A Bold New Chapter for the ACEs Coalition in Iowa

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Cissy

This plan is fantastic and really lifts up what can be done through a Network. Congratulations!

Tremendously exciting! Thank you, Sarah, for sharing this robust news. Growing up in Iowa, I'm uplifted with the cutting-edge leadership on impacting sustainable systems-change. I've signed up for your newsletter and look forward to sharing with my family, friends, and colleagues residing in Iowa. 

An exemplary model for our nation to glean insight and gain innovative strategies of solutions on systems-change.

Tina Cain posted:

This is great.   I was working in Eastern Iowa when I first joined ACEsConnection quite a few years ago now.  

I hope that y’all will look into the quality of the infant -caregiver dyadic relationship as a very important step to preventing childhood adversity and ACEs in the next generation. 

The perinatal period is the foundation for all later brain development whether healthy or unhealthy. 

If we were building a bridge to cross the SF Bay or the Mississippi River, we would have to build a solid foundation, otherwise that bridge might just come tumbling down - like it does with kids who don’t get the solid foundation they need built in infancy when we see later delays or perturbations in social-emotional, behavioral, psychological and physiological health outcomes.   

 

Thanks, Tina!  We are working in both the prenatal and pediatric space with a focus on preventing ACEs in the next generation. We are updating our white paper to be re-released in January, but here is our focus in the prenatal space: https://www.iowaaces360.org/aces-by-sector.html. Our Pediatric Care Guide is here: https://www.iowaaces360.org/pediatricguide.html These are just some high level examples, but we have more specific policy and practice efforts we're pushing forward in the state. Appreciate your perspective on how to have the greatest impact and welcome any additional thoughts or resources you've used or developed. 

Thanks for posting this, Sarah. Iowa has made so much progress, and this new plan will continue to accelerate the fine work y'all are doing!

So exciting Sarah!

This is great.   I was working in Eastern Iowa when I first joined ACEsConnection quite a few years ago now.  

I hope that y’all will look into the quality of the infant -caregiver dyadic relationship as a very important step to preventing childhood adversity and ACEs in the next generation. 

The perinatal period is the foundation for all later brain development whether healthy or unhealthy. 

If we were building a bridge to cross the SF Bay or the Mississippi River, we would have to build a solid foundation, otherwise that bridge might just come tumbling down - like it does with kids who don’t get the solid foundation they need built in infancy when we see later delays or perturbations in social-emotional, behavioral, psychological and physiological health outcomes.