Four bills recently introduced in the Minnesota legislature would re-direct policymakers' focus to c h ild trauma, brain development and adverse childhood experiences. Influenced by the the State's data on the prevalence of ACEs and other...
An article about a poverty simulation had me thinking about the belief that poverty causes ACEs. Dr. Vincent Felitti once said he thought ACEs cause poverty. Dave Ellis, a consultant and an ACEs master trainer in Minneapolis, said he thought...
Child welfare. Juvenile justice. Education. Healthcare. Adverse childhood experiences impact every sector and system, and it should follow that advocacy and policy efforts to prevent and mitigate the impact of childhood trauma should seek to do the...
"'If You Don’t Have Honesty in a Relationship, Then There Is No Relationship': African American Girls’ Characterization of Healthy Dating Relationships, A Qualitative Study" (abstract). Katrina J. Debnam, Donna E. Howard, Mary A. Garza....
Type "drunk," "hammered," or "trashed" into YouTube's search bar and some pretty unsavory videos are likely to turn up. And that can't be good for teenagers and young adults, researchers say. User-generated YouTube videos portraying dangerous...
Like many schools across Colorado, Arapahoe Ridge High School in Boulder has seen an increase in overall drug incidents since recreational marijuana became legal. While public schools aren't required to report marijuana incidents separately...
A major new study of smoking and death has banged more nails into the coffin of cigarette smoking, though chances are it will do little to persuade any of the 42 million American smokers to quit. If current smokers have not already...
I’m grateful for a powerful new book, Girls In Justice by artist Richard Ross, a follow up to his moving earlier Juvenile In Justice, which combines Ross’s photographs of girls in the juvenile justice system with interviews he...
The Trenton Health Team (THT) has received a two-year grant of $300,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support a far-ranging educational and training program in trauma-informed care. This project will provide training for health care...
Supermarket shoppers are more likely to buy French wine when French music is playing, and to buy German wine when they hear German music. That’s true even though only 14 percent of shoppers say they noticed the music, a study finds. ...
A few years ago, a boy here was on the verge of being expelled because his teacher felt he was a danger to his classmates. He was 4 years old, in preschool. This situation is all too common. Preschoolers are expelled at three times the rate of...
Earlier this week, David Leonhardt of the Upshot summarized new work from economist Stephen J. Rose as follows: "Income inequality has not actually risen since the financial crisis began." That finding runs counter to conventional wisdom that...
Jessica Valenti is one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation. As a columnist for the Guardian, her face regularly appears on the site’s front page. She has written five books, one of which was adapted into a documentary,...
Autonomy is a necessary developmental milestone for adolescents and young adults. As they pursue greater autonomy, young people are also disposed biologically to begin taking greater risks, which for some youth can be particularly detrimental, such as...
When the findings of the groundbreaking Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study were released, they quickly raised national awareness of the lasting impact of early childhood trauma and the ways those consequences affect society at large. The...