HARTLAND — The Ottauquechee Health Foundation is hosting a free educational event focused on ACEs, trauma informed practices and related resources from 5:30-7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, at Hartland Elementary School.
“Cultivating Healing and Kindness in Our Homes, Schools and Communities” will feature three guest speakers Raymond Chin, a pediatric behavioral medicine specialist, Abby Tassel, senior program advisor at WISE, and Susan Mordecai, a mindfulness educator.
The event — which is presented in partnership with WISE, with funding supplied in part through a grant from Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center — will include free child care and dinner provided by Hartland Elementary School, which is located at 97 Martinsville Road in Hartland.
QUECHEE — The Scotland House is hosting an open house for health care professionals and community organizations from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 12.
The nonprofit Quechee adult day care center — which opened in late 2018 — offers care for older adults and provides support for families and caregivers.
During the event, health professionals can network and learn more about The Scotland House’s services.
It will take place from 5-7 p.m. at The Scotland House, 8826 Woodstock Road in Quechee. For more information or to RSVP, email info@scotlandhousevt.org or call 802-280-6080.
SHARON — The Upper Valley Farm to School Network will host a forum about how students’ past traumatic experiences influence their relationship to food and the school nutrition programs in which they participate.
The Thursday, March 19, session — which takes place from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Sharon Elementary School — will cover what schools in Southeastern Vermont are doing to help their most vulnerable students be successful in the realm of food and nutrition. Several young Vermonters will reflect on their experiences with school food, examine food access and universal meals as a method for reducing shame and stigma, and investigate cultural practices that empower students and communities to come together in positive ways around food, such as school gardens and harvest dinners.
Participants will leave with resources to support them in bringing concepts from the training session back to their own school communities.
The event will include a meal prepared by Sharon Elementary’s Junior Iron Chef Team. Registration is requried at eventbrite.com/e/upper-valley-farm-to-school-forum-trauma-nutrition-tickets-96119613351.
LEBANON — A Dartmouth-Hitchcock research group is enrolling participants in a study of cognitive testing for multiple sclerosis.
The study compares computerized and in-person cognitive testing, to see how well the results match. Participants will complete assessments of their sensory, motor and cognitive abilities both on paper and on the computer; and provide demographic, medical, and other background data in questionnaires completed at home before testing and in person.
The study visit takes approximately four hours. Eligible participants are adults between 25 and 59 years old who either have relapsing-remitting or secondary progressive multiple sclerosis or who do not have MS to serve as a healthy control. People with other major neurological disorders or who have completed cognitive testing within the past year are not eligible to participate. Other exclusions may apply and interested participants will be screened by telephone to assess eligibility. Nominal financial compensation is provided.
For more information about this study, contact Angelina Lionetta at 603-650-4536 or StudyCoordinatorMS@hitchcock.org.
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Health Care and Rehabilitation Services, in a news release, announced the appointment of 15 new professionals who will support the nonprofit agency’s mental health, substance abuse and developmental disability programs in Windsor and Windham counties.
New HCRS employees in the Upper Valley include: Amy Lynn Baker, a community direct support professional in Springfield; Jessica Stehle, direct support division director in Springfield; Angela Milligan, an employment direct support professional in Hartford; Valerie Lund, a behavioral interventionist in Hartford; Alena Pardoe, a vocational wellness specialist in Hartford; Leah Titus, a community outreach specialist in Hartford; and Sean Snyder, a clinician in Springfield.
— Compiled by Nora Doyle-Burr