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Roundup
December 6, 2023
Message from our CEO, Ingrid Cockhren: PACEs Connection is all about Prevention! ([link removed])
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 trauma-informed, healing-centered and resilience-building practices and policies in all families, organizations, systems, and communities.
By Ingrid Cockhren, PACEs Connection CEO

Building Resilience is a Team Effort that Starts Early ([link removed])

“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 Porter Jennings-McGarity, PACEs Connection, Director of CQI & Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice Consultant

How A Wellness-Informed Worldview Supports Trauma-Informed Insights: An Update On ACES And Attachment In Scotland ([link removed])

This editorial is a follow-up to Suzanne Zeedyk’s video presentation on ACES and Attachment Awareness in Scotland to the Kindred Fellowship Program (KFP) in June 2022 and Kindred’s feature with her in 2020.

By Lisa Reagan, PACEs Connection member


** Wednesday Digest
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Big Think
Does the body really “keep the score” of trauma? ([link removed])
The Washington Post
For mental health at work, bosses can make it better — or worse ([link removed])
California Healthline
Many People of Color Worry Good Health Care Is Tied to Their Appearance ([link removed])
Economic Times Healthworld
Study finds connection between adverse childhood experiences, muscle dysmorphia ([link removed])
Greater Good Magazine
Three Ways to Inspire Kids to Be Generous Around the Holidays ([link removed])


** Research Corner
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Ed. note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a website — abuseresearch.info ([link removed]) — that focuses on the health effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs science. Every month, she posts summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only PACEs. Here are 6 of the 33 that she found for this week. You can read them all here ([link removed]) .
Tran NM, Mann S, Cortez MG, Harrell B, Nettuno L.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and mental health by gender identity in the United States, 2019-2021 ([link removed]) . Prev Med. 2023;175:107705. PMID: 37722459 ([link removed])
“The sample included 141,615 adults, 556 of whom identified as gender minority. Gender minority respondents were 18% more likely to be exposed to 3+ ACEs relative to cisgender respondents. Among respondents exposed to 3+ ACEs, gender minority adults were 25% more likely to report current frequent mental distress and 26% more likely to report a lifetime depression diagnosis.”
The Long Shadow: A Historical Perspective on Racism in Medical Education ([link removed]) . Acad Med. 2023 Apr 19:10.1097/ACM.0000000000005253. PMID: 37071703 ([link removed])
The authors trace racist ideology through the history of medicine, examine how it manifests in medical education in the United States today, and how it affects admissions, assessments, faculty and trainee diversity, retention, racial climate, and the physical environment. The authors then recommend steps for confronting racism in medical education.
Castaneda Y, Jacobs J, Margellos-Anast H, et al.
Developing and Implementing Racial Health Equity Plans in Four Large US Cities: A Qualitative Study ([link removed]) . J Public Health Manag Pract. 2023 Nov-Dec 01;29(6):780-790. PMID: 37290120 ([link removed])
“In the United States, health departments have begun to develop and implement strategic health plans focused on equity. However, the extent to which these plans result in actual initiatives (both internal and external) varied across cities. The current study increases our understanding of how different partners are working to implement structural changes, programs, and policies to reach equity-related goals in our largest urban areas, providing valuable insight for urban health advocates across the country.”
Hernandez-Meier J, Xu Z, Kohlbeck SA, et al.
Linking emergency care and police department data to strengthen timely information on violence-related paediatric injuries ([link removed]) . Emerg Med J. 2023 Sep;40(9):653-659. PMID: 37611955 ([link removed])
Combining ED, police department (PD) and EMS data for a US city, “Many violence locations in ED and EMS data were not present in PD records. A combined PD, ED and EMS database resulted in new knowledge of the geospatial distribution of violence-related paediatric injuries and can be used for data-informed and targeted prevention of violence in which children are injured-especially in and around schools and parks.”
Gilgoff R, Schwartz T, Owen M, Bhushan D, Burke Harris N.
Opportunities to Treat Toxic Stress ([link removed]) . Pediatrics. 2023 Jan 1;151(1):e2021055591. PMID: 36450652 ([link removed])
“The field of ACEs and toxic stress has advanced beyond “What is wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?” and “What is right with you?” We believe we need to go one step further and also ask, “What is healing for you?” The answer is multifactorial and can include evidence-based interventions that specifically target an individual’s underlying neurologic, endocrine, metabolic, immune, and genetic dysregulation if they have toxic stress. We believe the field of pediatrics has a vital opportunity to advance a multidisciplinary approach to treatment and healing from toxic stress.”
Findley E.
"It's already stressful being a foster parent": A qualitative inquiry into foster parenting stress during COVID-19 ([link removed]) . Child Abuse Negl. 2023;146:106455. PMID: 37717544 ([link removed])
“Findings from this study demonstrated foster parents experienced both shared and unique parenting challenges during COVID-19. Three areas for further consideration and development in practice included improving online service delivery, strengthening guidance for online parent-child visitation, and enhancing support for foster parents of children with special needs. Developing social support and self-care practices should continue to be ongoing priorities for foster parents and foster parent-serving agencies.”


