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Aiming to root out trauma that can have debilitating ramifications for children through adulthood, East Tennessee State University and Ballad Health have announced the creation of a local institute to research adverse childhood experiences. Officials hope the Strong BRAIN Institute will serve as regional and national resource for encouraging awareness and study of adverse childhood experiences, also called ACEs, promote evidence-based practices to prevent the negative effects of ACEs and...

ACEs initiative participants in communities where there is tension between the community and law enforcement will want to join Becky Haas in a compelling conversation on law enforcement, ACEs science, COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement and protests. Haas is a nationally recognized adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) science initiative builder and trainer. She and colleagues Renee Wilson-Simmons, the head of the ACE Awareness Foundation of Memphis, Tennessee, and Maggi Duncan,...

Lee Johnson III PhD and Sandra Bloom MD to lead discussion on emerging trauma-informed policies and practices in the education and health care fields. What are ways that these fields are taking PACEs, Prevention, and Trauma science into consideration, and what can advocates do to help further advance these and other promising practices? It's free to join, so sign up at this link today! You’re invited to participate in Building the Movement in Education and Health Care , the second of eight...