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October 2018

Treating Childhood Trauma Becoming a Public Policy Priority [governing.com]

There’s a lot that’s indisputable about childhood trauma. Emotional or physical abuse early in life impacts health outcomes as children grow up. Community- and family-based approaches to dealing with trauma are better than institutional settings. And children of color are more likely to face traumatizing childhood experiences. Those events can include something as common as divorce, but also encompass circumstances such as having an incarcerated parent, living with someone with a substance...

ACEs Science in Education: The Next Big Challenge is Systems Change #ACEsCon2018

One of the first sessions of the 2018 ACEs Conference: Action to Access discussed the barriers and opportunities for increasing access in the field of education. The main question was: "How can one achieve systematic changes within the field of education?" The session was moderated by Michelle Flowers, a passionate advocate, and the principal of Kinney High in Rancho Cordova, CA, which is part of the Folsom Cordova Unified School District. It included a dynamic and diverse panel of education...

EAST TN ACEs Knowledge Mobilization Team conducts Educational Training Event and host ACEs T4T Training on “Building Strong Brains”

Becky Haas presenting SAMHSA’s Trauma Informed Approach: Key Principles-A New Understanding of Trauma to 151 attendees at Bridgewater Place in Knoxville . The ETCCY East TN ACEs Knowledge Mobilization Team conducted an educational event and hosted an ACEs “Train the Trainer” on “Building Strong Brains” on October 2, 2018 in Knoxville at Bridgewater Place. The guest speaker for the educational event was Becky Haas, Community Crime Prevention Programs Director for the Johnson City Police...

Child’s behavior may be linked to parent’s adverse childhood experiences [contemporarypediatrics.com]

Parents who have experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction, are more likely than parents without these experiences to have children with behavioral health problems, according to an analysis of data from several large, nationally representative surveys of US households that addressed ACEs and children’s behavioral problems and diagnoses. Of the more than 2500 children for whom researchers had data, one-fifth had a parent who reported...

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