American Camp Association’s Post

Have you signed up yet for our upcoming learning experience on Decolonizing Trauma-Informed Practice? This is an offering you will not want to miss, facilitated by Sabrina Meherally and sahibzada mayed (صاحبزادہ مائد). Throughout this session, we will critically examine existing frameworks and paradigms, aiming to dismantle institutionalized approaches to trauma that contribute to the pathologization of people’s lived experiences. By exploring the origins of common trauma-informed practices and the significance of the liberatory harm reduction movement, we will contextualize trauma within an abolitionist and anti-colonial context. Through thought-provoking reflections and creative prompts, we will imagine alternative pathways, emphasizing non-prescriptive, non-pathologized, care-based methodologies that prioritize individual agency and community empowerment. Registration is still open: https://lnkd.in/gsg7vcB9

Yesterday, we launched the Oregon Health and Education Collaborative (OHEC) Upstream Initiative, where community organizations gathered together to begin designing a Child Success Model (CSM), focusing on the first 1,000 days of a child's development from conception. Learn more about this important work: https://ow.ly/nLTS50QwuO5

Parents & Early Childhood Professionals in Utah: Click on the link below to register for a virtual screening of the Forget Me Not Documentary with a panel discussion afterwards discussing how we, as early childhood professionals in Utah, can improve our practices. https://lnkd.in/geVey4ET

Check out this upcoming presentation for families in Alberta.

This series of case studies by SchoolHouse Connection highlights programs in Chicago, IL; Fort Worth, TX; and Boston, MA emphasizing early childhood development, family support, and removing barriers to service access. Learn how these initiatives foster family well-being and success through a two-generation approach, integrating home visiting, housing support, and early childhood education and care. Read the case studies: https://ow.ly/ky3M50SCjJy

There’s nothing cold or hard about this fact: Compassion’s program is data-driven and evidence-based. Are you curious about how we strategize, make decisions and develop our program to continually improve the outcomes for the children we serve? Learn more in our newest blog. https://bit.ly/3U4taRe

For those who are interested in death literacy, death education, and the role of doulas in Palliative Care, please check out our Fanshawe Funded Study: Doing DeathCare Differently, on IG DeathCareProject and on YouTube @DeathCareProject

Today, we conclude the 3-Part Fight the Fake: Fentanyl series. 👊 Bringing up the topic of drugs and substance use may not be a walk in the park, but it always comes from good intentions of bringing awareness and teaching children and adolescents more about it. Our School-Based Intervention Team (SBIT) developed this content to share with youth at middle and high schools across California. 📌 Save this post and talk to a youth in your life about what’s fact and what’s fake about Fentanyl.

Seleni is here for you! Check out a sneak peak of our newest training from Babalola Jinadu

📢 Announcement! Our new blog is live! We will dive into insightful topics and stories that bring light to the issues affecting children nationwide. Check out our introduction here: https://lnkd.in/eHRJCZMP