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The Connection Between Stress Management & ACE And a New Solution for LESS STRESS NOW Did you know that Adverse Childhood Experiences impact the way adults are able to cope with stress, whether it be personal, work-related, or due to a global pandemic? It’s true! How well we get through this time of uncertainty, fear and stress relies heavily on how much we’ve worked to resolve our past traumas psychologically, emotionally, and even spiritually. The ACE Study uncovered the link between...

For more information and to register - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/128033986099 Sound Discipline offers Reimagining Resilience: Using a Trauma Lens. This online workshop helps adults build positive relationships with children who have experienced trauma. We will explore the impact of adverse experiences and the effect they have on developing brains and student behavior. The course gives teachers, parents, and other adults working closely with kids the skills they need to make sure that...

From Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University, December 14, 2020 How do our biological systems work together to respond to chronic stress? What do these responses mean for early learning and lifelong health? And when we say that early experiences matter, what do we mean by early? This episode of The Brain Architects podcast addresses all these questions and more! To kick off this episode, Center Director Dr. Jack Shonkoff describes the body’s stress response system, how our...

Have you ever wondered what causes rifts in relationships? You and someone else have developed a close friendship. Maybe its a best friend with whom you share all your thoughts or even a romantic relationship which leads to a commitment to spend the rest of your lives together. However, at times something gets in the way of that relationship and what was once awesome is now only average - or worse - acrimonious. I wish I had a great insight or answer to that scenario. Instead I only have...

ACEs Connection, the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice ( CTIPP), and the Relentless School Nurse will be hosting a Zoom discussion on Tuesday, Dec, 15th at 7p.m. EST about parts 1, 2, and 3 of Whole People. We hope you can join us: Pre-Registration Link Quotes from Childhood Trauma (Part 1 of Whole People): If you have yet to watch the Whole People series, you can still do so by visiting the PBS website. There is no cost to watch. 101 | Childhood Trauma | 102 | Healing...

The damage to the amygdalae and hippocampi of traumatized individuals is severe and impacts many higher functions including impulse control and the consolidation of traumatic memories in association with sensory (sight, smell, audio) memories.

This month the National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA) is partnering with the Addiction Policy Forum to launch an Opioid Prevention Campaign. The Campaign provides resources for parents and educators to prevent youth opioid misuse. The opioid crisis continues to claim thousands of lives every year, and experts are increasingly worried about alarming trends among youth who are often overlooked group in the opioid crisis despite suffering some of its sharpest consequences. “This...

By City News Service, Los Angeles Daily News, December 10, 2020 The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday, Dec. 9, to create a new department to assist families who were already vulnerable to economic uncertainty before the COVID-19 pandemic and are far more so now. Council President Nury Martinez and Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez proposed establishing the Department for Families, Children and Community Investment in October. “COVID-19 has demonstrated that in the face of a crisis,...

By Cory Turner, Anya Kamenetz, and Meghan Keane, National Public Radio, December 10, 2020 For the kids in our lives, the last nine months have been many things. Scary — because an invisible, unknown illness was suddenly spreading across the globe. Maybe even fun, when the possibility of school closing felt like a snow day. But for many, that novelty has given way to frustration and sadness — even depression and anxiety. Just like adults, kids are wondering: Will I get sick? Will someone I...

By Ellie French, VTDigger, December 8, 2020 People are turning to nature to cope with social upheaval during the pandemic, according to new research from the University of Vermont. A study led by Rachelle Gould, a UVM professor of sustainability and global equity, asked Vermonters about the impact of Covid on their engagement with nature-based activities and how time outside affected their mental health. The results were overwhelming, Gould said. People generally think of Vermont as a pretty...

All these requests for our parenting tips bumper stickers and not one was shipped! Why? We haven't the funding to print them! Every bumper sticker that is not printed and shipped is a colossal lost opportunity to prevent child abuse five, ten, twenty, fifty years down the road. What a shame! Visit www.advancingparenting.org. **************************************************************************** Hi David Thanks for this amazing link and all the important work you are doing. Can we order...

Hi. My name is Christopher Freeze and I support ACEs Connection. It’s a great organization, one I’ve come to love and enjoy over the last couple of years. It’s something that’s really been meaningful in my life. I spent over 20 years in law enforcement, and saw a lot of the same people coming into the system over and over again. And I realized the messages I’d probably heard most of my career, most of my life, about “tough on crime” and “we just gotta have more resources” and “more focus”...