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Can collective care heal communities, especially communities struggling with systemic racism and historical trauma? Join PACEs Connection CEO Ingrid Cockhren and guest Candice Valenzuela on PACEs Connection’s podcast “History. Culture. Trauma.” as they address that question. They’ll discuss collective care, especially how communities struggle with system racism and historical trauma as they strive to heal. The podcast airs on September 1 at 1 p.m PT/ 4 p.m. ET on the VoiceAmerica Talk Radio...

We can all protect ourselves from extreme heat and its accompanying stress—on our streets, neighborhoods, and at the local and federal government levels.

PACEs Connection's interactive sessions focus on trauma-informed education and the impact of policy and system changes. This course will be facilitated by Lara Kain, PACEs Connection's educational consultant, and will be a combination of lecture, discussion, and collaboration. This session will use the RYSE center Interacting Layers of Trauma and Healing as a framework. Policy and Systems, Trauma-Informed Education and your Community PACEs Initiative Outline the importance of including...

Hi. I did a post on 8.21.22 with the original document. Since then: - I did some editing, added the DM-ID-2, and significantly increased DC:0-5 version 2. - There are 2 layouts. An 11x17, because I think that is the biggest paper a lot of offices have to print on; and a 24x18 since it's a better layout if you are just opening the pdf, or could print the larger size. The purposes of the document: - Quick reference for those already familiar with full works. - To use for training, by those...

By Jennifer De Forest and Karen Vanausdal, Greater Good Magazine, Augsut 22, 2022 In the tumult of shifting to virtual school during the pandemic, one of our children came bouncing out of her room full of energy. This was a noticeable shift from her usual subdued mood after a full day of Zoom school. What was different? Her teacher had left the digital meeting room open for three extra minutes so that students could connect with one another after their lesson. “It was like being at our...

By Devika Bhushan, Illustration: Jim Cooke/Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, August 26, 2022 In 2011 I was a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School. I was on my psychiatry rotation — and I had a secret. My attending doctors remarked on how well I supported our patients. I was grateful but felt as though my familiarity with and deep empathy for their symptoms and medication side effects were like a neon sign that at any moment could out me. Using the words “bipolar disorder”...

By Marisa G. Franco, Illustration: Ben Hickey, The Atlantic, August 25, 2022 F or many of us, making friends as an adult is intimidating, and sometimes embarrassing or a bit baffling. But we all know those people who appear to be naturals: They balance bustling social calendars, glide easily into conversations with strangers, and seem to get invited to everybody’s wedding. Research shows that these super friends, as I like to call them, really exist: Not only are they better at initiating...

By Nancy Marie Spears and Farrah Mina, Photo: Nick Oxford, The Imprint, August 29, 2022 T he questions now being asked of American Indian survivors of boarding schools, foster care and adoption are expansive. They may require deep introspection. And they might hurt to answer: “Would you say that you have experienced intergenerational trauma? “What are the races of people in the foster family that you lived with for the longest time?” “How often did your parent show affection, such as by...

Are you ready to transform your school to become a trauma-informed and healing-centered environment? An institute specifically tailored for school leaders and leadership teams who want to understand the HOW of trauma-informed schools. Join us for an encore of PACEs Connection Trauma-Informed School Leadership Institute. Speakers included current and former building leaders engaged in the work as well as other national experts supporting schools through this transformation process.

Our culture likes to idolize childhood. All imagine it as a time of perfect innocence, of uninterrupted joy. For many of us, however, the reality of childhood was far different. Indeed, in a 2019 study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) of 144,000 American adults, it was found that more than 61% had suffered at least one traumatic event in their childhood . These traumas, which psychologists refer to as adverse childhood events (ACE), may include anything from parental...

JOIN US! September event dates are now up for the FREE PACEs Connection Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program. if you have already taken the required first event, you'll receive an email with zoom links. If not, save the date for the events you want to join, and take the next Introduction to PACEs Connection webinar ASAP!

how close the Amazon forest is to a tipping point of “savannization” and the consequences of that for the maintenance of the world’s largest tropical rainforest.