Vaccines given to infants and young children over the past two decades will prevent 322 million illnesses, 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths over the course of their lifetimes, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease...
TOPEKA — Dozens of studies have shown that abused and neglected children tend to grow up to be unhealthy adults. “The more adverse childhood experiences someone has, the more long-term health problems they will have as an...
Do you know universities, colleges, or professional schools that teach students who might be interested in ACEs? Maybe you attended one of these schools or teach at one, or maybe there's one in your area you've heard about. If so, let us know!...
Rob Anda, co-author of the ACE Study, will be speaking at 2:30pm in Camden, NJ on May 5th. He will be discussing the ACES Study and the creation of healing communities, specifically the project of the "Healing 10" here in Camden. The Healing 10...
Most folks on ACEsConnection know that Dr. Bruce Perry’s in Washington May 4 to talk on healing trauma at the National Council . What’s that got to do with this sculpture of children singing in the Cathedral of Florence in 1436 to kick...
Before coming to Intermountain, I spent a little over 15 years in children’s and youth ministry in the local church setting. For 8 years I was the youth minister at a small church in Southwest Washington, and most recently spent 7 ½ years...
Children living with a step-parent or a lone parent are as happy as those living with two biological parents, the British Sociological Association's annual conference in Leeds heard today. In a major UK study on wellbeing, researchers from NatCen...
Photo credit: Gatis Gribusts, Flickr More than 7 percent of American schoolchildren are taking at least one medication for emotional or behavioral difficulties, a new government report shows. Apparently, the medications are working: More than...
The study, published in the online version of the Journal of Family Psychology followed 33 Dallas area mothers as they came home from work and prepared to put their children to bed. The mothers used voice recorders, which they wore in sport pouches on...
Greg Wahl-Stephens/AP Photo BALTIMORE—St. Jerome's Head Start, a plain building in a gentrifying Baltimore neighborhood, looks as solid and unchanging as a block of concrete. It's an unlikely setting for a big shift in how early-childhood...
JR (not his real name) was very bitter when he came to the emergency shelter at Family Connection, Inc., in Birmingham, AL. He’d clashed with his mom and her boyfriend and experienced physical abuse. He didn’t want a relationship with his...
Ellen's (not her real name) adoptive parents weren't surprised when the school counselor suggested that she might have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Several professionals had made this suggestion over the years. Given that homework...
Source: OpenClipArt What do you do, and what does your organization do? My day job is being a school psychologist. I recently co-edited a book entitled Supporting and Educating Traumatized Students . I work for PESI a national group that...
Hello everyone! I wanted to drop a line to update you on how my charity is coming along. I met with a CPA so that we could begin the 501(c)(3) process. I've been anxious about getting this step started, and it is finally underway! Also, I have been...
Arrived at Le Grand High School on Friday April 18 th at noon, bicycle in tow. The front office staff cordially greeted me and walked me over to Principal Javier Martinez. After a warm handshake and short debrief he marched me over to show me the...