Adverse childhood experiences

California Launches Youth-Focused Statewide Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) Campaign

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Friday, May 3, 2024
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Today, the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) is launching the Live Beyond campaign to increase awareness and understanding of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), toxic stress, and their potential impacts, and provide science-based, healing-centered resources for all Californians.

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  • Today, the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) is launching the Live Beyond campaign to increase awareness and understanding of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), toxic stress, and their potential impacts, and provide science-based, healing-centered resources for all Californians.
  • “Despite how unfortunately common Adverse Childhood Experiences are, most of us are unaware of how to recognize the outcomes and the steps needed to heal from the trauma,” said California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
  • CREATED WITH AND FOR CALIFORNIA’S YOUTH: The Live Beyond campaign is grounded in science, market research, and best practices.
  • Hear some of the campaign’s youth advisors discuss their own experiences with ACEs and strategies they use to heal: https://youtu.be/UgCTXQe4Q3E?feature=shared

Ballad Health unveils three new Centers for Early Learning across Appalachian Highlands

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Young learners have new places to grow and thrive, as three new Ballad Health Centers for Early Learning open across the Appalachian Highlands of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

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  • JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Young learners have new places to grow and thrive, as three new Ballad Health Centers for Early Learning open across the Appalachian Highlands of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
  • New Centers for Early Learning in Greeneville, Tennessee; Lebanon, Virginia; and on the campus of East Tennessee State University are now open, with collective capacity to serve approximately 300 children.
  • Each center serves Ballad Health team members and community members, and each accepts children who qualify for state childcare financial assistance in Tennessee and Virginia.
  • In Lebanon, the Center for Early Learning is located less than three miles from Russell County Hospital, making it especially convenient for Ballad Health team members and their families.

Local non-profits recognized through Choice Hotels' Your Community, Your Choice Program

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Friday, March 1, 2024
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NORTH BETHESDA, Md., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Over a dozen local non-profits nationwide were recently recognized as part of Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH)'s Your Community, Your Choice program. This program, which began in 2019, empowers hotel owners and operators to make a positive difference in their communities. The recipients of the grants, totaling $75,000, exemplify Choice Hotels' commitment to serving the communities where our owners and operators work and live.

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  • NORTH BETHESDA, Md., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Over a dozen local non-profits nationwide were recently recognized as part of Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH)'s Your Community, Your Choice program.
  • This program, which began in 2019, empowers hotel owners and operators to make a positive difference in their communities.
  • "We are proud to recognize and celebrate the impact of these charities Choice hotel owners and operators nominated to receive grants," said Megan Brumagim, vice president, sustainability, Choice Hotels International.
  • The Your Community, Your Choice program is just one example of how Choice helps make that happen."

CALIFORNIA SURGEON GENERAL VISITS SONOMA COUNTY TO PROMOTE TRAUMA INFORMED SCHOOLS

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Friday, February 2, 2024
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, California Surgeon General Dr. Diana Ramos visited Sonoma Valley Unified School District's (SVUSD) Altimira Middle School and Sonoma Valley High School.

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  • SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, California Surgeon General Dr. Diana Ramos visited Sonoma Valley Unified School District's (SVUSD) Altimira Middle School and Sonoma Valley High School.
  • The Office of the California Surgeon General collaborated with experts in education, youth mental health and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) research to develop Safe Spaces Foundations of Trauma-Informed Practice for Educational and Care Settings .
  • "When children and youth feel safe, understood and cared for, they are more able and willing to engage and learn," said California Surgeon General, Dr. Diana Ramos.
  • During the visit, Dr. Ramos met with Superintendent Jeanette Rodriguez-Chien and heard from both schools' Wellness Youth Council's.

What is resilience? A psychologist explains the main ingredients that help people manage stress

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Friday, January 5, 2024
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To sum it up in a sentence: Resilience is the ability to manage stress in effective ways.

Key Points: 
  • To sum it up in a sentence: Resilience is the ability to manage stress in effective ways.
  • As a clinical psychologist, researcher and educator specializing in training people to cope with stress more effectively, I know that resilience can be developed.
  • For instance, one may handle relationship issues rather well but be unable to cope with the stress of a traffic jam.
  • Some are things you can do in your daily life, such as exercise, hobbies and activities, and getting adequate sleep.

Resilience can be cultivated

  • Confusing connotations about resilience pervade not only the scientific literature and mental health approaches but also popular culture.
  • All of this says that resilience can flourish by incorporating specific behaviors and creating healthy environments.
  • What looks like resilience could instead be suppressing, numbing or hiding feelings.
  • Post-traumatic growth refers to the positive changes that some people report after trauma, especially when they incorporate some of the resilience “building blocks” listed above.

Resilience isn’t always the answer

  • Overemphasizing resilience can reinforce racial injustice by suggesting that people who are subjected to it are resilient enough to handle it.
  • Having to wear a mask of resilience or put on a smile can add to the burden of racism, making resilience exhausting.
  • We can benefit from working on the building blocks of our own individual resilience, and from initiatives in schools, workplaces and other environments that promote resilience more broadly.
  • The upside is that you can choose from many effective ways of building resilience to determine the most suitable approach for you.


