"Scientists have shown that child abuse and neglect, including exposure to high risk behaviors in the home, impact both the mind and the body of a developing child leading to multiple health risks throughout life. A groundbreaking and long-term...
"Poor children, who are at greater risk of adverse childhood experiences, are disproportionately affected. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris who opened a clinic for poor minorities in Bayview-Hunters point in San Francisco has studied the effects of stress on...
[Last updated: May 2015] The resources below provide information for people working in the criminal justice system who want to integrate ACE concepts and trauma-informed practices into law enforcement, juvenile justice, courts and prisons. We strive for these resources to be the most useful for the ACEs Connection community. If you have resources that you'd like to add, please send a message to Jane Stevens , ACEsConnection manager. This isn't complete; it's just a start. We are...
The resources below provide information for educators who want to integrate ACE concepts and trauma-informed practices into their education systems -- their classrooms, schools, and school districts. We strive for these resources to be the most useful...
The resources below provide information for people working in health care services who want to integrate ACE concepts and trauma-informed practices into their health care systems, clinics and practices. We strive for these resources to be the most...
The resources below provide information about states that are organizing state-level ACE task forces and/or trauma-informed projects. In some cases, links will just direct to state government resources that mention either ACEs, trauma-informed...
Here are links to backgrounders on the CDC's ACE Study, neurobiological research and epigenetics; the CDC's ACE Study publications; relevant neurobiological research; research on the biological effects of adverse childhood experiences; relevant...
These PowerPoints, videos and webinars focus on the ACE Study,and trauma-informed and resilience-building practices. They are available for anyone to use. To be useful for ACEsConnection members, this list strives to point out the best presentations;...
Teri Barila and Mark Brown, the co-founders of the Children's Resilience Initiative in Walla Walla, WA, have scheduled a series of events this fall. The tour is a continuation of the program’s recently-completed spring and summer tour...
"At this year’s Colorado Health Symposium , Dr. Anthony Iton mentioned the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study when highlighting the physiological impacts of stress....Children may need access to nutritious food to be healthy. Healthy...
"Why is trauma as a concept so important for us to consider and look for? A study called the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study found that childhood trauma results in a reduction of life expectancy of 19 years. This is a big...
" The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study , a collaboration between CDC and Kaiser Permanente’s Health Appraisal Clinic in San Diego, is following a cohort of 17,000 subjects to investigate the long-term effects of ACEs. So far,...
A California project advocating for the reform of school discipline rules and reduction in out-of-school suspensions and expulsions. The latest: last week Governor Brown signed four school discipline-related bills....
If you know of ACE- and trauma-informed projects that are being organized in other cities, towns, urban/metro areas or neighborhoods, or updates to any listed projects, please send a message to Jane Stevens , ACEsConnection manager. ...
"A study published in Science suggests there is a small but critical window during early development when certain adverse life experiences can permanently alter a type of brain cell linked to behavior. Childhood neglect and deprivation have previously...