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ANN ARBOR—Even if children grow up to overcome childhood adversity, the trauma they experience in early life causes them to be at greater risk for tooth loss, according to University of Michigan researchers. Haena Lee, a postdoctoral researcher at the U-M Institute for Social Research, assessed the impact of adverse childhood events on oral health—specifically, total tooth loss—later in life. These events included childhood trauma, abuse and, to a lesser extent, smoking. To read the full...

ACE Study with meditation and (self) hypnosis solution discussion with Dr. Brian Alman and Dr. Vincent Felitti ---- see video below. Being SENSITIVE is a gift & so this requires you learn how to LET GO. People are not primarily rational beings. We are EMOTIONALLY driven. You may have more success when you do the opposite of what you think. Your iNNER DOCTOR knows best! ACE Study’s Dr. Vincent Felitti discusses his experiences with Dr. Brian Alman from Trusage on Vimeo .

There’s no handbook for being a parent (wouldn’t it be great if there were?) but that doesn’t mean you can’t change the way you take care of your teen, your whole family , and yourself. Many of the parents we meet feel like they’re failing their child. Parents see their teen struggling at school, lashing out at home, isolating, and pulling back from activities they used to love, and they don’t know how to communicate with him or to cope with what’s happening. The moms and dads we talk to...

We are pleased to announce that we have extended the registration for the virtual screening of the documentary Cracked Up. ACEs Connection members can sign up over the weekend and on Monday during the viewing window. Note: The viewing portal will close for everyone on Monday, June 10th at 4 pm PST and 7 pm PST. Schedule of Events The viewing portal for the film will be open for 24 hours starting on June 9th at 4pm PST (7pm EST) until June 10th 4pm PST (7pm EST) for all ACEs Connection...

HERE this NOW is proud to bring its Trauma-Responsive Schools Conference to California, October 23 – 25, 2019, at the stunning Temecula Creek Inn in Temecula, CA (2 hours north of San Diego; 3-hours south of Los Angeles). This is not a typical conference. Participants will be actively engaged in an immersive experience, rendering more growth - personal and professional. Five diversely skilled and experienced pioneers of trauma-informed schools change are coming together for first time, to...

By P. Berman & K. Hecht & A. Hosack He wrote me! He hates to write! Has he finally forgiven me? Are my dreams coming true? Claire was walking on a cloud of white, she saw Larry ahead of her with his arms opened. She walked into his arms and he wrapped his arms around her. Larry whispered in her ear but then…. the daydream ended. Claire looked down at her letter- still unopened. She wanted to believe, just for another few minutes, that Larry had changed, he wanted to marry her, they...

Experiencing trauma — events such as parental divorce, living with a family member who is substance dependent, abuse, and neglect — strongly correlate to health-risk behaviors later in life, including substance use. With this understanding, many providers are seeking ways to acknowledge and address trauma as a hidden, underlying risk in patient’s lives. This webinar, cosponsored by the Center for Health Care Strategies and ACEs Connection, highlighted how two providers operating in vastly...

By University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Science Daily, June 5, 2019. Although injury is unexpected and acute, it can result in long-term health problems and disability. Up to half of all patients experience postinjury depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the months after injury, increasing suboptimal recovery, disability, and costs for care. For patients like urban black men, some of whom have experienced prior trauma, childhood adversity and neighborhood...

By Nolan Gray, CITYLAB, June 5, 2019. There’s a fierce argument about housing affordability and supply that’s raging in the urbanist community. The big question: Does building “luxury” (or market rate) housing in wealthy neighborhoods free up more housing for everyone? Advocates in the “Yes In My Backyard” (YIMBY) movement say it does; others are more skeptical. The market-rate-skeptic’s view, as captured in Richard Florida’s write-up of a new paper by Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Michael...

By Jan Hoffman, NY Times, June 5, 2019. FORT WORTH — The 3-year-old boy who could upend a 40-year-old law aimed at protecting Native American children barreled into the suburban living room, merrily defying his parents’ prediction that he might be shy. He had a thatch of night-black hair and dark eyes that glowed with mischievous curiosity. As he pumped a stranger’s hand and scampered off to bounce on an indoor trampoline, his Superman cape floated behind him, as if trying to catch up.

Report scores 3,000 communities on health-related issues Earlier this year, Douglas County, Colorado, was tapped as the healthiest community in the country, moving up from its previous spot at No. 2. “We give all the credit to our citizens for their healthy choices,” Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas told The Nation’s Health. In March, U.S. News & World Report and the Aetna Foundation released their second annual Healthiest Communities report, evaluating nearly 3,000 U.S.

Childhood PTSD has often left us unconsciously anxious, and one sign is that we tend to grasp at things we do want, and cling despite the fact that these people, situations or places make us unhappy. In this video I talk about testing reality by letting go and allowing things to come to you. You may be surprised at the happy results! More Resources: If you’re ready to move forward with healing trauma from your childhood, register for my online course, “Healing Childhood PTSD.” I have a...