The first day of Building a Trauma-Informed Nation began with a greeting by Gary Slutkin, founder and director of Cure Violence . He wished a “good morning” to those in the West and a “good afternoon” to...
40 years as a volunteer EMT I have found the ACEs Survey a cutting edge patient evaluation tool. I only wish I had 6 years of medical school to begin a treatment plan for my patients. I only offer the ACEs survey to a select group of patients. Mainly...
The US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has been the leader among federal agencies in developing trauma-informed and resilience-building policies and practices....
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) Adverse Childhood Experiences page collects the latest news and perspectives about ACEs, " The Truth About ACEs " (a graphic describing ACEs), and videos. RWJF supports many projects that...
The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) touches on multiple, intersecting aspects of children’s lives. The survey includes physical and mental health status, access to quality health care, as well as information on the child’s...
A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation , KIDS COUNT provides data on child and family well-being in the United States. Among the hundreds of indicators are some adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and some states have...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which partnered with Kaiser Permanente in San Diego on the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study), maintains a small ACE Study office, which is part of the Injury Prevention & Control, Division of Violence Prevention. It maintains the official ACE Study website , which features basic ACE Study data, major findings, the full-length questionnaires used in the in study, and a list of publications produced by ACE Study...
AAP's Trauma Guide comprises a six-part Trauma Toolbox for Primary Care for physicians who may or may not be familiar with adverse childhood experiences and the process of asking families about exposure to ACEs or other traumatic events. ...
Visit the ABA's website to learn about their polyvictimization and trauma-informed advocacy project . The project addresses the unmet need for trauma-informed legal advocacy and judicial decision-making for polyvictimized children (i.e.,...
The AVA, which raises awareness and influences changes in the way the issues of violence and abuse are addressed in health profes sional education and its academic communities, has produced a four -hour video about the...
A map of state ACEs Surveys provides a record of the year(s) that states have included the optional ACEs module in the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) since 2009. The BRFSS is an ongoing data collection program designed...
Click here for an annotated list of state laws that have been enacted and resolutions that have passed (resolutions do not require the governor's signature) that make specific references to adverse childhood experiences, the ACE Study, or...
Two major mental health bills have been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate but do not specifically address ACEs, trauma or resilience—with one small exception being a section in the House bill to reauthorize the...
Policy paper Futures Without Violence has worked for more than 30 years to develop innovative ways to end violence against women, children, and families at home and around the world. Its May 2015 policy paper “Safe,...