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"Did you know that something a child experiences today could affect him or her for years to come? Did you see the latest research on adults who faced a childhood trauma? (You can see complete chart at this site....
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Tweeps! (or wannabe tweeps)
A reminder for all you good people: We have two Twitter accounts now. @acestoohigh -- my tweets from the ACEsTooHigh news site and other news that's relevant and interesting; @acestoohigh2 -- Chris Engel's Monday-through-Friday news feed...
The influence of ethnicity and adverse life experiences during adolescence on young adult socioeconomic attainment: the moderating role of education - abstract
"Previous research has documented that adverse life experiences during adolescence, particularly for ethnic minorities, have a long-term influence on income and asset attainment and that this relationship is largely mediated by educational...
Child Poverty and its Lasting Consequences - Full text report
This 30-page "report is part of the Urban Institute’s Low-Income Working Families project, a multiyear effort that focuses on the private-and public-sector contexts for families’ success or failure. Both contexts offer opportunities for...
The Cost of Chronic Stress in Childhood: Understanding and Applying the Concept of Allostatic Load - abstract
"This article explores the concept of allostatic load and its utility as an integrative framework for thinking about the impact of chronic stress on children and adolescents. Allostatic load refers to the failure or exhaustion of normal physiologic...
Understanding Complex Trauma: Strengthening Supportive Learning Environments through a Trauma-Sensitive Lens - UPDATED 12/1/12
Wonderful presentation slides by Natalie Turner, MS LMHC, Associate Director, Area Health Education Center, Washington State University. The original link/website is inactive:...
Grant helps Children’s Center expand work with kids with post-traumatic stress - Utah
"Federal grant » Utah psychologists have treated more than 300 children who have experienced abuse, witnessed domestic violence. "A child who won’t concentrate in class, complains that he’s bored and refuses to do his work needs...
Adverse Childhood Experiences Associated with Behavioral Health Problems in Adolescents - Washington - Full text
"This report demonstrates the use of state administrative data to measure adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and to quantify associations between these experiences and behavioral health problems identified during adolescence. The adverse...
Reducing ACEs by Building Community Capacity: A Summary of Washington Family Policy Council Research Findings - Full text
"Community capacity for organization and collaboration has been shown to be a powerful tool for improving the health and well-being of communities. Since 1994 the Washington State Family Policy Council has supported the development of community...
Resiliency and Recovery from Intimate Partner Violence
"Complex trauma, the multiple traumatic episodes that occurred over a long period of time, can reduce a person’s ability to respond to perceived danger in a productive way. In addition, how the trauma is perceived by one’s culture...
How This Conversation Solves That Conversation
"In the spirit of Thanksgiving, among the wonderful gifts of the job I hold is the joy and insight of conversation. I know, this doesn’t sound terribly exciting. But a private foundation is really about the business of ideas, and for...
Childhood Pain, Lingering Effects: ACE Study
Author: Kathy G. Slaughter, LCSW "Childhood pain, or adverse childhood experiences, has a serious effect on the rest of our lives. You might assume the effect is only on our feelings or thoughts. New research, funded by the Center for Disease Control...
Failed to Death: "System was set up to fail"
"Many of Colorado 's child abuse workers are inexperienced and overwhelmed, and at times fail to take basic steps to protect children: interviewing parents, properly assessing a dangerous home or checking a child's body for obvious signs of abuse, a...
Q&A: Using Yoga to Overcome Trauma
"Earlier this year, we read Marino’s article called “Yoga for Youth in Trauma Recovery” (PDF, 391KB). In it, she reviews the literature on how yoga affects youth with histories of trauma. We know many youth-serving programs use a...
Adverse childhood experiences and their impact on frequency, severity, and the individual function of nonsuicidal self-injury in youth - abstract
"This study aimed to investigate a specific relationship between nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and a variety of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) over and above childhood abuse and their impact on frequency, severity, and functions of NSSI. A...