Rachel Goldsmith Turow does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Ocean Partnership for Children celebrates 2023 Community Resource Development Fund Recipient and issues Request for Proposals for 2024

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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TOMS RIVER, N.J., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ocean Partnership for Children (OPC) had the honor of attending 2023 Community Resource Development (CRD) Fund awardee, HOPE Sheds Light's Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the HOPE Sheds Light Youth Recovery Center on Wednesday, October 24, 2023, at 253 Chestnut Street, Toms River, NJ.

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  • TOMS RIVER, N.J., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ocean Partnership for Children (OPC) had the honor of attending 2023 Community Resource Development (CRD) Fund awardee, HOPE Sheds Light's Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the HOPE Sheds Light Youth Recovery Center on Wednesday, October 24, 2023, at 253 Chestnut Street, Toms River, NJ.
  • Their work is amazing, and the development of a sober peer community is essential for our youth," said Mary Jo Buchanan, Executive Director of OPC.
  • The 2024 CRD Funds Request for Proposals was announced on October 30, 2023.
  • Information can be found at: https://www.oceanpartnership.org/providers/community-resource-developmen... A maximum total of $67,788.07 is available to fund one or more projects for the 2024 CRD Fund.

Leading child mental health organisations call for global action against infant, child and adolescent trauma

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
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To address this pressing concern and mobilise global efforts, the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), International Society for Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology (ISAPP), World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), and World Psychiatric Association Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (WPA-CAP) have jointly declared April 23 as the World Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Day (WICAMHD).

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  • To address this pressing concern and mobilise global efforts, the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), International Society for Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology (ISAPP), World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), and World Psychiatric Association Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (WPA-CAP) have jointly declared April 23 as the World Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Day (WICAMHD).
  • This year witnessed the second annual WICAMHD event under the theme of Stand Against Infant, Child and Adolescent Trauma.
  • Dr Dennis Ougrin, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Visiting Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London discussed the impacts of the war in Ukraine.
  • These include the Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAM), the Lithuanian Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (LVPPD), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), the Austrian Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy (ASCAP) and the Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, College of Psychiatrists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore (SCAP).

Learn4Life Helps Students with Trauma with New Resiliency Accreditation

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023
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Three schools of Learn4Life , a network of 85 public high schools, have earned accreditation by completing a 20-hour curriculum that supports educators in identifying trauma in students.

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  • Three schools of Learn4Life , a network of 85 public high schools, have earned accreditation by completing a 20-hour curriculum that supports educators in identifying trauma in students.
  • It helps build resilience to life’s ups and downs, develops healthy relationships and practices restorative justice rather than punishing students who act out because of trauma.
  • Trauma in students can manifest in different ways, such as truancy, poor performance and even behavioral problems.
  • “We know that before we can reach students’ heads, we need to reach their hearts,” explained Craig Beswick, trauma specialist at Learn4Life.

One Degree and ACES-LA Renew Partnership to Strengthen Social Care Referrals in Los Angeles

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023
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The ongoing partnership enables One Degree to further strengthen a closed-loop referral network, developed with ACES-LA and managed by the Los Angeles Department of Health Services (LADHS), aimed to help at-risk families get the resources they need.

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  • The ongoing partnership enables One Degree to further strengthen a closed-loop referral network, developed with ACES-LA and managed by the Los Angeles Department of Health Services (LADHS), aimed to help at-risk families get the resources they need.
  • One Degree built the technology infrastructure for the referral network, using its database of 8,000 nonprofit and social service resources in Los Angeles County.
  • To grow the referral network, One Degree is conducting outreach to CBOs across Los Angeles County.
  • One Degree also has plans to invest in its data analytics and reporting interface to facilitate better insights into the partnership's impact.

Capital Health Launches Trenton Neighborhood Initiative in Partnership with Trenton Health Team, Leveraging $10 Million of Investment in Local Community

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
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Recognizing its role as an anchor institution in Trenton, Capital Health decided to embark on a significant project to drive $10 million of investment in the greater well-being of the neighborhood where Capital Health Regional Medical Center is located.

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  • Recognizing its role as an anchor institution in Trenton, Capital Health decided to embark on a significant project to drive $10 million of investment in the greater well-being of the neighborhood where Capital Health Regional Medical Center is located.
  • Capital Health approached Trenton Health Team, a valued community partner, to work with them on developing and executing this transformative multi-year plan.
  • The Trenton Neighborhood Initiative (TNI) recognizes the importance of helping address the social determinants of health for residents and will deliver solutions that complement the health care services Capital Health provides.
  • The Trenton Neighborhood Initiative Homebuyer Assistance Program is a partnership between Capital Health's Trenton Neighborhood Initiative and New Jersey Community Capital.