Annual Cost of Adverse Childhood Experiences $103,754,017,492.00 Sources: Cost data: 2007 Economic Impact Study (PCAA). Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (CDC and Kaiser Permanente, see www.ACEstudy.org ) The Damaging Consequences of Violence and...
Revised 9/25/2913. If you are planning or currently trying to work with your local/state government and/or organizational/community leadership to get ACEs recognized and trauma-informed approaches implemented, here are some solid,...
Podcast from the National Empowerment Center http://www.power2u.org/sound/Ways-Consumer-Survivors-can-have-a-Voice-in-Healthcare-Reform.mp3 See also: Give the people what they want: Alan Glaseroff’s radical approach to...
If you're in or near Long Beach the afternoon of Oct. 5, you might want to reserve a seat (it's free) for a dramatic reading of Tangle, and a conversation about its content and what it means for the Long Beach community. Although I haven't seen...
"We stumbled on in the darkness, over big stones and through large puddles. The camp guards kept shouting at us and driving us with the butts of their rifles. Anyone with very sore feet supported himself on his neighbor's arm....
If it's broken, gotta feel it to heal it. "You can't forgive (or accept) a feeling you haven't felt." - Grief Recovery Handbook See: What's wrong with keeping busy? http://ow.ly/p1Xdm
A recent report called Achieving The American Dream , released by The Burghard Group, Montana ranks as the #1 state in which to live the “American Dream’. To this, I say, Really? If Montana is the #1 state in which...
"Chronic aggressive behaviour exhibited by some boys from disadvantaged families may be due to epigenetic changes during pregnancy and early childhood. " Epigenetic changes possibly related to the prenatal environment In the first study, published in...
"A Strategic Plan to Prevent Youth Violence in New Orleans." " EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Supported by the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, the NOLA FOR LIFE PLAYbook: Promoting Life for all Youth is a strategic plan for action to prevent youth...
“This guidance letter is intended to encourage the integrated use of trauma-focused screening, functional assessments and evidence-based practices (EBPs) in child-serving settings for the purpose of improving child well-being. The Department of...
"There’s an emerging idea in health care that social and psychological conditions -- like poverty and chronic stress -- change how your body and brain work, and that can have damaging long-term effects on your health. "Doctors and nurses from...
By: Jennifer Parker, Ph.D, LPC, USC Upstate & Shauna Galloway-Williams, M.Ed., LPC, Julie Valentine Center http://www.slideshare.net/Chil...l-csachildrens-trust Short on time? Use our Category Search page.
[TRIGGER WARNING] "I think a lot of folks only get the top layers of what happens," said Marta Miranda, President and CEO of The Center for Women and Families. After nearly 40 years of working with victims of domestic violence, Miranda says has seen some things that would make you cry. "We have had dogs with throats cut, dogs killed," Miranda said.... "That's why The Center for Women and Families and the Kentucky Humane Society created the Safe Haven Program. "We keep the pet...
"Today the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announced grant awards totaling more than $8 million to reduce youth violence and gang activity in six communities across the country....