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REGISTER now and plan to join us Friday, January 10, 2025 from 2:00-3:00pm CT Research on investing in early childhood development shows it to be the most influential, productive, and cost-effective strategy for establishing children on a path to strong self-regulation, well-developed executive function, and lasting resilience that will improve, in countless ways, their lives across the lifespan. "The first three years of development, and especially the first two or three months, are...

Live Interview with Michael Skinner - Healing for Male Survivors with Mike Chapman - Podcast on Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TRNARistj7fLMx8mCUD16 Welcome to the Healing for Male Survivors Podcast, where male survivors of childhood trauma, especially sexual trauma, can find hope and healing. My main goal is to give a platform to YOU, my listener and fellow survivor. I want to make this a safe space for you to tell YOUR story, and telling your story can often jump-start your...

At the Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) of Klingberg Family Centers, we support Head Start agencies with a whole-system approach to trauma-informed care. TSI believes that Early Head Start/Head Start programs can function as protective factors that buffer and mitigate the effects of childhood adversity and trauma for staff, families, and children, creating conditions where resiliency can flourish. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) defines a...

Healthcare is a complex business, with understanding trauma-informed care and embedding it into the system being even more complex, but this manuscript offers deep insights into what to consider and how to move forward to create healthier futures and outcomes for all. Frontiers | Negative effects of adverse childhood experiences and absence of positive childhood experiences on healthcare employees: survey findings built on 10 years of trauma-informed development

To read more of Dr. Glenn Schiraldi's article, please click here, Breaking the Cycle of Adverse Childhood Experiences | Psychology Today . Image: Source Key points Effective parenting is a learned skill. Those who didn't see effective parenting modeled at home can nevertheless become very effective parents. The consistent application of effective parenting practices promotes healthy adjustment in children. Congratulations! You’ve worked hard to heal the inner wounds from childhood adversity...

Trauma-informed leadership is essential to creating healthy, thriving workplaces and communities. Dr. Khiela Holmes, a recent guest on the Mindful Management podcast, introduced a simple yet profound framework for embedding trauma-informed principles into leadership: the Five Ss. The Five Ss are safety, supportive relationships, self-awareness, structure, and sustainability. These principles offer leaders a clear path to fostering environments where individuals feel valued, heard, and...

You sit in a coffee shop. You laugh with a friend. You feel energized. Suddenly, you look at your cup. It’s empty. You feel distant. Your thoughts race. Anxiety builds—your mood shifts. The ride feels never-ending. The same happens to many people with bipolar disorder. They face wild swings in energy. Manic times feel high and bright. Depressive times feel low and dark. Such mood changes disrupt life. One moment feels good; the next feels terrible. The mind feels like a storm, and control...

Panelists present for the inaugural symposium included R.J. Gillespie, MD; Christina Bethell, PhD, MPH, MBA; Lisa Powell, PhD, and Anna Maria Wilms Floet, MD. “This is just the beginning” according to event leadership following their one-day event on “ Translating the Science of Positive Childhood Experiences into Practice and Connecting with Community Organizations”. Event chair Jill Obremskey, MD, a Nashville pediatrician, longtime child advocate, and leader in the All Children Excel PACEs...

Your three PACEs Connection volunteers, Dana Brown, Carey Sipp, and Rafael Maravilla, meeting December 23, 2024, about our business plan to revitalize the social networking site. Thank you for your invaluable engagement with PACEs Connection; we invite you to partner with us in preserving more than decade of ACEs science research, videos, tools – with your tax-deductible year-end gift here today ! Dear Friend of PACEs Connection, We wish you a safe, healthy, and prosperous New Year. As a...

“Daruma of Resilience II” by Kristine Aono is a wall installation depicting Daruma, a Buddhist monk and symbol of resilience in the face of adversity. Visitors are encouraged to write out wishes on sticky notes to attach next to the piece. It’s part of the exhibit “Resilience — A Sansei Sense of Legacy” at the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie through June. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times By Erica Thompson, Chicago Sun*Times, December 28, 2024 Forty years after World War II, the U.S. government...

By Paul Horn, Inside Climate News, Graphics: Paul Horn/Inside Climate News , December 29, 2024 Telling the story of our lives—climate change—takes a lot of words. But sometimes, a graphic is what makes things click. Whoever coined the adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” was likely not referring to a chart, a locator map or an infographic, but in many cases that’s exactly their value to the reader. I created or edited nearly 350 of them for Inside Climate News in 2024, including...

Vanessa Saba, special to ProPublica. Source image: Dana Neely/Getty Images. By Kavitha Surana, Mariam Elba, Cassandra Jaramillo, Robin Fields and Ziva Branstetter This story was originally published by ProPublica . ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox . Series: Life of the Mother: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths More in this series In states with abortion bans,...