Valley Oak Children's Services has partnered with Strengthening Families Illinois, with funding made available by First 5 Butte County, to provide a free, two-day Parent Café Training in Chico.
The training takes place August 13th and 14th, 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Additional information is here, and the registration flyer is here.
Parent Cafés on You Tube. These short videos created by Alameda County (California) First Five are now on YouTube:
A document listing the Core Meanings of the Strengthening Families Protective Factors is now available. This short piece makes it clear what we mean when we talk about each of the protective factors. It is a companion piece to the new Protective Factors Briefs.
Therapeutic Solutions is sponsoring the first annual Mental Health Symposium for Butte County on October 12th on the CSU Chico campus. Details and registration information are here.
"Three Core Concepts in Early Development" is a video series depicting how advances in neuroscience, molecular biology, and genomics now give us a much better understanding of how early experiences are built into our bodies and brains, for better or for worse. Healthy development in the early years provides the building blocks for educational achievement, economic productivity, responsible citizenship, lifelong health, strong communities, and successful parenting of the next generation.
Promoting Child & Family Well-Being presents information on protective factors and child, youth, parent, and caregiver well-being, as well as resources about marriage, fatherhood, and more.
The ChildTrauma Academy has released its inaugural iBook. Brief: Reflections on Childhood, Trauma and Society by Bruce D. Perry is now available in iBooks format on iTunes. This multimedia book is a collection of shorter pieces by the CTA Senior Fellow, Dr. Perry. With slides, images, video and text, this iBook is intended to stimulate reflection on some of the most challenging aspects of life in our modern world.
The National Resource Center for Child Protective Services is sponsoring a summer series of monthly webinars focusing on domestic violence and child protection. The series is entitled Safety Organized, Trauma-informed, Solution-focused Approaches to Domestic Violence in Child Protection.
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services has a new website dedicated to educating the public about mental health features news, facts and myths, a treatment locator, and information about recovery. Visit MentalHealth.gov.
A workgroup comprised of both school and government mental health professionals is recommending that California mandate training for teachers and school principals on identifying and responding to mental illness among their students.
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Gloria Balch, Deputy Director