Category: ChildWise Blog

Anxiety, Depression, and the Modern Adolescent – Kids are overexposed!

Intermountain (the founding organization of ChildWise Institute that started the movement, Elevate Montana) was honored to be a source for a TIME cover story this week: “Anxiety, Depression and the Modern Adolescent.” From the article: “Daniel Champer, the director of school-based services for Intermountain in Helena, Mont., says the one word he’d use to describe the kids …

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ACEs program to start in Bitterroot

The Bitterroot Cares For Kids Network is the “backbone organization” of the newly established Elevate Montana Bitterroot Affiliate, and they are on the run!   The Bitterroot Cares for Kids Network is starting support programming as a follow-up to their August conference on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) “ACEs in the Bitterroot.” The conference was on …

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Everything is NOT fine…

Has your church heard about ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences)? If not, I am sure you have seen the effects in your communities and your worshipping communities. Those in our congregations, as well as those in our neighborhoods, are struggling under the weight of unresolved trauma, persistent toxic stress, and the dysfunction that results from broken …

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Resilience Fall Summit 2016 TRAINING C0MPLETED

Silver Sponsor Date: Sept. 29th & 30th, 2016 Where: Great Northern Hotel, Helena Cost: $185 (2-Day Summit) Time: 8:30am – 4:30pm each day Click here to register and pay for this conference online Click here to download conference agenda (Draft) Full conference description will be added as soon as it’s available *Cancellation Policy: Full refund (less …

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Our own Board member, Dr. Arzubi, is changing Montana for good!

Billings Clinic aiming to get psych patients out of emergency rooms All too often, patients in psychiatric crisis end up in a hospital emergency room where they have to wait sometimes for hours to receive care. Once there, they get checked out by doctors and nurses and often wait to either receive treatment, sometimes resulting in …

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Maltreated children’s brains show ‘encouraging’ ability to regulate emotions.

Fascinating article by Deborah Bach from the University of Washington… especially if you’re a therapist to children and their families! Here’s a glimpse of why you should read this article: Children who have been abused or exposed to other types of trauma typically experience more intense emotions than their peers, a byproduct of living in …

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An ACE Study Primer

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)  can harm a child’s developing brain and the development of their organs so profoundly that the effects show up decades later in adulthood. The ACE Study, a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente Hospital in San Diego, determined that they are the origin of many of our …

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Elevating the well-being of children across the entire state!

ChildWise Institute Presents “The ACE Master Trainer Program” According to Kids Count, a national data collection agency, Montana ranks 50th in the nation for child health…last place for 3 years in a row! Montana has also consistently ranked top 4 in the nation for teen suicide. What is being done about this? ChildWise Institute has …

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This is great! But what do we do now?

I hear that question a lot… “But what do we do now?” In fact, every time ChildWise Institute presents the ACE Study (Adverse Childhood Experiences Study), it is always a question buzzing around the audience. And it’s not an easy one to answer… especially if you want a 10-point plan on how to avoid and …

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Thanks to local help

Thanks to local help ChildWise Institute is working hard to elevate the well-being of our children, but not alone. We are joined by many people and organizations that believe in this mission to Elevate Montana! One such person is a man in orange. His name is Brian Wagner, and he works at Home Depot in …

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