Depression is the most common mental health problem in the U.S., affecting about 17 million people. But it doesn't just affect adults. Child Psychiatrist Dr. Joan Luby has been studying depression in preschool children for more than 20 years....
A growing body of literature now suggests that the earlier we turn back the clock in kids’ development, the more profound the impact of their environment. Early childhood is critical—race and class differences in achievement are pretty...
We hear a lot about how too much screen time could affect children. A recent study went even further to try and find out how parents’ and caregivers’ use of devices in front of their children could impact those children. NPR...
Kids who work with horses have less stress, according to a new study. “We were coming at this from a prevention perspective,” said Patricia Pendry, a developmental psychologist at Washington State University (WSU). “We are especially...
Race matters. While many cultures worldwide develop stories that perpetuate long-held prejudices, America has struggled with racial disparity from its very beginnings to the present. From the savagery of slavery to oppressive Jim Crow laws, skin color...
Vaccines given to infants and young children over the past two decades will prevent 322 million illnesses, 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths over the course of their lifetimes, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease...
TOPEKA — Dozens of studies have shown that abused and neglected children tend to grow up to be unhealthy adults. “The more adverse childhood experiences someone has, the more long-term health problems they will have as an...
Do you know universities, colleges, or professional schools that teach students who might be interested in ACEs? Maybe you attended one of these schools or teach at one, or maybe there's one in your area you've heard about. If so, let us know!...
Rob Anda, co-author of the ACE Study, will be speaking at 2:30pm in Camden, NJ on May 5th. He will be discussing the ACES Study and the creation of healing communities, specifically the project of the "Healing 10" here in Camden. The Healing 10...
Most folks on ACEsConnection know that Dr. Bruce Perry’s in Washington May 4 to talk on healing trauma at the National Council . What’s that got to do with this sculpture of children singing in the Cathedral of Florence in 1436 to kick...
Before coming to Intermountain, I spent a little over 15 years in children’s and youth ministry in the local church setting. For 8 years I was the youth minister at a small church in Southwest Washington, and most recently spent 7 ½ years...
Children living with a step-parent or a lone parent are as happy as those living with two biological parents, the British Sociological Association's annual conference in Leeds heard today. In a major UK study on wellbeing, researchers from NatCen...
Photo credit: Gatis Gribusts, Flickr More than 7 percent of American schoolchildren are taking at least one medication for emotional or behavioral difficulties, a new government report shows. Apparently, the medications are working: More than...
The study, published in the online version of the Journal of Family Psychology followed 33 Dallas area mothers as they came home from work and prepared to put their children to bed. The mothers used voice recorders, which they wore in sport pouches on...
Greg Wahl-Stephens/AP Photo BALTIMORE—St. Jerome's Head Start, a plain building in a gentrifying Baltimore neighborhood, looks as solid and unchanging as a block of concrete. It's an unlikely setting for a big shift in how early-childhood...