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December 1, 2023
What Are Our Members Up To?
 
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By Porter Jennings-McGarity, PACEs Connection Director of CQI & Trauam-Informed Criminal Justice Consultant

“YES!” was the response of Gaile Osborne, executive director of Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina (FFANC), when asked for input on a new program to help foster and kinship care families learn how to support the brain development of young children.

By Alison Cebulla, PACEs Connection member

The group will help end shame spirals, help members feel less alone, label potential work abuse or neglect, and inspire members to identify their needs and take action steps towards a more fulfilling work life.

By Christian Baresic, PACEs Connection member

At the start of 2023, in partnership with DCF’s Office of Resilience, the Central RAC (Regional ACEs Collaborative) distributed microgrant funding to nine projects that began their respective journeys toward launching, expanding, or transforming their programs.

By Lisa Clark, PACEs Connection member

Join Dr. Wallace E. Dixon, founding director of the East Tennessee State University Ballad Health Strong BRAIN Institute, as he discusses Better Workplaces Tennessee: A Trauma-Informed Approach. This Zoom presentation is free; however, registration is required.

By Deborah McNelis, PACEs Connection member

Can kindness and gratitude make a difference in individual lives and for society overall? Do these practices impact the brain? Do they also influence the way in which children's brains develop?

By Tracy L. Leonard, PACEs Connection member

Restorative practices allow both the adults and students within a school to transform the way they approach their relationships with one another.

Member Contributions and Asks
From Dennis Haffron: Required Minimum Distribution Opportunity
From Michelle Ned: Oral Health During Pregnant
From Tracy L. Leonard: May We Suggest For…1st Time Attendees #TSS2024ATN
From Laura Gallant: A Moment of Gratitude with HOPE Director Dr. Robert Sege
From Harise Stein: PACEs Research Corner — November Part 1, 2023
From Gwendolyn Downing: Updated: Mental Health, Trauma, and Disability – Children/Youth, documents
From Suzanne Frank: AVA:Decemeber 18 at Noon/Where the Boys Are: Understanding and Responding to Trauma when the Victim is a Male
From Tori Essex: New Transforming Trauma Episode 118: Listening to What Survivors Need to Address Sexual Trauma and Complex PTSD with Dr. Judith Herman
PACEs Connection Announcements
Message from our CEO, Ingrid Cockhren, on Giving Tuesday 2023!

PACEs Connection is a social network that recognizes the impact of a wide variety of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in shaping adult behavior and health, and that promotes healing-centered, trauma-informed and resilience-building practices and policies in all families, organizations, systems, and communities.
Through December
Thursday, November 30, 2023
What's Going on Next Week
Online: Creating Better Workplaces: A Trauma-Informed Approach- Wallace E. Dixon, Jr., PhD | December 1, 2023
Online: Youth Mental Health First Aid Training Virtual | December 2, 2023
Online: 10th Annual ACEs & Resilience Summit | December 4-7, 2023
Online: How Are We — Really? Wellness Wheel Self Assessment - Part 2 | December 5
Online: FREE The Importance of Building Long-Lasting Relationships on the Road to Self-Sustainability | December 6, 2023
Online: Creating Healthy Communities Through Cultural Appreciation (Institute for Public Strategies) December 6, 2023
Online: Settling Into Stillness: Quieting Our Minds | December 7, 2023
Online: Settling Into Stillness: Quieting Our Minds | December 7, 2023
Online: FREE Playing for Keeps Documentary Screening | December 7, 2023
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