An Intergenerational Project to Reduce Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACE's)
We have designed another project that is still in the blueprint stage only. Called "Mentoring Through Teamwork," its mandate is to address the many issues surrounding Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACES's). The idea: to gather together teams of retired professionals -- pediatricians, school administrators, social workers and counselors -- who will work part-time to organize mentoring initiatives -- enlisting the younger generations -- from mid career professionals to college students -- to assist children in poverty who suffer the debilitating effects of abuse and neglect.
Not only does this approach leverage the various resources -- interdisciplinary and intergenerational -- but the participants are in a position to mentor and leverage each other's gifts. It's called "reciprocal mentoring" -- as older participants offer their experience and younger participants offer up-to-date professional knowledge and tech savvy.
This project is just waiting to be implemented. The blueprint has been drafted. If you would like to help get this idea off the ground, please contact us at [email protected].
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Project involves interdisciplinary teams of retired educational experts—health professionals, educators, researchers and neuroscientists, school counselors and teachers—work together as a "steering committee" to improve the capacity of school personnel and youth workers to address issues of neglect and abuse that undermine the academic performance of low-income youth.
To this end, it is Let's Be Changemaker's mission to bring together the right mix of professional talent -- in the form of Steering Committees -- in support of schools in low-income neighborhoods.
These Steering Committees are multi-disciplinary, and composed of some constellation of the following retired professionals:
Expectations. Steering Committee members are expected to give a minimum of 5-10 hours per month and two days per year for professional development. In certain cases there will be financial remuneration. Steering Committee members will be introduced to the work of prominent social entrepreneurs in education to inspire them to be more innovative in leveraging limited resources to achieve maximum results.
Appendices -- for those of you who want to take a deeper dive in to related topics and resources, we recommend that you consult the following appendices, which serve as "working papers" to be refined by participant as we evolve:
NB: We're looking for a champion for this project -- a professional elder who would has good organizational skills and a passion for the well-being of under-resourced youth.
To learn more about this project, please check out"The ACES project in depth."
And, please contact Clint Wilkins at [email protected].
We have designed another project that is still in the blueprint stage only. Called "Mentoring Through Teamwork," its mandate is to address the many issues surrounding Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACES's). The idea: to gather together teams of retired professionals -- pediatricians, school administrators, social workers and counselors -- who will work part-time to organize mentoring initiatives -- enlisting the younger generations -- from mid career professionals to college students -- to assist children in poverty who suffer the debilitating effects of abuse and neglect.
Not only does this approach leverage the various resources -- interdisciplinary and intergenerational -- but the participants are in a position to mentor and leverage each other's gifts. It's called "reciprocal mentoring" -- as older participants offer their experience and younger participants offer up-to-date professional knowledge and tech savvy.
This project is just waiting to be implemented. The blueprint has been drafted. If you would like to help get this idea off the ground, please contact us at [email protected].
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Project involves interdisciplinary teams of retired educational experts—health professionals, educators, researchers and neuroscientists, school counselors and teachers—work together as a "steering committee" to improve the capacity of school personnel and youth workers to address issues of neglect and abuse that undermine the academic performance of low-income youth.
To this end, it is Let's Be Changemaker's mission to bring together the right mix of professional talent -- in the form of Steering Committees -- in support of schools in low-income neighborhoods.
These Steering Committees are multi-disciplinary, and composed of some constellation of the following retired professionals:
- Researchers, including developmental psychologists and neuroscientists;
- Pediatricians and social workers, who focus on the health of the “whole child”;
- Teachers, administrators, curriculum specialists and school counselors, who find ways to integrate non-cognitive skills into schools;
- Business leaders, marketing specialists, data technicians lending their organizational and technical skills;
- Parents, positive role models and extended family members—who can assist in overcoming resistance to change and ensure cultural authenticity.
Expectations. Steering Committee members are expected to give a minimum of 5-10 hours per month and two days per year for professional development. In certain cases there will be financial remuneration. Steering Committee members will be introduced to the work of prominent social entrepreneurs in education to inspire them to be more innovative in leveraging limited resources to achieve maximum results.
Appendices -- for those of you who want to take a deeper dive in to related topics and resources, we recommend that you consult the following appendices, which serve as "working papers" to be refined by participant as we evolve:
- APPENDIX A: MECHANISMS OF POVERTY AND LEARNING
- APPENDIX B: DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS
- APPENDIX C: STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS
- APPENDIX D: THE POWER OF SOCIAL CONTEXT
NB: We're looking for a champion for this project -- a professional elder who would has good organizational skills and a passion for the well-being of under-resourced youth.
To learn more about this project, please check out"The ACES project in depth."
And, please contact Clint Wilkins at [email protected].