Lauren Kessler and Matthew Sheen assessed cultural humility in parent education curricula.

BlogFrancesca VesciaAugust 17, 2020Student Training, Practice, Parent Education, William T. Grant

Addressing Childhood Trauma in Orange County, NY

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) encompass a wide range of traumatic experiences that children may be exposed to during development.

BlogFrancesca VesciaDecember 18, 2019Student Training, Community Connections, William T. Grant

Best Practices for Trauma-Sensitive Education

Our project addressed the ways that Port Jervis can be more trauma-sensitive. We also researched many ways that zero-hour physical education might be helpful to Port Jervis.

BlogFrancesca VesciaDecember 18, 2019Student Training, Community Connections, William T. Grant

Physical Education Interventions to Address Childhood Trauma

This semester, I explored the effects of different interventions on academic outcomes for students exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences. ACEs are a form of toxic stress linked to severe, detrimental effects on physical, emotional, and mental health.

BlogFrancesca VesciaDecember 18, 2019Student Training, Community Connections

Project Monitoring and Evaluation with the Orange County Resilience Project

The awareness and impact survey gauges participants’ understanding of ACES and their awareness of available resources that can be leveraged to buffer the effects of ACEs in their communities.

BlogFrancesca VesciaDecember 18, 2019Student Training, Community Connections, William T. Grant

Evaluating Efforts to Raise Awareness of Childhood Trauma and Inspire Action

We learned about the community and their general goals, and based our projects on what the community needed. I was amazed to find the various stakeholders understood ACEs as an intergenerational issue.

BlogFrancesca VesciaDecember 18, 2019Student Training, William T. Grant

Connecting Campus and Extension

Rose Ippolito connected campus and Extension efforts to support families affected by opioids.

BlogFrancesca VesciaAugust 15, 2019Student Training, Practice, Parent Education, William T. Grant

A 2Gen Approach to Parent Ed

Jessica Lindenstraus took a 2Gen approach to parent education through her Summer Internship.

BlogFrancesca VesciaAugust 15, 2019Student Training, Practice, Parent Education

Collecting Data on New York State Family Treatment Courts

This semester I had the opportunity to research family treatment courts across New York State counties. I was surprised that there was no reliable documentation of operational family treatment courts across the state

BlogMuyang LiJune 25, 2019Student Training, Community Connections, William T. Grant

Project 2Gen Scholar Helps Local Agency Taking a 2Gen Perspective

This summer, I interviewed twenty-two family service coordinators and cottage directors about the challenges they face in their work with at-risk youth and their families.

BlogPearlanna ZapotockySeptember 4, 2018Student Training, William George Agency, Community Connections

Educating Both Children and Caregivers Strengthens Families

One of the main pillars of the two-generation policy and programming framework is education, for both children and parents.

BlogSharon GlickJune 21, 2018

My Brother's Keeper: Raising Student Success and Family Engagement

The Ithaca My Brother’s Keeper team are taking the program’s original goal of raising the success and achievement levels of young men of color and driving it farther by addressing systemic issues that block young people of color from opportunity.

BlogEmily BramhallJune 21, 2018Student Training, Community Connections

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