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(l to r) Elaine Miller Karas co-developer of CRM; Jim Sporleder, former principal of Walla Walla High School; and Edwin Weaver at the 2018 ACEs Conference & Pediatric Symposium in San Francisco. After watching the late Jamie Redford’s 2015 film, “ Paper Tigers ,” about a Washington state high school where ACEs integration transformed graduation rates, Edwin Weaver knew he had to take action. Weaver is the executive director of Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley , providing social services...

By Valerie Montgomery Rice, JAMA, January 5, 2021 The disproportionate effect of the novel coronavirus on African Americans and communities of color has shone a new light on the more than century-old struggle to increase the number of Black physicians in the US. Today, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Black physicians account for 5% of all physicians even though African Americans comprise 13% of the US population. Only 1626 (7.4%) of the 21 863 students who...

While the 5,000-page $900 billion COVID Relief Bill ( H.R. 133, Div. M and N) fell short on some fronts (e.g., did not provide direct fiscal relief to cash-strapped states and localities), it does provide $82 billion in Education Stabilization Funds for states, school districts, and higher education institutions—crucial support for education as students return to school after the holiday. Funding of this magnitude makes a trauma-informed COVID response possible, giving advocates the...

Reports of ACE data highlighting likelihood ratios -- for example, those with 4+ ACEs are “2.0 times as likely to report fair/poor self-rated health” as those with no ACEs -- are highly deceptive if applied at the individual level. In this case, predicting an individual's fair/poor self-rated health based on a high ACE score would be wrong over 80% of the time in California. ACE data do, however, provide important population level predictions to help guide public health and social policy.

Please see our new pamphlet for parents/caregivers about childhood trauma (now in eight languages), and share with friends, family and colleagues. Although designed for Massachusetts residents, the resource page can be adapted for other locations. Thank you for your help and any distribution ideas. https://www.frcma.org/about/tr...sources-and-training https://myemail.constantcontact.com/NEW-Understanding-Childhood-Trauma-Resource.html?soid=1135101415145&aid=t6mWQvwx2sA

Has anyone considered applying? Do you think your community or institution has made a difference? Prove it. One possible study could be the effect of trauma informed institutions on violence. Grant request #1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention < no-reply@emailupdates.cdc.gov > Research Funding Opportunity Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury (RO1) On December 30, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released RFA-CE-21-004,...

By Tasha McAbee, Public Health Post, January 4, 2021 In 1867 , the United States purchased Alaska from Russia without consent from the Native populations who thrived there long before European invasion. The treaty stated “the uncivilized tribes” would be subject to US laws and regulations. Over the next 150 years , the US displaced and oppressed indigenous Alaskans belonging to 229 unique tribes in order to gain access to natural resources such as oil, whaling, seal fur, salmon, and gold. In...

By Jarod Kawasaki, EdSource, January 4, 2021 California requires 600 hours of student teaching, nearly double the requirement of other states. Student teachers are not paid and student teaching typically lasts for an entire academic year. Thus, most teacher candidates cannot work and student teach at the same time (or it is very difficult to do so). Taking a year off of work is a barrier for potential teachers, especially teachers of color, wanting to enter the teaching profession. Every...

Northern California ACEs Aware is a network of community leaders in health, education, and trauma-informed care. We’re working to share resources and communications, as well as to provide ACEs training for your teams. Please help us get the word out about our training activities. SIGN UP AT - www.norcalaces.org UPCOMING TRAINING ACTIVITIES Trauma Informed Care 101 (two times available) January 20th – 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM January 30th – 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Led by Nick Dalton of Hanna Institute,...

I would like to invite you a special live event from Paradigm Shift Education through he Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast on January 28, 2021 at 6pm CST. Podcast host and trauma-informed principal, Mathew Portell, will engage three experts in the field a special live podcast which will be streamed on Facebook ( Paradigm Shift Education , Trauma Informed Educators Network , and Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast) , YouTube ( Paradigm Shift Education ), and Periscope! Dr. Lori...

Happy 2021! 2020 was a year unlike any other. But it also brought home for many of us what matters most, including the importance of nurturing and harnessing the power of our nervous system and brain toward equanimity so that we can flourish even in the face of adversity. Your Healing Narrative: Write-to-Heal With Neural Re-Narrating i s my 2021 offering for individuals, parents, teachers, social workers, therapists, and health care professionals, to help ease a little bit of the anxiety,...