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A Word of Warning and a Word of Advice for the PACES Community

Primary prevention is a medical term that describes powerful measures that prevent rather than treat illness, e.g. immunization, regular exercise, proper nutrition, not smoking. Ask yourselves why there is so much attention given to treating those who’ve experienced aces and so little attention given to the prevention of aces. Dr. John Briere, professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, and Center Director of the USC...

Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences and Promoting Positive Childhood Experiences in New Jersey: Early Data Findings

New Jersey, like many states, is developing a statewide infrastructure for collecting data on ACEs and PCEs. This profile shares New Jersey’s efforts to understand the impact of ACEs and PCEs across the state through data, with the goal of designing initiatives that promote child health and well-being. The findings can inform other states looking to implement similar data-driven efforts. The profile is a product of Preventing ACEs Across New Jersey: Data to Action , an initiative supported...

Community Meetings: A Trauma-Informed Ritual You Should be Using

At Chefalo Consulting, we begin every meeting with a Community Meeting, a key ritual that consistently roots our team in emotional awareness and safety. While the concept is simple, its implications are profound. Community Meetings are an essential, trauma-informed tool that promotes healing, safety, and resilience. By fostering emotional intelligence, collaboration, and connection, Community Meetings provide a foundation for healing and growth in both individuals and organizations. Let’s...

For Year-end Giving: Please Help Save The PACEs Connection Resource Center with Your Tax-Deductible Gift Today.

Please help us save the Resource Center with your tax-deductible gift today, here . With the December 31, 2024, deadline looming for payment to maintain the PACEs Connection Resource Center , we hope you’ll help protect this invaluable benefit of your free membership and put supporting PACEs Connection at the top of your list. “There’s not another resource like this,” said Dana Brown, one of two former PACEs Connection employees working as volunteers to keep the site going since it was...

16 Days of Activism: Building Systems for Women’s Safety

Violence against women and girls remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations across the world. In many communities, it has become normalized, with survivors often blamed or silenced. Yet, this is not an inevitable part of life. Preventing violence requires shifting how we perceive women and girls in society, challenging harmful norms, and fostering safe spaces where they are valued and protected. Prevention starts with recognizing the root causes of violence—patriarchy,...

Understanding Thanksgiving from Our Side of the Table (firstnations.org)

To read more of the First Nations article, please click here, Understanding Thanksgiving from Our Side of the Table | First Nations Development Institute . Most historians document that in 1621 there was indeed a First Thanksgiving but Native people were not invited guests to this celebration. Nonetheless, Wampanoag soldiers showed up to the Pilgrim celebration after hearing celebratory gunshots and screams from Pilgrim settlements. The Wampanoag soldiers, historians suggest, thought the...

Regarding Jane's Post about AI

I asked ChatGPT... How can the overall quality of parenting be improved? It came back with the following. Improving the overall quality of parenting involves empowering caregivers with the knowledge, skills, and resources to nurture their children's well-being and development. Here are several evidence-based strategies to achieve this: 1. Parenting Education Programs Universal Access: Offer accessible, inclusive programs for all parents, regardless of socioeconomic background, to normalize...

Trauma Informed Schools Kenya

Ever heard about Trauma Informed Schools Kenya? Well, we have been around, almost 3 years now and counting. How has the been the progress? Almost 3 years ago I, the Founder/Director of Trauma Informed Schools Kenya featured on PACEs Champions Corner. Interviewed by Silvia Paul. https://www.pacesconnection.com/blog/paces-champion-rebeccah-ndung-u-launches-trauma-informed-schools-in-kenya TISK is a non profit making , non governmental organization registered and situated in Nairobi -Kenya.

Reconnecting with the PACEs Connection Community

We’re beyond excited to see the PACEs Connection community back in action! A huge shout out to @Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) and @Carey Sipp for all the hard work they’ve put into making this happen. It’s inspiring to witness the ongoing collaboration in this space and to see how many of us are committed to building cultures of resilience. For @Andi Fetzner and me, this community has been incredibly meaningful. Our journey together started back in 2016, when we met in the registration...

The Role of Training in Effective Trauma-Informed Change Management

Training plays a crucial role in nearly every change management strategy, especially when implementing trauma-informed practices. This article explores the strengths and limitations of training in advancing change efforts and building a trauma-informed culture. Say you’re making big changes at your company or organization. Your leadership team is ushering in a new technology or changing the organizational structure or implementing new processes that will affect everyone. Or perhaps you want...

Call For Speakers: The TraumaWise Summit Series 2025

Applications are open for the 2025 TraumaWise Summit Series! These are virtual summits for people who want to increase their trauma wisdom, compassion, and capacity for activating sustainable healing and systems change in their spaces and places. We are looking for people with lived-experience to bring their trauma wisdom and skills to the TraumaWise Community! TraumaWise equips change agents to transform broken systems by activating trauma-informed communities. Our virtual summits (which...

Father of alleged Georgia school shooter...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/us/colin-gray-georgia-school-shooting/index.html This is proof that there are parents in our communities who are aren’t engaging in parenting behaviors and practices generally recognized as supporting the healthy development of children, and they are bringing suffering and grief to innocent children and adults. This is why there needs to be an entirely new kind of parenting education that reaches everyone, everywhere. A kind of parenting education that reaches...

PACEs Research Corner — October Part 2, 2024

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!] Human Trafficking Andana C, Saldaña O, Rodríguez-Carballeira Á. Understanding Child Sexual Exploitation Dynamics: Development and Validation of a Taxonomy of Recruitment and...

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