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Trainings/Conferences
On-line Resouces
An independent forum with news, programs, research, events, legislation, theory, and opinion on education, health, welfare, and justice for California's 10 million children
Focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5
Research and message development on child and family mental health Promoting the health and development of infants and toddlers Building awareness and understanding of sensory processing disorders through education and collaboration Helping parents, teachers and health professionals to proactively manage the challenging behaviors of the 21st century child |
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Meeting Information
Next Meeting:
Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 8:30 - 10:30 A.M.
Blood Source - Community Meeting Room (upstairs)
555 Rio Lindo Avenue
Presentation: Options for Recovery, Michele Hinkle
Summer Reminder: No July meeting. We will meet again on August 13th.
Please Note: Parking in Blood Source lot is for clients only. Please park in lot directly across Rio Lindo or use street side parking. Thank you.
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 Fear And The Brain
All brain functioning is "state-dependent." Thought, emotion and behavior will all change with the state of the individual; this is very evident with fear. The shift along the arousal continuum as discussed extensively in all of the CTA training materials and sessions is one of the major concepts underlying a "trauma-informed" approach to clinical work, education and caregiving. In a recent brief, but excellent article in TIME, Maia Szalavitz, a neuroscience journalist, discusses "How Terror Hijacks the Brain."
"Fear short circuits the brain, especially when it hits close to home, experts say- making coping with events like the bombings at the Boston Marathon especially tricky. 'When people are terrorized, the smartest parts of our brain tend to shut down,' says Dr. Bruce Perry, Senior Fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy.
When the brain is under severe threat, it immediately changes the way it processes information, and starts to prioritize rapid responses. 'The normal long pathways through the orbitofrontal cortex, where people evaluate situations in a logical and conscious fashion and [consider] the risks and benefits of different behaviors- that gets short circuited,' says Dr. Eric Hollander, professor of psychiatry at Montefiore/Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York. Instead, he says, 'You have sensory input right through the sensory [regions] and into the amygdala or limbic system.'"
Read the full article here.
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 WAVE Trust - Working to End Violence and Child Abuse
Founded in 1995, the WAVE Trust has committed itself to decreasing violence by addressing its root causes including child abuse and neglect. With headquarters in Surrey, United Kingdom, WAVE Trust's 70/30 campaign aims to reduce child abuse, neglect, and domestic violence 70% by 2030: "According to an NSPCC study in 2000, levels of serious physical abuse of children in the UK exceeded 2 million children per annum, with a further 2 million suffering neglect.
Despite the best efforts of children's charities since the second world war levels of abuse and neglect have not reduced - neglect has probably increased. We have developed a strategy for how we will drive and facilitate a 70% reduction in child abuse, neglect, and domestic violence in the UK by 2030. We call this 70/30. Through our research, we have identified the root causes of violence and also the most effective prevention and early intervention programmes that will address these.
To learn more about the WAVE Trust, their research and global efforts, visit their website: www.wavetrust.org.
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by Leon Rosenberg
When do we shift from trying to work within the parent-child relationship to seeing the child as a separate entity needing to cope with a destructive parent?
Read the article here.
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 To This Day - An Expression of Solidarity and Compassion
To This Day is a spoken word poem written by Shane Koyczan to explore the profound and lasting impact that bullying can have on an individual.
Schools and families are in desperate need of proper tools to confront this problem. We can give them a starting point...A message that will have a far reaching and long lasting effect in confronting bullying.
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Workshops, Conferences and Other Resources
Parenting your Aspergers Teen is a series of classes for parents of teens and young adults with Aspergers and High Functioning Aspergers. Classes will be on the second Tuesday of the month, and run through June 11, 2013. Classes begin at 6:00pm and will last for approximately an hour. Cost is $10 per person per night. Space is limited, so please reserve your seat by calling Chico Creek Counseling (530) 410-0505, ext. 105. Each class will be held at the Chico Creek Counseling office, 630 Salem Street, Suite 120, Chico.
The National AIA Resource Center is offering a skills-building training, Breaking Intergenerational Cycles of Trauma: Building on Vulnerable Parent's Strengths, June 24-25, 2013, in Berkeley. You can also access the Center's archived training webinars for free.
DSM5 Transitions is a workshop designed for the clinical practitioner who is familiar with the full range of DSMIVdiagnoses. The workshop will familiarize staff with major changes from the DSM-IV to the DSM5 including changes in the classification system, definition of mental disorder, loss of the 5 axis system, new diagnoses, deleted diagnoses, and criteria changes. The presentation will also identify those diagnoses that remain essentially unchanged from the previous edition of the diagnostic manual. The workshop takes place Thursday, June 27th in both Chico and Oroville. Details here.
Two-Part Webinar Series: Trauma-Informed Response to Child Sexual Abuse. Recognizing, Assessing, and Treating Trauma in Children and Justice and Healing: Trauma-Informed MDT Investigations and Responses. These webinars training are intended for non-mental health professionals who work with child victims of sexual abuse.
NTI Upstream has announced their new webinar lineup for 2013. The focus of this year's webinars is Drug Use in Pregnancy: Focus on the Newborn. All webinars will be presented by Dr. Ira J. Chasnoff, President of NTI Upstream and Children's Research Triangle. Details are here.
Long-term Effects of Prenatal Substance Exposure on Children
Barry Lester, Ph.D., Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Children at Risk, Brown University Alpert Medical School and Women and Infants Hospital
This 90-minute webinar reviewed outcomes of longitudinal studies of children with prenatal drug exposure, and examined how the combination of prenatal exposure and environmental adversity can result in the development of behavior disorders, including early onset of adolescent substance use. A new model examining prenatal exposure within the broader context of the wear and tear on the body's response to stress was presented.
Prevention and Early Identification of Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions. This Informational Bulletin from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services provides information on the prevention and early identification of mental health and substance use conditions. The memo provides an overview of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit, which ensures that the health care needs of children and youth are addressed to maximize their growth and development.
Balancing Work and Family when Parenting a Child with Mental Health Difficulties, presented March 5, 2013, at the 26th Annual Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference, reviews the impact of raising a child with mental health difficulties on parental employment, presents results of a longitudinal study of mothers raising children with mental health diagnoses, and examines the impact of child mental health on difficulty combining work and family, family conflict, and family functioning.
Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.
-C. Neil Strait
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Gloria Balch, Deputy Director