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In this latest edition of Resilient Georgia's newsletter, we are maintaining our focus on taking a preventative approach to address the impact of the global pandemic on mental health. We also continue to provide timely, helpful & relevant national & state resources on ACEs, children’s mental health, COVID-19, racial equity & more.

Catherine Jones Dec 15, 2020 As a staff member of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, I fight for all children, especially those impacted by systemic racism in our criminal justice system. “Left Behind,” a collaboration between The Appeal and Oregon Justice Resource Center, presents firsthand accounts of growing up in prison from individuals sentenced as children to 25 years-to-life. Inspired by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Miller v. Alabama, which prohibits the imposition of a...

From Mount Sinai Parenting Center, December 16, 2020 Q: How Can I Help Parents Respond to Biting? This week's tip comes from a question asked by one of our readers. Check out our answer below! Q: Why do young children bite? What are some strategies I can offer parents? Why: Most young children bite because they have not yet developed inhibitory control. This is particularly common in toddlers, who have very strong emotions but have not yet developed language, communication, or self...

From ACEs Aware, December 15, 2020 California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris set a bold vision to cut ACEs and toxic stress in half in one generation through a strategically deployed, coordinated public health initiative designed to raise awareness, reduce transmission of ACEs and strengthen our response networks. As part of this work, the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) developed the Roadmap for Resilience: The California Surgeon General’s Report on Adverse...

The Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) , a leader in supporting organizational transformation to trauma-informed care (TIC), is excited to announce a 12- to 16-month Pilot Learning Collaborative for I/DD organizations interested in implementing trauma-informed care. The Learning Collaborative will begin in Spring 2021. One study found that, compared to children without disabilities, children with moderate to severe I/DD were 2.9 time more likely to be emotionally abuse, 3.4 times more likely...

California health officials have made clear they want equity and transparency to be among the main priorities in deciding how to allocate the first scarce supplies of a vaccine. For example, in divvying up the first doses for health care workers, the state is prioritizing hospitals located in low-income areas before those in wealthy areas. "We will be very aggressive in making sure that those with means, those with influence, are not crowding out those that are most deserving of the...

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By DeAsia Paige, St. Louis Public Radio, December 12, 2020 Three days before Thanksgiving, an 8-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the stomach by his younger brother. In July, a 4-year-old boy died from child abuse. In June, a 14-year-old boy died after he was shot minutes away from his home. Deadly violence is part of reality for children in this city, but East St. Louis District 189 is working to ensure that students and families have the opportunity to heal from the trauma. The school...

By Leonie Segal, Jason M. Armfield, Emmanuel S. Gnanamanickam, et al., Pediatrics, December 2020 BACKGROUND: Child maltreatment (CM) is a global public health issue, with reported impacts on health and social outcomes. Evidence on mortality is lacking. In this study, we aimed to estimate the impact of CM on death rates in persons 16 to 33 years. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study of all persons born in South Australia 1986 to 2003 using linked administrative data. CM exposure was based on...

By Jane E. Brody, The New York Times, December 7, 2020 Show me a family that has not been fractured — temporarily or permanently — by a fury-filled rift between two or more members and I might believe in miracles. Just about everyone I know seems to have experienced such a distressing event, often with painful psychological and sometimes physical effects that carried over to relatives who had nothing to do with the precipitating dispute. Rifts can begin with financial, religious, political,...

By Richard Carranza, Austin Beutner, and Janice Jackson, The Washington Post, December 13, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden has described the crisis in public schools caused by the pandemic as a “ national emergency .” As the superintendents of the nation’s three largest public school districts — New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — every day we grapple with the challenges that worry not just the president-elect but also the students and families we serve. Our schools, like thousands more...

By Joaquin Palomino, Sara Tiano, and Cynthia Dizikes, The Imprint, December 11, 2020 A private plane with dozens of shell-shocked teenagers aboard touched down in California’s Central Valley. They were home now, evacuated from the chaos at Lakeside Academy. Run by Sequel Youth & Family Services — a for-profit, $500 million company backed by Bay Area investors — Lakeside had promised to put the boys “on a pathway to lead healthy and successful lives.” Instead, the teens, sent to the...