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Golf tournament to benefit Children’s Advocacy Center
FALL RIVER — The Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County is looking for individuals, teams and spon-sors for its fourth annual charity golf tournament, Eagles and Birdies for You...Hope and Healing for Children.
The event will be held Monday, Oct. 4 at Fall River Country Club, 4232 N. Main St., Fall River, MA.
More than 7,500 children have come through the Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County since it opened its doors in 2007. The center serves hundreds of Bristol County children who are victims of child abuse and as-sociated trauma.
Permanent Connections are Vital for a Child’s Success
We all need the people in our lives who know us and care about us, who celebrate our successes and comfort us in hard times. These are the people we call when we get a new job, lock our keys in the car or are facing a big decision.
Permanent, supportive connections are especially important in childhood, when parents, coaches, mentors and teachers help children develop their identity and values, help them know who they are, develop their strengths and set goals in their life.
What's Changed in Mental Health?
Christina Patts, director of behavioral health and trauma services in Southeastern Massachusetts for JRI was recently interviewed by the Taunton Daily Gazette about how mental health care has changed. Read the full article.
How the Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County Helps Victims of Child Sexual Abuse
Between 700 and 800 cases of child sexual abuse are referred on average each year to the Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County, which provides treatment and support to victims and their families.
Lessons to learn from the pandemic
Check out the op-ed, written by Ed Powell, Executive Director of STRIVE Boston and Vice President of Community Engagement, in CommonWealth Magazine.
Treating Trauma Early to Help Children Cope Down the Line
Watch this PBS News Hour episode featuring the Susan Wayne Center of Excellence as well as Hilary Hodgdon from JRI.
Trauma Sensitive Yoga Helps Sufferers Use Their Body to Heal Their Spirits
Jennifer Turner was a voice student at the New England Conservatory of Music when her instructor approached her during a rehearsal.
“You,” her instructor observed, “aren’t in your body.”
It took her a while before she understood what her instructor meant, but when she did, it would change her life.
She took yoga classes, and the body control that yoga encouraged her to heal from her own trauma she still was carrying. It was, she said, “like coming home.”
