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Last week, on two separate days in Los Angeles and in San Francisco, about 150 people (total) convened to listen and brainstorm about creating trauma-informed communities. Futures Without Violence, which is rolling out its Changing Minds campaign later this year, hosted both events.  Some very interesting and important themes emerged from the two days: Residents with lived experiences should participate in the decision-making bodies of service providers and vested...

The Creating Links to Resources and Opportunities (CREO) program provides outreach and health engagement services to Latino/Hispanic individuals and families residing in Yolo County. Their services cover primary care, mental health, case management, advocacy, and educational talks. Check out their attached brochures in English and Spanish for more information, and please feel free to share with your clients!

Please join us for this very important conference - From At-Risk to At-Promise: Supporting the Lives of Marginalized Students. DATE: Friday September 7, 2018 TIME: 8:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m PLACE: Yolo County Office of Education 1280 Santa Anita Court, Woodland CA 95695 (salad lunch included) Please RSVP by September 1st by clicking the link below: https://goo.gl/forms/gMogve87ZPtSigvt1 A conference with nationally known U.C.Santa Barbara professor and TED Talk speaker Dr. Victor Rios.

The Creating Links to Resources and Opportunities (CREO) program cordially invites you to our workshop (plática) this Friday, January 17 th . at 5:00 pm . in CommuniCare Hansen Clinic in Woodland . The Creating Links to Resources and Opportunities (CREO) program provides outreach and health engagement services to Latino/Hispanic individuals and families residing in Yolo County. Their services cover primary care, mental health, case management, advocacy, and educational talks. Please forward...

Students start each day with meditation During her first year as principal of Suisun Elementary in Suisun City, Calif., in 2014 Ann Marie Neubert suspended 102 students — out of a student population of 550 —for disrupting their classes. It was a serious problem, but the school’s teachers didn’t know what to do. “[Teachers] felt like they were using all the tools in their toolbox and it wasn’t changing behavior,” she recalls. Ann Marie Neubert Too many students were spending too much time out...

To view the document, click on the following link:  http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/toxic-stress-behavioral-health-and-next-major-era-public-health      

Not Prepped for Preschool: Closing the Learning Gap: Research from Georgetown University finds that engaging in interactive activities, such as reading books and storytelling in English and Spanish, helps Latino children enter school with better reading skills, more attentiveness, and eagerness to learn. https://positiveparentingnews. org/news-reports/not-prepped- for-preschool-closing-the- learning-gap/ Teenage Conflict: The Body Remembers!: Research from the University of Virginia finds...

I wrote this article in Sept 2017 after attending a forum on Trauma informed law enforcement. When I send my officers out each day I say to them “Just come back alive. Make sure you come back.” (pauses) I am not sure that that should be my biggest concern but that is what I think about every day. - Police Captain at a community forum on policing I have two adult male children—brown children. When they leave the house, I say “Be careful out there. If you get stopped by an officer get down on...

Note from Gail: Thanks for alerting us to this, Susan! I am out of town but hope others can join this discussion! This seems like an important opportunity for Reselient Yolo to be part of this discussion. I know a few of the SB Members are aware of RY but not sure they know what we are doing. I hope this will be discussed at the RY meeting today! What: We All Belong Community Forum When: 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4 Where: North Davis Elementary School multipurpose room, 555 E. 14th St.

Join the staff from Project Rise as they share with you how they are successfully engaging the Latino community, including youth and their parents, in healthy relationship skills programming. Project Rise is utilizing Relationship Smarts PLUS (Sexual Risk Avoidance Adaptation) to prevent teen pregnancy, reduce associated risk behaviors, and promote healthy adolescent development among Latino teens aged 12-18. They are working in four neighborhoods of Los Angeles County where measures of...

Elizabeth Meeker, an ACEs Connection member from Monroe County, New York shared that her county schools added ACEs questions to their Youth Behavioral Risk Survey (YBRS) in 2015, which is administered to students in schools. They were kind enough to share the instrument as well as a summary report of findings (both attached here). Elizabeth has indicated that she is available to answer questions that you all may have about the implementation of the survey. Thank you Elizabeth, for sharing!

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Protecting Our Children: COVID-19's Impact on Early Childhood and ACEs on 9/10 10am on September 10 This webinar from the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation will bring together experts to provide insight on early childhood development, ACEs and COVID-19’s impact on children. Trauma-Informed Care 101: Basics of Trauma and the TIC Framework on 9/11 11am-noon on Friday, September 11 Current events like the COVID-19 pandemic, public images of police brutality, and...

· Making Service Delivery Relevant for Latino Families during COVID-19 through Responsive Adaptation COVID-19 has placed disproportionate health and economic burdens on Latino families. A new resource from The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families discusses four principles that providers can use to improve service delivery for Latino families during COVID-19: Meet families’ immediate needs, give service delivery staff adequate support, leverage partnerships, and build...

For those interested in discussion at our recent Resilient Yolo monthly meeting, please view the attached minutes or recording. For comments or questions contact bonnieb@yolocasa.org

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:...

Trauma-transformed is hosting a series of virtual sessions for supporting and promoting Healing Networks in the Monterey/San Benito; Sacramento; and San Bernardino/Riverside/Inland Empire regions. The sessions are open to those who support the community in the focus regions and are designed to recognize, reclaim, and lift up our inherent and collective blessings and resilience. The first session “Recognition and Restoration” is being held on March 25 from 10:00 am-1:00 pm for those in the...

Please see the attached flyers for information on the County-run clinics happening this week. This information is on the County’s vaccine page at: https://www.yolocounty.org/ coronavirus-vaccine .

From Office of the California Surgeon General, July 8, 2021 LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. , July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A national awareness campaign on the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the negative physical and mental health impacts that can result from them is swiftly capturing widespread public attention. Since a mid-May launch, more than 150,000 visitors have learned about ACEs through NumberStory.org . ACEs are potentially traumatic events that occur before the age of...

Sponsored by the Department of Developmental Services, Congreso Familiar is a conference dedicated to promoting education and leadership for Latino families who have young children, adults or relatives with disabilities. This presentation will be in Spanish and will teach about the IEP process. You can also access previously recorded presentations on their YouTube channel here . Saturday, November 6, 2021 from 10 AM-12 PM . Questions? visit the Congreso Familiar website for more information...

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...