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By Pam Hightower, Tallahassee Democrat School districts across the United States are being forced to deal with systemic issues that have consistently impacted our country. One of the outcomes of the historic injustices in our nation has been the school-to-prison pipeline. The school-to-prison pipeline characterizes school districts' failure to prevent the funneling of students — especially students of color, students with disabilities and LGBTQ students — into the criminal justice system.

By Special to the DPA, The Daily Post-Athenian, October 27, 2020 With October being National Bullying Prevention Month, area health officials noted it’s important to highlight the trauma that can occur as a result of bullying, whether a child is participating in remote learning or in-person learning. “Unfortunately, even in the midst of a pandemic, bullying doesn’t stop,” stated a news release from Volunteer Behavioral Health (VBH). “In fact, there are studies pointing to the increase of...

By Claire Gillespie, Health, October 27, 2020 Many things get passed down through families, like heirlooms, genetic conditions, and physical characteristics. In some cases, trauma can be inherited, too. Generational trauma (also known as intergenerational trauma or transgenerational trauma) is still a relatively new field of study, meaning researchers have a lot to discover about its impact and how it presents in people who suffer from it. Here’s what we know so far, according to experts.

By Angela Turner, The Times-Tribune, October 27, 2020 Employees at the Whitley County Health Department hope that a new training called Bounce will provide resources to better the community. STAR Initiative Project Coordinator Kathleen Croley is working to promote an upcoming training that will help Whitley County build resilience, become more trauma informed and in the long run help citizens live healthier lives. Whitley County Health Department Director Mary Rein said she doesn’t think the...

NEW YORK , Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire. American Business Leaders Larry Bossidy & Ken Langone Join Forces to Address Growing Youth Mental Health Crisis RADical Hope to Scale Skill-Based Program to Schools Across the Country NEW YORK , Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- RADical Hope today announced the launch of RADical Health, a skill-based program to help first-year college students stay well and stay resilient. RADical Health, developed in partnership with New York University ( NYU ),...

By Grace Gilles, October 25, 2020, WXOW. LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW)- Mayo Clinic Health System is set to host a free Fall Community Forum which centers around strategies for resilience during COVID-19. The event is open to all and takes place virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, Nov. 10 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Several Mayo Clinic experts will be featured, as they each discuss how people can respond with resiliency to the different challenges the pandemic has posed. Topics will include COVID-19-related...

By Nat Kaemmerer, October 23, 2020, Staff Writter. Rotarian Sidney Turner, the Resilient Retreat founder, got a surprise from her fellow club members. Thanks to dozens of care packages from the Rotary Club of Longboat Key, those served by Resilient Retreat can take some resilience and peace into their homes. Founder, Rotary member and Longboat Key resident Sidney Turner was presented with the packages, which are actually kits to help with Resilient Retreat workshops — book club, yoga class,...

Michael Jascz is the founder of The Relationship Foundation, an educational initiative at the forefront of a unique approach to Social and Emotional Learning with proven results. For 20 years, Michael has dedicated himself to helping people build healthy and thriving relationships as a coach and an instructor.

The Online ARTIC makes TIC measurement easier and more effective than ever. Using the original ARTIC (Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Care) Scale, a psychometrically validated TIC measure, the Online ARTIC offers automated administration, analysis and reporting (for organizations and individual respondents) for up to 8 time points of data collection over a 3-year period of time. Use of the tool for program evaluation is supported with study set-up and reporting consult calls by skillful...

Californians have experienced an alarming epidemic of adverse childhood experiences. Between 2011 and 2017, 60 percent of Californians reported experiencing at least one type of childhood adversity; about 16 percent experienced four or more. People who experience four or more ACEs are 1.5 times as likely to have heart disease, 1.9 times as likely to have a stroke, and 3.2 times as likely to have asthma as people who have experienced no ACEs. (For more information about ACEs and ACEs science,...

A newly developed document titled “Adverse Childhood Experiences Data Report: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2011-2017: An Overview of Adverse Childhood Experiences in California” has just been released and can be found following link and attached to this blog post. The purpose of this resource is to report state and county prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in California; describe ACEs-related geographic and demographic disparities; and to offer details...

The leaders of OK25by25 learned about Resilience and took it on the road. Pre-COVID, they traveled the state from Bartlesville in the northeast corner to rural Duncan in the south, showing Jamie Redford’s film about ACEs science and brain development to more than 13,000 people: teachers and attorneys, CASA workers and district judges, physicians and parents. Sometimes 300 people would gather to see the film and participate in a panel discussion; other times, it was an audience of twelve.