ACEsConnection.com member and pediatrician Dr. Dan Taylor is the author of this article published at Philly.com.
"A radical change in the underlying beliefs of what causes and accelerates adult diseases and childhood health is underway. It's a paradigm shift - a transformation in the practice of pediatrics....
"Just as germ theory shifted our understanding of infectious disease in the late 19th century, ACEs are changing how we look at early traumatic experiences - and early disease and death....
"We must acknowledge that ACEs are all around us and take a more trauma-informed approach to care. The Philadelphia nonprofit Institute for Safe Families (www.instituteforsafefamilies.org) is the driving force here. And we can learn from clinics such as Drexel's 11th Street Family Health Services, where practitioners prescribe reflexology, yoga, Zumba, and mindfulness training, along with antibiotics and insulin...."
http://www.philly.com/philly/health/20130609_Link_between_early_trauma__bad_health.html
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