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ACEs Community Education Project

Well, after a while of trying, I'm grateful to be able to share our organisation has some community education project funding to share ACEs to residents of our town. The aim is to engage non-professionals (ie people not connected to the themes of ACEs in a professional capacity). I would be grateful to connect with others who have done similar to learn and share.

FREE Measuring TIC Webinar

The Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) is hosting a FREE webinar for leaders in health, trauma, and trauma-informed care (TIC) to preview the new Online ARTIC, a cutting-edge online tool for measuring TIC. March 31st event is now full. Register today for April 7 or 9 event at this link . The Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Care (ARTIC) Scale is one of the only validated measures of TIC. It measures professional and para-professional attitudes toward TIC, has been used globally by over 200...

Overcoming the Fear of Intimacy

In the last few articles, we have explored together how childhood trauma negatively impacts the ability to form lasting and loving relationships with a partner. We’ve studied the impact that having trust issues, flashbacks, loneliness, body image problems and hypervigilance play in our avoidance of allowing closeness to others. In this article, let’s talk about ways to overcome the deep-seated and devastating effects of childhood trauma, and our greatest ally, compassion. Overcoming the Fear...

As Coronavirus Spreads, Asian Americans Report Spike in Racism [calhealthreport.org]

By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, California Health Report, March 9, 2020 Several weeks ago Carl Chan went to a store in Oakland. Chan felt like he had to cough — he suffers from serious allergies — and raised his arm to cover his mouth. He then saw another customer standing near him bolt out of the shop. “That hurt,” said Chan, who is also president of Oakland’s Chinatown Chamber of Commerce. “I’ve seen people coughing that are not Chinese, and it’s no problem. But any time you see myself or...

As Youth Suicides Climb, Anguished Parents Begin to Speak Out [khn.org]

By Sharon Jayson, Kaiser Health News, March 10, 2020 Alec Murray was 13. He enjoyed camping, fishing and skiing. At home, it was video games, movies and books. Having just completed middle school with “almost straight A’s,” those grades were going to earn him an iPhone for his upcoming birthday. Instead, he killed himself on June 8 — the first day of summer break. Caleb Stenvold was 14. He was a high school freshman in the gifted and talented program. He ran track and played defensive...

6 Ways Trauma Might Inform Your Current Life [madinamerica.com]

By Noel Hunter, Mad in America, March 8, 2020 An all too common experience of trauma survivors is hearing the suggestion, “Why don’t you just get over it?” The idea is that, well, it happened in the past, so it shouldn’t still be affecting you now. It’s as if each moment in life exists in a vacuum, separate and untouched by anything that happened prior to this moment. The thing is, everything that’s happening right now is impacted by everything that has preceded it. Our brain filters each...

Las Cruces, New Mexico, Legislator Helping Fight Childhood Trauma [youthtoday.org]

By Steve Jansen, Youth Today, March 8, 2020 With some time to kill the day before the 2018 Thanksgiving break, William Soules, a math and social studies teacher at Oñate High School in Las Cruces, N.M., taught a group of about 30 advanced placement psychology students about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). The landmark national research study, published in 1998, was the largest investigation into how child abuse and neglect manifests into adult health and well-being. “I thought it would...

System Changes Could Improve Relationships between Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children [chapinhall.org]

By Amy Dworsky, Colleen Schlecht, Gina Fedock, et al., Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, March 2020 The dramatic increase in the number of women in state and federal prisons in recent decades has led to calls for gender-responsive policies and practices that address the needs and circumstances of incarcerated women and recognize the central role that motherhood plays in many incarcerated women’s lives. This brief describes the results of a project undertaken by researchers from...

Sonoma County field nurses use ACEs science to educate families

Santa Rosa, CA, resident Lisa Marden watches her 15-month-old baby gleefully play with magic markers and relays how she’s been coping with feeling anxious. (We're using a pseudonym to protect the family's privacy.) “I’m just super stressed out with everything, and as soon as I eat anything, I get nauseous, so I’ve been eating snacks instead of meals,” she explains to Liz George, a field nurse with the Maternal/Child Field Nursing team of Sonoma County, CA, who has been seeing Marden on home...

What is Best for the Child? [santafenewmexican.com]

By Alanna Dancis, Santa Fe New Mexican, March 7, 2020 My husband and I have spent the last two years fostering a little boy. He had been abused and neglected and over those two years we worked hard to heal his emotional and physical wounds. We straightened out some medical issues he had, cheered him on as he learned to walk and talk, and wove him into the fabric of our family life. He was raised as the brother to our biological son. With 10 days of notice, he was removed from our home and...

Addressing Breastfeeding, Coronavirus, and the Crisis of Child Abuse with one of the Nation's Top Pediatricians [wjbf.com]

By Marlena Wilson, WJBF, March 9, 2020 Sally Goza. From Adverse Childhood Experiences to protecting your child’s mental health. And, of course, you cannot turn on the television or the radio or pick up a newspaper without hearing about the coronavirus. Dr. Goza talks about it, how it impacts children, and what you need to know going forward to make sure that you keep your family in the best health possible. Brad Means: She is Dr. Sara Goza. Her friends, because she’s from the state of...

How Therapy Helps in Coping with Past Traumas [scoopempire.com]

By Scoop Team, Scoop Empire, March 8, 2020 Severe negative experiences of the past may leave you emotionally unstable. These events can reoccur in your mind, even as you grow older. But you can always seek the help of professional therapists to help you cope with past traumas. The journey to a better life without past adverse events haunting your mind starts by knocking on the doors of a reliable therapist’s clinic. Here are four ways therapy can help you deal with the horrors of your past.

2 New Communities Join ACEs Connection: March 2020

Please welcome these two new communities to ACEs Connection . ACEs & African Americans ACEs Connection at Boston University School of Public Health (MA) ACEs & African Americans This group is focused on the descendants of Africans dispersed throughout the Americas during the Transatlantic Slave Trades. Topics include adverse childhood experiences, historical trauma, intergenerational transmission of trauma, African American parenting practices, health disparities, the effects of...

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