Building a Resilient Yolo: Gathering momentum for our summit

Leading up to our 2022 summit we unveiled a free virtual Resilient Yolo Workshop Series:

Introduction to ACEs and Resilience
Resilience in Education
Resilience and Healthcare
Resilience in Families

Resilient Yolo is educating people in Yolo County, CA, about adverse childhood experience (ACEs). Our intent is that everyone in Yolo County integrates trauma-informed and resilience-building practices into their work, family, community and individual lives. Our workshop series explores how we can advance this mission. You can view those recorded workshops below.

Introduction to ACEs and Resilience

This is the recording of the first workshop in the series: "Introduction to ACEs and Resilience" with Susan Jones, Founder, Creative Behavior Systems, and Tessa Smith, Cultural Competence Coordinator, Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency.

Resilience in Education

This is the recording of the second workshop in the series: "Resilience in Education" with Dr. Thomas Herman and Monica Nepomuceno from the California Department of Education, and Chris Aldaco from Woodland Joint Unified.

Resilience and Healthcare

Our workshop, "Resilience and Healthcare," features leaders from CommuniCare Health Centers discussing resilience and trauma-informed practices for patient care and for healthcare workers. Featuring Suzanne Eidson-Ton, MD, Chief Medical Officer; Sara Gavin, LMFT, LPCC, Chief Behavioral Health Officer; and Erika Roshanravan, MD, FAAFP, Family Medicine Physician.

Resilience in Families

"Resilience in Families," features leaders from First 5 Yolo and Yolo County Children's Alliance discussing the work being done in our region to make families stronger amid the pandemic.

Experience our 2022 summit!

Welcome Session: Building a Resilient Yolo summit 2022

BRIEF HISTORY OF PACEs and Yolo County ACEs AWARE NETWORK OF CARE: An introduction to the ongoing development of our Yolo County Trauma Informed Network of Care through partnership between UC Davis, local FQHCs and CBOs. Featuring Anthony Volkar, Yolo County Office of Education; Susan Jones, Creative Behavior Systems; Tessa Smith, Yolo County HHSA; Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05); Angel Barajas, Yolo County Board of Supervisors; Tracy Fauver, Yolo County CASA; Jennifer Phipps, PhD, UC Davis

Session 1- Driving Poverty Reduction in our Communities | Building a Resilient Yolo Summit 2022

United Way's Square One Approach: Driving Poverty Reduction How United Way is using it’s Square One approach of centering children and families to drive a reduction in the number of families living in poverty in our five-county region. Hear about how we’re engaging the community, donors, and volunteers in order to steward our region from relief to recovery to resilience. Featuring from United Way: Dr. Dawnté Early, Cameron Collins, Eden Hirsch

Session 2 - Roadmap to the Future for Yolo County Youth | Building a Resilient Yolo Summit 2022

The Yolo County Office of Education is leading a partnership to conduct a countywide needs assessment to identify gaps and areas of opportunities for children, youth and families. Attend this session to learn more about the countywide initiative and how it might impact systematic change for Yolo County for decades to come. Featuring Garth Lewis, Yolo County Superintendent of Schools; Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Assessor/Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters

Session 3 - Supporting a Resilient Workforce | Building a Resilient Yolo Summit 2022

Supporting a Resilient Workforce: Why, What, and How What is the current research on wellness, burnout prevention, and collective care, and how can it be applied to our workforce and organizations? Learn wellness and resilience strategies and applications, particularly with workforces exposed to intense stress including the COVID pandemic. Featuring from CommuniCare Health Centers W. Suzanne Eidson-Ton, MD, MS Sara Gavin, LMFT, LPCC and Erika Roshanravan, MD, FAAFP

Yolo County Panel: Resilience Through Healing/Healing Through Resilience

How can we look at pandemic recovery in Yolo County through the lens of resilience? How can we as organizations, agencies, and individuals work collaboratively toward this goal?

Featuring Jeneba Lahai, Yolo County Children's Alliance; Ashley Sens MD, Dignity Health Woodland; Aimee Sisson MD MPH, Yolo County Public Health Officer; Tico Zendejas EdD, RISE Inc. and Anthony Volkar, Yolo County Office of Education

Closing Session: Building a Resilient Yolo Summit 2022

Closing Session: Head, Heart, Hand Featuring Susan Jones, Creative Behavior Systems / Resilient Yolo Co-Chair and Tessa Smith, Yolo County HHSA / Resilient Yolo Co-Chair

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