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NTTAC offers an array of learning events at no cost to participants, including mental health professionals, primary care providers, peers, educators, systems leaders, and other youth-serving professionals. Please join us on April 27, 2023 for our upcoming NO-COST ACEs Event: Joining in this session will be a young adult with lived experience, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, and a community organizer. Together the panelists will bring their varying perspectives to discuss preventing...

Deepen your understanding of gender-responsive and trauma-informed care and build your skill set at this national conference.

[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!! — Rafael Maravilla] Sexual Assault Holliday R, Nichter B, Holder N, et al. Childhood Sexual Abuse and Military Sexual Trauma Interact to Increase Suicide Risk: Results from a...

It's back! The next iteration of Unlearning Ableism will be on May 18th at 3:30PT/6:30ET. This session is designed to support participants' understanding of what ableism is, how it shows up in our lives, and how to challenge ableism in our practices. We will explore such topics as TL Lewis' working definition of ableism and consider several models of disability. It is possible that participants may experience discomfort during or after the presentation as we learn how we have perpetuated...

The CRC accelerator will cover fundamental topics such as understanding PACEs science, community organizing, multi-sector collaboration, and strategic planning; as well as several special topics. Participants who complete all events in the series will receive a Certificate of Completion.

What does it mean to be “trauma-informed,” and why should organizations make their workplace more trauma-informed? How can it improve a team member’s (and the organization’s!) well-being, safety, productivity, fulfillment, and growth? How do you build, implement, and sustainably maintain trauma-informed workplaces? Who is responsible for such endeavors within the organization? How do I get started?

Organizations supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), especially those serving children, rely heavily on interventions rooted in applied behavior analysis (ABA) to manage severe problem behavior. Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) often play critical roles as consultants or leaders in these organizations. Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) is an increasingly common job role in IDD organizations. But a reckoning is happening in the ABA field over what many...

A joyous celebration on Friday, February 10, 2023 honoring the leadership of Area Superintendent Lindsay Reese , Principal Amanda Clark, and all staff members with San Diego Workforce Innovation High Schools’ Chula Vista, Linda Vista and National City Learning Centers! Area Superintendent Reese reflected on the TREC Accreditation and shared, "Trauma Resilient Educational Communities provide a safe and supportive environment for students to heal from their past traumas, while also equipping...

By Sophia Kianni and Jad Daley, Photo: Screenshot from video in article, TIME, January 23, 2023 T he climate movement has reached a pivotal juncture. We have an array of constructed and natural climate solutions with proven potential to reduce greenhouse gases and foster climate resilience, from renewable energy and electric vehicles to reforestation and climate-smart agriculture . There is just one catch: To avoid the worst of climate change, we must deploy these solutions much faster than...

By Brooke Anderson, Photo: Brooke Anderson, Teen Vogue, April 11, 2023 Lizbeth Ibarra, 18, grew up in the shadow of the Chevron refinery in Richmond, California. She was eight years old when the refinery exploded, sending 15,000 people to area hospitals with breathing troubles. Later, her grandmother, who worked nights as a janitor at the refinery, got cancer. Her dad developed asthma, as did many of Ibarra’s childhood friends. “Still, growing up, we’d talk about Chevron in a good way. They...

A cinnamon-colored brown bear sow fishing in the Chilkoot River, Alaska. Photo credit: Harvey Hergett/USDA Forest Service By Nirali Shah, The National Wildlife Federation Blog, April 12, 2023 Imagine 500 acres of rural Alaskan wilderness transformed into the extraction grounds for 180,000 barrels of oil every single day – a horrific image, right? That image is one step closer to being our reality with ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project, which was just approved this month by President Biden’s...

By Ulrika Modéer and Veronica Winja Otieno, Photo: Shutterstock, United Nations Development Programme, August 12, 2022 Today, our world is 1.1°C warmer than it was in the pre-industrial era, and failure to act urgently could possibly result in increases of 1.5°C-2°C between 2026 and 2042 . Climate change poses a serious risk to the fundamental rights of people of every age. Extreme weather such as droughts, floods and heatwaves, and their effects of food and water insecurity, livelihood...