** PACEs Connection News & Events
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Through December
Healing Centered Futures through the CRC & the PACEs Movement: Announcing the CRC Fellowship, Celebrating CRC Graduates, and #GivingTuesday Campaign ([link removed])

Thursday, December 7, 2023
This Week on ‘History. Culture. Trauma.’ podcast: Getting to Root Cause with C-PTSD Expert and Author Mary Giuliani ([link removed])

New Fellowship Program Launches to Empower Graduates of the CRC Accelerator Program to Grow Resilient Communities ([link removed])

Calling Purpose Driven Advertisers: Explore Advertising Rates in the New History. Culture. Trauma. Podcast Media Kit ([link removed])

Are you a trauma-informed school personnel? PACEs Connection would love to talk with you! ([link removed])

Did you know you can connect with PACEs Connection on Social Media? ([link removed])

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

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


** Member Posts
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** Member Requests
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Tori Essex: New Transforming Trauma Episode 118: Listening to What Survivors Need to Address Sexual Trauma and Complex PTSD with Dr. Judith Herman ([link removed])

Laura Gallant: HOPE, relationships, and collaborative goal-setting | Interview with Tamara Vesel, MD [positiveexperience.org/blog] ([link removed])

Michelle Ned: The Power of Positivity ([link removed])
Frank Sterle Jr.: A Little Civility, Please — We Don’t Live in the Middle East War Zone ([link removed]) , A Little Civility, Please — We Don’t Live in the Middle East War Zone ([link removed])
Jenna Quinn
Are you a trauma-informed school personnel? PACEs Connection would love to talk with you! ([link removed])
Steve Brown
ACES by Race Using the Original 10 ACES ([link removed])
Dennis Haffron
Bridge Building ([link removed])


** Mark Your Calendars
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December 6
Online: FREE The Importance of Building Long-Lasting Relationships on the Road to Self-Sustainability ([link removed])
Online: Creating Healthy Communities Through Cultural Appreciation (Institute for Public Strategies) ([link removed])
December 7
Online: Settling Into Stillness: Quieting Our Minds ([link removed])
Online: Intro to The Resilience Toolkit Series ([link removed])
Online: FREE Playing for Keeps Documentary Screening ([link removed])
December 9
Online: Adult Mental Health First Aid Training Virtual ([link removed])
Online: FREE Roadmap To Trauma Healing ([link removed])
Online: Family Day ([link removed])
December 11
Online: Mindful Mondays with Chefalo Consulting | Free Community Network ([link removed])
Online: Reframing: The Power of Our Perspective ([link removed])
December 12
Webinar: Building a Resilient Workforce: Integrate Connection and Community ([link removed])
Online: Self & Collective Attuning: Tending to Emotional Activation in these Acute Times ([link removed])
Online: Trauma-Informed Strategies (CE Credits Available*) ([link removed])


** Videos
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The Importance of Responsibility (Mount Sinai Parenting Center) ([link removed])
Year of the Inner Child: Anger ([link removed])
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