Families Thrive

02/18/2015

Ted Talk by Nadine Burke Harris: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime. http://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime?language=en

Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across…

06/05/2014

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03/11/2014

Ellen Pence, co-founder of the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, explains how the Power and Control Wheel came to be understood. This diagram helps us understand that there are more paths to abuse than violence alone, and that many forms of abuse can be happening at once. What other ways might abuse happen? How can we remain vigilant to signs of abuse other than violence alone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9dZOgr78eE

Learn more about the Power and Control Wheel in module 1, through the online learning system at http://www.familiesthrive.org/.

Ellen Pence is the co-founder of the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project in Duluth, MN. Pence and a group of other social activists initiated DAIP...

02/24/2014

When learning about domestic abuse we often reference the Power and Control Wheel--but have you heard of the TEEN Power and Control Wheel?

View it here:http://www.ncdsv.org/images/teen%20p&c%20wheel%20no%20shading.pdf

And here is the original Power and Control Wheel:http://www.familiesthrive.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/power-control-wheel-sm.pdf

How can these images help us understand domestic violence and teen dating violence?
How are they similar? What differences do you see?

02/19/2014

It's Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month!

The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women is hosting a special collection of online resources this month in honor of Teen Dating Violence Awareness month.

Find it here: http://www.vawnet.org/special-collections/TDV.php

This is an excellent opportunity for all of us to learn something new about teen dating violence. What are your goals surrounding TDV awareness this month?

This special collection emphasizes collaborative and multi-level approaches to the prevention of and response to teen dating violence (TDV). It...

01/09/2014

A class for parents to yell less and get your kids to cooperate more.

01/08/2014

I never get tired of seeing awareness of ACEs and Toxic Stress being spread in the media! Last week, KARE 11 News in Golden Valley, Minnesota released a great video clip about toxic stress and its effects on children. In this short video, developmental psychologist Dr. Marti Erickson briefly explain...

12/12/2013

Building Blocks for Kids in Richmond CA is currently searching for a new Director of Collaborative Services (http://bbk-richmond.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/job-description_DCS.pdf)

Building Blocks for Kids (BBK) Richmond Collaborative is a place-based initiative with the mission of supporting the healthy development and education of all children, and the self-sufficiency of all families, living in the BBK Collaborative zone located in Richmond, California.

The Collaborative is organized into working groups, in which representatives from member organizations work with residents and other key stakeholders to develop and provide a cradle-to-college continuum of support for families living in the Collaborative zone.

12/11/2013

Be our partner in accelerating this work and your tax-deductible gift will help Futures Without Violence create a new national initiative.

10/31/2013

FREE fact sheet as well as key resources for children exposed to violence.

15.5 million children live in families in which domestic violence has occurred. Let's spread the message that we want to see this number CHANGE.

10/30/2013

So happy to see the science catching up with common sense! This week, U.S. News released an article explaining how recent research shows that exposure to early life adversity alters the physical makeup of a child's brain. Researchers are finally acknowledging that exposure to ACEs "should be conside...

10/17/2013

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. Throughout this month we invite you to reflect on how exposure to domestic violence may impact children and how together we can better support children and families experiencing domestic violence.

Please share what you are doing to support children who may be exposed to domestic violence.