Initiative To Better Help Troubled Children Aims To Give Tools To Those On Front Lines
An intensive nine-month training will give 25 Sonoma County professionals ways to recognize and deal with toxic stress in children who have been affected by trauma.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
Adverse Childhood Experiences Focus Of New Sonoma County Initiative
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control study looked at childhood traumas, known as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and the effects they have on young people as they grow up. A new initiative in Sonoma County seeks to take that research and give new tools to those on the frontlines — teachers, counselors, coaches and nurses — to better help troubled kids. Sixty people applied for the county’s first ACEs and Resiliency Fellowship and 25 were selected to participate in an intensive nine-month training, led in part by Dr. Robert Anda, who authored the CDC study. The goal is to help them recognize toxic stress and what that can do to kids. The approach is called “trauma-informed care.” (Warren, 10/28)
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Free Health Clinic Provides Dental, Vision Care
Since Thursday, Sandra Scott has spent six hours driving back and forth from her home in the Sierra Foothills to the free medical clinic at Cal Expo. Scott says she can't afford to see a dentist for chronic tooth pain she's had for the last three years. "If it's between eating or paying a dental bill, this gives me an answer," she says. The clinic, hosted by California Careforce, is a three-day event where people can get free eye exams and glasses; see a dentist or oral surgeon; and get a physical examination. (Johnson, 10/28)