"Experiences of maltreatment during childhood and the emergence of sexuality during adolescence are both critical developmental issues that intersect in meaningful ways, yet the two are often isolated from each other in practice. Despite the...
"The prevalence of traumatic stress in the lives of families experiencing homelessness is extraordinarily high. Often these families have experienced on-going trauma in the form of childhood abuse and neglect, family disruption, domestic violence,...
"Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have established a link between elevated levels of a stress hormone in adolescence—a critical time for brain development—and genetic changes that, in young adulthood, cause severe mental...
Nice brief presentation. http://www.slideserve.com/livvy/trauma-informed-care-effective-screening
"Several prior studies in the U.S. made connections between the time a child spends in day care and behavioral problems, but the results from Norway contradict those earlier findings, the researchers report in the online version of the journal Child...
"The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for Statewide Consumer Network grants totaling up to nearly $3.8 million over the course of a three year period. The purpose of this programis to enhance...
Objective To pilot test a tool to screen for adverse childhood experiences (ACE), and to explore the ability of this tool to distinguish early child outcomes among lower- and higher-risk children.... Conclusions Brief tools can be used to screen for...
"In the column below, Mohan Krishnan, the director of children's services at Hope Network, discusses the needs of children who have suffered trauma, such as abuse, neglect or witnessing violence. He outlines ways people can help create a caring...
"This Fall, the Adler School Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice (IPSSJ) and its partner organizations with the Cook County Juvenile Justice Task Force published a concept paper ( PDF download ) outlining community-based, trauma-informed,...
Purpose "Stressful childhood experiences have negative long-term health consequences. The present study examines the association between adverse childhood experiences, socioeconomic position, and risk of psychotropic medication in young adulthood.......
Interview with ACEsConnection member Jim Hmurovich. "Christine Crosby, GRAND Magazine’s Editorial Director, sat down to chat with Jim Hmurovich, current President and CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA), during PCAA’s 2012 National...
The ongoing controversy about the scope of the Australia royal commission that is investigating child sex abuse -- that it is focusing only on the nation's institutional and organizational settings and not including families, and that...
"Contrary to what many people believe, mass shooters and other killers aren’t born, they’re created. Violence is preventable, though maybe not totally avoidable. As shown by a growing body of scientific research, interventions that...
From ACEsConnection member Dr. Nadine Burke Harris' blog: "This past December 19th California Secretary of Health and Human Services Diana Dooley along with task force and expert advisers released Governor Brown's "Let's Get Healthy California"...
"...A study published last month in the open-access medical journal BMJ Open suggests that something far earlier in their lives — exposures to extreme stress during critical periods of childhood development — may be behind a substantial...