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ACES CONNECTION NETWORK OVERVIEW ACEs = Adverse Childhood Experiences 2 SITES ACEsTooHigh.com A solutions-oriented news site for the general public that covers stories on ACEs, trauma, and resilience. ACEsConnection.com An action-based...

Elizabeth Perry provides an update on her advocacy efforts to increase awareness, prevention and healing of ACEs in the Canadian context through her #ACEs Canada organization.

Thank you Maria, Sharon and Alison. There are many initiatives underway in Canada to prioritize children in our society, to prevent suicide, to provide support and prevention for addiction. But few openly talk about the foundation of all these issues, which are ACEs in most cases. Until we are honest with ourselves about the root causes of dysfunction in our own lives and in the lives of our fellow humans, we will continue to miss the mark in achieving true transformational impact in our...

A call for volunteers for the ACEs Connections in Ontario, Canada community. On the PACEs Connection map, there are hundreds of members from Ontario. How can we get everyone engaged with the ACEs movement in our province?

OMSSA: Ontario Municipal Social Services Association The Ontario Municipal Social Services Association offers online workshops in trauma-informed care. The Ontario Municipal Social Services Association (OMSSA) is a non-profit association whose members are Ontario's Consolidated Municipal Service Managers (CMSMs) and District Social Services Administration Boards (DSSABs). What they do By supporting, connecting and advocating for our members across Ontario, we help them to achieve their...

Hi Maria Thank you for posting this current Canadian study. It confirms my experience as a social worker in community mental health and addictions.

Learn from the comfort of your own cozy place with self-directed training from ACEs Coalition in Guelph and Wellington County, Ontario! Offering online training for human service providers, educators and members of the community to raise awareness about adverse childhood experience effects on health. Learn how to implement these actionable skills in your community!

Becky Antle, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and esteemed University Scholar at the University of Louisville, won The Dibble Institute’s national competition to evaluate Mind Matters: Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience in 2019. As a result, Dr. Antle and her colleagues have conducted a randomized controlled trial to examine the impact of Mind Matters on a host of outcomes related to trauma symptoms, emotional regulation, coping and resiliency, and interpersonal skills for at-risk...

This tool is also available to social workers and other healthcare professionals who are treating youth. Check the link for more details about access.

The Dibble Institute is pleased to present an introductory webinar by Rev. Dr. Bryant T. Marks Sr. of the National Training Institute on Race and Equity , which will provide foundational information on implicit bias. It will focus at the individual level and discuss how implicit bias affects everyone. Strategies to reduce or manage implicit bias will be discussed. Broadly speaking, group-based bias involves varying degrees of stereotyping (exaggerated beliefs about others), prejudice...

PACEs Connection is excited to kick off our 2023 Creating Resilient Communities (CRC) Annual Accelerator Program.

Former PACEs Connection employees Dana Brown (L) with Vincent Felitti, MD, co-author of the 1998 Adverse Childhood Experiences study, and Carey Sipp (R) in San Diego in January, 2024. The last few months have been quite challenging, but we pushed, persevered, and didn’t give up hope. The “we” is Carey Sipp and Dana Brown. We were long-time staff members of PACEs Connection determined to reinstate the website and the resources and information we provide to communities after the platform went...