PACES EDUCATION for Positive Parenting
Project Lead: Sandra Debello-Bodley
Project Team: Elizabeth Smith ( PACES), Sandra Bodley, Dovetail Learning
Project Intern: Estefania Huerta
Description: Through partnerships with Elizabeth Smith (PACES), Dovetail Learning, and with an initial grant from Sonoma County Vintners Association ($10,000), schools in West Sonoma County are receiving education on the impact of Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) and the benefit of positive interventions to address these events.
Goals
Long Term Goal
Continue to support the current program (Education) working on known problems affecting health outcomes with resources and dissemination of information.
Maintain an ongoing relationship with the west county school systems.
Short Term Goals
Present educational programs to parents and staff in West County.
Team:
Challenges:
Parent participation in the presentations
Progress: Working with the following districts, we met with the superintendent and principals, and some teachers: Oakgrove, Gravenstein, Sebastopol Union, Fort Ross, Cazadero, and Monte Rio. In 2022 presentations were made to Oakgrove and Sebastopol Union. Analysis of the process leads to changes being made to the presentation method in 2023; with emphasis placed on resilience in the face of the challenges of COVID and the 2023 flooding in west Sonoma County. In the Spring 2023 presentations and discussions were done in Monte Rio, Forestville, and Guerneville. In Fall 2023, parent discussion sessions are continuing at Forestville and Monte Rio schools.
ACEs
Sonoma County ACEs Connection
The importance of our childhood experiences. The more adversity and trauma someone experienced as a child, the higher their risk of negative health outcomes as an adult—like diabetes, heart disease, or depression. We look at why this correlation exists by seeing how stress and adversity affect brain development and genetics and discuss what we can do in our communities to build resilience against the effects of trauma. Click to learn more.
