Explore ways to create and feel safe in our natural and built environments.

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October 6, 2023
The Importance of a Safe Environment

Special from PACEs Connection
Creating Positive Childhood Environmental Experiences in the Classroom ([link removed])

By Jenna Quinn, PACEs Connection project manager

Creating positive childhood experiences in schools and the classroom has a profound impact on students' education, well-being, and their future role as responsible global citizens.
News You Can Use

How School Design Can Help Children Feel Safe ([link removed])

Psychology Today

Thoughtfully designed school environments can help children soothe themselves and cope with triggers.

Spaces created with comfort in mind make us feel safer, valued, and more connected to others ([link removed])

The Architect's Newspaper

Trauma-informed design is an emerging field within architecture that relies on research about the effects of our environments on our attitudes, moods, and behaviors.

Promoting Equity Protects the Earth ([link removed])

Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE)

When we promote practices that heal the Earth, we are celebrating all the amazing things this planet provides for us to create positive childhood experiences (PCEs), and happy, healthy children.

A summer reading list for climate survival and hope ([link removed])

Waging Nonviolence

With stories of anti-racist farmers, queer vegans, collective struggle and overlooked histories, these four books help inspire climate action.

Trauma-informed Design Society ([link removed])

Together we can create amazing, stress-relieving spaces, through trauma-informed design.

Member Contributions and Asks
From Holly Fullmer: Trauma-Informed Care Basics Training ([link removed])
From C. Nicole Brown: Introducing Bright By Text ([link removed])
From Laura Gallant: HOPE launches new certification program ([link removed])
From Alison Cebulla: Healing trauma with humor works better than you'd think ([link removed])
From Ellen Goldstein: Orientation to the Brain Story and Resilience Scale ([link removed])
From Teri Wellbrock: I Am Back . . . Surviving to Thriving . . . Yet Again! ([link removed])
From Ebony Davis: Navigating The Pain Of Suicide In Black Communities: Healing After Loss ([link removed])
From Michelle Ned: Pathophysiology Concepts ([link removed]) , Entrepreneurship and School-Based Health Centers ([link removed])
From Tori Essex: New Transforming Trauma Episode 114: Championing Relational Therapeutic Solutions in a Quick-Fix World With Dr. Jonathan Shedler ([link removed])
From Carey Sipp: Early Relational Health Innovators Partner In Program Supported by PACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities Members in Twelve California Counties ([link removed])
From Robyn Brickel: What is Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD)? ([link removed]) , You Deserve Collaborative Care from your Healthcare Providers! ([link removed]) , Trauma-informed Care With Robyn Brickel M.A., LMFT ([link removed]) , Worried that lack-of-trust is getting in your way? ([link removed])
From Lindsey Lee: What Training Prepares Healthcare Professionals for Trauma-Informed Pain Management Billing and Fosters Compassionate Healthcare Cultures? ([link removed])
Upcoming Free Webinar from PACEs Connection
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Children Born in the Pandemic: Developmental and Family Challenges — How is Oklahoma Using ARPA Funds to Help? ([link removed])

October 19, 2023, 12ET/9PT

Join PACEs Connection for a free webinar October 19 from 12 p.m to 1:30 p.m. ET/ 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. PT, to explore how leaders in one state, and two PACES Connection senior staff members, have been addressing the challenges of welcoming a new baby – or multiple babies – during that time.
PACEs Connection Announcements

October 11 & 18
PACEs Connection Presents: Addressing the Epidemic of School Shootings Series ([link removed])

Through October
World Mental Health Day: Mobilizing the Human Family Through the CRC & the PACEs Movement ([link removed])

From Thursday, October 5, 2023
Author of “The Empathetic Workplace”, Katherine Manning, On History. Culture. Trauma. Encore Podcast ([link removed])

PACEs Connection Launches Sustaining Resilient Communities Initiative! ([link removed])

Join PACES Connections - Worldwide PACEs Movement Champions! ([link removed])

We're hiring: Development Director ([link removed])
What's Going on Next Week
San Diego, CA: San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Membership / Visitor Meeting | October 6, 2023 ([link removed])
Online: Mindful Mondays with Chefalo Consulting | Free Community Network | October 9, 2023 ([link removed])
Online: FREE Info Session for Certification: Become a Resilience Toolkit Facilitator | October 10, 2023 ([link removed])
Richmond, VA: Beyond Trauma: Youth Mental Health Policy and Practice Summit | October 11, 2023 ([link removed])
Online: Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day: Building Partnerships to Support Survivors | October 11, 2023 ([link removed])
Online: FREE Stewards of Children | October 12, 2023 ([link removed])
Watch This
New & Hopeful Approaches in Housing & Homelessness: Trauma-Informed Design [Graduate School of Social Work - DU] ([link removed])
Trauma Informed Spaces and Design [SAC Kingston] ([link removed])
Parentese (Mount Sinai Parenting Center) ([link removed])
Year of the Inner Child: Demanding ([link removed])

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