Abstract Purpose Our study assesses the relationships between self-reported adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) (including sexual, physical, or verbal abuse, along with household dysfunction including parental separation or divorce, domestic...
“A lot of the common denominator, a lot of the society ills that we have start with childhood poverty. The kids when they don’t grow up healthy, with an opportunity, with a good education because of the fact that they’re born poor,...
This is a Q&A with ACEsConnection member Dr. Bruce McEwen: "A professor of neuroscience at Rockefeller University, Bruce McEwen investigates how stress affects the mind and brain . He has published over 700 research papers exploring the ways that stress hormones can both damage the brain and lead to beneficial growth. TIME spoke with him recently about stress and health...." http://healthland.time.com/201...entist-bruce-mcewen/ See also: Bruce McEwen - Biological...
"When Emily Bazelon was in eighth grade, her friends fired her. Now a senior editor for Slate, Bazelon writes in her new book, Sticks and Stones: "Two and a half decades later, I can say that wryly: it happened to plenty of people, and look at us now,...
"More than 500 homicides were reported in Chicago in 2012, 16 percent more than in 2011. After the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, the Chicago teen shot a week after attending the inauguration, more attention has been focused on urban violence."...
New community website. "The City of Tarpon Springs is taking steps to become a "trauma informed community." Here to talk about what that means and how we can all be a part of this movement are Robin Saenger - Founding Director and former Vice...
Abstract Genetic, environmental, and epigenetic influences and their transactions were examined in a sample of 155 women from the Iowa adoptee sample who had been removed from their biological parents shortly after birth and assessed when participants...
"A proposal in the House would lift the statutes of limitations on civil and criminal actions in cases of child abuse and child sexual abuse. Missouri law has a 10-year statute of limitations on actions for damage or personal injury caused by child...
Abstract Objective To determine whether greater childhood adversity relates to younger menarcheal age; whether younger menarcheal age relates to increased CVD risk; and whether greater childhood adversity relates to increased CVD risk, directly or...
Mr. Chair and members of the Senate Committee on Early Learning, I am Cindy Meyer, member of the Board of Directors of Walla Walla Public Schools.I am here representing the Walla Walla Board of Directors and am submitting a letter from them. We...
February 6, 2013 Olympia, WA 98504-0600 Dear Representative, The Walla Walla Public Schools Board of Directors would like to share our Mission Statement with you. “Walla Walla Public Schools, in partnership with the community, is committed to...
"Ahead of the Reclaiming Futures webinar with the National Compadres Network (NCN), I had the pleasure of chatting with Jerry Tello and Juan Gomez about trauma, young men of color and transformational healing. Jerry Tello is co-founder of the NCN...
"A U.N. committee has accused U.S. legal authorities of failing to fully pursue cases of child sex abuse in religious groups, an issue especially troubling the Roman Catholic Church. "The Committee on the Rights of the Child wrote this month that it...
"Study co-author Associate Professor Bob Hancox of the University's Department of Preventive and Social Medicine says he and colleagues found that the risk of having a criminal conviction by early adulthood increased by about 30% with every hour that...
SB 5477 Offers a Second Option to "Forced Dropout" On Friday, February 8, 2013, Senator Roach introduced SB 5477 to the state senate to provide an option for the 16,000 students in Washington State that have met all graduation requirements, have...