 30 minutes in length. This film contains descriptions of sexual violence and may not be suitable for everyone.*...

COST: $150 - General Registration F REE - Cooperative of Communities Network Members using code P CCOOP22 Register here and use code PCCOOP22 J oin the RYSE Center and PACEs Connection on July 12. 2022 from 10 am-1 pm PT / 12 pm-3 pm CT / 1 pm-4 pm ET to examine how conventional social science research often produces and replicates unjust and harmful narratives about Black, Indigenous, Youth of Color (BIPOC) capacities, priorities, dreams, and needs. At the same time, research upholds and...

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