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How "Sesame Street" is helping kids learn to cope with trauma [abcnews.go.com]

 

Big Bird and his "Sesame Street" buddies are taking on a new mission: helping kids learn to cope with stress and trauma.

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit offshoot of the long-running children's program "Sesame Street," launched the powerful new initiative, which was designed with the help of psychologists, the same week that the nation was rocked by the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

The initiative includes materials for parents, caregivers and social workers, as well as video elements featuring the beloved "Sesame Street" Muppets demonstrating the simple exercises to help children to feel safe and cope with the traumatic and stressful experiences.

[For more of this article written by Catherine Thorbecke, visit http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyl...ma/story?id=50309301]

Photo caption: Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit group affiliated with the long-running children's program, has launched a new program that aims to teach children how to cope with traumatic experiences.

Photo credit: Zach Hyman/Sesame Workshop

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The article that this blog post links to, says this: "A new analysis of the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health that was released today found that nearly half of all American children under age 18 have had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE)."  

I have googled multiple times to try to find this 'new analysis' and can't get anywhere.  Does anyone have a direct link to where I might be able to read the new analysis?  thank you in advance for any help!

Karen Clemmer posted:

Hi Laura - Thank you for sharing this wonderful information!  I love how Sesame Street is embracing childhood mental health in their messaging.  The timing of this program is perfect.  Karen 

Hi, Karen -- Happy to share it. I was thrilled to see this news, as Sesame Street reaches millions and has long had a huge influence on our culture. I see that several other articles about this new initiative have appeared on this blog over the past few days, so it seems many of us are excited about it and its implications of a broadening awareness of the impacts of ACEs and childhood trauma.

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