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PACEs (Positive & Adverse Childhood Experiences) Science: Healing Families and Communities
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As a helping professional, taking care of yourself is essential for your own well-being, for those you support, and for showing up as your authentic self wherever you live, work, pray, and play. This session deepens your understanding of trauma’s impact across the lifespan through PACEs (Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences) Science, a research-based, science-backed framework. You’ll explore why early childhood development and healthy relationships matter for building resilience, and leave with practical ways to apply these concepts in your day-to-day work, community, and home.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Understand trauma across the lifespan through PACEs Science and the lifelong importance of early development and healthy relationships for mental and physical health.
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Use shared, inclusive language that recognizes personal, systemic, and environmental factors in trauma.
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Apply trauma-informed concepts in your workplace and community, building resilience by creating safety and acknowledging lived experience.
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Practice self-care, self-compassion, and reflective practices to reduce compassion fatigue and strengthen your ability to support others.
Audience
Folx from cross-sectors in a socio-ecological model and across the lifespan.
Registration
This workshop is available for Champion members of the RLC. Take advantage of our 30-day free trial and continue for $9.99/mo.
Dana Brown
Dana Brown is the PACEs Science Statewide Facilitator, Learn4Life, TREC Pioneer with Trauma-Resilient Educational Communities (TREC) and Director, National Cooperative of Communities, PACEs Connection. A social entrepreneur, Dana founded a character development program at Tierrasanta Elementary in San Diego, CA, founder of Youth Voice San Diego, co-founded OurSOLES (Our Students of Leadership ~ Empowerment ~ Service), founded Youth Leadership TICS (Trauma-Informed Community Schools) and Youth Leadership with McGill School of Success. Dana has been an inner-city community organizer in City Heights, San Diego, for 28 years. Dana was a Commissioner on the City of San Diego Commission on Gang Prevention & Intervention for eleven years and Chaired the Youth Committee. She is the co-chair of the San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team , on the Advisory Council of the University of San Diego’s Character Development Center, and the leadership team of the Warrior Spirit Family with Indigenous communities. Dana is on the Institute for Public Strategies Binge & Underage Drinking Initiative (BUDI) Advisory Board. Dana is Chair of the Board of Directors with Echo Training, Secretary of Community Wraparound Board of Directors and Secretary of Ileihno Bopachemihn, Inc. Board of Directors. Dana is a HeartMath National Certified Coherence Advantage trainer. An author, Hidden Treasures, Mrs. Brown has received many awards over the years, including, the Joy McAllister Advocacy Award from Mental Health America in 2014, President Obama’s USA Volunteer Presidential Award in 2012 (with San Diego Compassion Project), and the City of San Diego’s Human Relations Commission Award in 2009.