It was an honor to work with Dr. John Keesler and Jade Presnell, MSW of Indiana University of Social Work on this article about the Traumatic Stress Institute's first-of-its-kind, national learning collaborative supporting four IDD organizations to transform their systems to trauma-informed care. The four organization each implemented TSI's Risking Connection Change Model , sharing training, coaching, and consultation. Despite happening in the middle of COVID where organizational stress was...

Here I have attached a video on more information about Positive Childhood Experiences.

Register now for this free event on March 27 Noon to 1pm EST! In the early months of the year, the Trump Administration introduced sweeping health policy changes with implications for nonprofits and community organizations. Shifts in federal funding, evolving agency priorities, and potential cuts to key health initiatives are raising big questions. CHC: Creating Healthier Communities invites all nonprofit and for-profit leaders to join a webinar March 27 from noon to 1 p.m. to learn more...

The latest Surviving Spirit Newsletter - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - https://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20250323114602/ or this - https://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2025-03-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_March_2025.pdf Newsletter Contents : 1] Elaine Crocker: A Story of Resilience,Transformation and Impact @ She Exist Magazine 2] The one change...

Image: Together We Create: Larry G. Maguire Good news for the moment: your PACEs Connection social networking site is safe for another three months, through June, 2025, thanks to the generosity of a foundation that recently gifted PACEs Connection – via our fiscal sponsor, the National Prevention Science Coalition (NPSC) – with $10,000. This covers for one quarter our largest expense – the fee for the learning management system (LMS) on which the social network lives. Some of you may have...

Medal of Honor recipient Russell Dunham survived exceptionally difficult childhood adversities and war traumas, yet summoned inner strengths to live a remarkably fruitful and inspiring life.

In most communities today, far too many children are struggling. Whether it’s with mental health challenges, school performance, emotional regulation, social skills, physical health, or feelings of worth, the reality is clear: many children are not doing well . The good news? We have the science and knowledge to change this. Entire communities can achieve breakthrough improvements for their children if more people understand that the most powerful levers of change occur in the first few...

The National Initiative for Trauma Education and Workforce Development (NITEWD) is offering a free trauma-informed training. Their primary target audience is behavioral health practitioners. Their training program has three components, and all are free and publicly available. This may be of interest to school-based and child welfare staff. The 4.5 CEs, free, publicly available, asynchronous online course Core Components and Skills for Trauma Informed Practice . This is designed for...

Music & Thoughts To Share - Stand by Me performance by Michelle Skinner & Michael Skinner - A song to celebrate all those who have been by your side when the going got tough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9t7xavz_o “ Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe “ Before sunlight can shine through a window, the blinds must be raised.” - American Proverb “ You must love in such a way...

Unfortunately, negative adverse childhood experiences rarely exist in isolation. Instead, they can often be a part of a repeated cycle across generations. Children exposed to ACEs may develop coping strategies that inadvertently reinforce trauma patterns in their own lives and families and, in turn, their children . Let's get a better understanding of how ACEs can impact an individual and an overview of the cyclical nature of ACEs. How ACEs Impact Emotional and Social Development Children...

It was an honor to work with Dr. John Keesler and Jade Presnell, MSW of Indiana University of Social Work on this article about the Traumatic Stress Institute's first-of-its-kind, national learning collaborative supporting four IDD organizations to transform their systems to trauma-informed care. The four organization each implemented TSI's Risking Connection Change Model , sharing training, coaching, and consultation. Despite happening in the middle of COVID where organizational stress was...

Here I have attached a video on more information about Positive Childhood Experiences.

Register now for this free event on March 27 Noon to 1pm EST! In the early months of the year, the Trump Administration introduced sweeping health policy changes with implications for nonprofits and community organizations. Shifts in federal funding, evolving agency priorities, and potential cuts to key health initiatives are raising big questions. CHC: Creating Healthier Communities invites all nonprofit and for-profit leaders to join a webinar March 27 from noon to 1 p.m. to learn more...

The latest Surviving Spirit Newsletter - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - https://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20250323114602/ or this - https://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2025-03-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_March_2025.pdf Newsletter Contents : 1] Elaine Crocker: A Story of Resilience,Transformation and Impact @ She Exist Magazine 2] The one change...

Image: Together We Create: Larry G. Maguire Good news for the moment: your PACEs Connection social networking site is safe for another three months, through June, 2025, thanks to the generosity of a foundation that recently gifted PACEs Connection – via our fiscal sponsor, the National Prevention Science Coalition (NPSC) – with $10,000. This covers for one quarter our largest expense – the fee for the learning management system (LMS) on which the social network lives. Some of you may have...

Medal of Honor recipient Russell Dunham survived exceptionally difficult childhood adversities and war traumas, yet summoned inner strengths to live a remarkably fruitful and inspiring life.

In most communities today, far too many children are struggling. Whether it’s with mental health challenges, school performance, emotional regulation, social skills, physical health, or feelings of worth, the reality is clear: many children are not doing well . The good news? We have the science and knowledge to change this. Entire communities can achieve breakthrough improvements for their children if more people understand that the most powerful levers of change occur in the first few...

The National Initiative for Trauma Education and Workforce Development (NITEWD) is offering a free trauma-informed training. Their primary target audience is behavioral health practitioners. Their training program has three components, and all are free and publicly available. This may be of interest to school-based and child welfare staff. The 4.5 CEs, free, publicly available, asynchronous online course Core Components and Skills for Trauma Informed Practice . This is designed for...

Music & Thoughts To Share - Stand by Me performance by Michelle Skinner & Michael Skinner - A song to celebrate all those who have been by your side when the going got tough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9t7xavz_o “ Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe “ Before sunlight can shine through a window, the blinds must be raised.” - American Proverb “ You must love in such a way...

Unfortunately, negative adverse childhood experiences rarely exist in isolation. Instead, they can often be a part of a repeated cycle across generations. Children exposed to ACEs may develop coping strategies that inadvertently reinforce trauma patterns in their own lives and families and, in turn, their children . Let's get a better understanding of how ACEs can impact an individual and an overview of the cyclical nature of ACEs. How ACEs Impact Emotional and Social Development Children...