Heart Based Language - Educating our Global Society Students
Created for the University of San Diego's 17th Annual Character Matters Conference on June 27, 2013, the following links will take you to research, web links, videos and resources to assist and support your development on behalf of the whole child/whole adult. Please contact us and we will further support your curriculum development, community outreach and engagement.
Youth Leadership of
Trauma Informed Community Schools
4th and 5th grade students at Cherokee Point Elementary School in City Heights spoke before the San Diego City Council on requesting more homeless services for homeless in all communities. Developing their persuasive text of Common Core, the youth engaged their civic literacy and public speaking skills on behalf of their community's needs.
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Youth Voice is a youth leadership program in partnership with the Mid-City Police Division - Juvenile Services Team. Developing intrapersonal and interpersonal skills, the youth led civic engagement opportunities include public speaking at Youth Summits, Gang Summits, community meetings, Town Halls, and local schools. Youth Voice is an inter-generational peer mentoring youth/adult partnership. The above picture reflects speaking before the San Diego City Council - Youth Commission.
Civic Engagement - Common Core - Digital Literacy
Trauma Informed - Youth Leadership
TRAUMA INFORMED
Annual Cost of
Adverse Childhood Experiences
$103,754,017,492.00
Sources: Cost data:
2007 Economic Impact Study (PCAA).
Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
(CDC and Kaiser Permanente,
see www.ACEstudy.org)