Tagged With "ACEs"

Between Cork and Belfast, Ireland will have seen an unprecedented amount of trauma speakers, all world specialists, and we hope that this will transform the nation. But although science confirms these findings on an almost daily basis, this information is not new as the ACEs have been in the public domain for the last 20 years. There is therefore no need to re-invent the wheel. With the launch of < ACEs-in-Ireland > we hope to bring the best and most relevant facts and to soften the...

A miracle cure for a patched-up society? By Contributor 19th April 2018 The recent lidocaine (Versatis) patch controversy seems to be a wider debate about health resources — one which could be resolved by just sticking a plaster on it (pun intended), GP Dr William Ralph supposes The recent lidocaine (Versatis) patch debate seemed, on the surface, to be just another healthcare resource allocation decided by the media in the face of Health Service Executive (HSE) intransigence, and a disregard...

This is a talk by Jane Mulcahy of the University College Cork, Ireland. This video was just published on YouTube today by the National Health Scotland today - Video link at the end - Mulcahy talks about how and what to talk ACEs, in general, as well as specifically as relates to relating with offenders. Here are some quotes: Cissy's note: For those also new to her work (like), who want to learn more, here's a pdf of the same name with more details and references. #ACEs ...

In better times, we brought you along to WORLD PREMIERES, unique and unusual SCREENINGS, themed around health and well-being. Now that we are – temporarily - restricted in our scope and movements, we will bring these events TO YOU instead. One such film – in the context of #ACEs #AdverseChildhooodExperiences is *CRACKED UP* : it is being launched TODAY 1 May 2020 on NETFLIX. And to mark this event, a free live Zoom webinar and Q&A with the protagonist, with the film director, with a...

Irish Health Innovator 1 : Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh. (7 May 2019) Dr Cliona Ní Cheallaigh, consultant in general medicine and infectious diseases at Dublin St James Hospital, pioneers a unique programme of inclusion health. This is a dedicated service to tackle health and social inequities among our most vulnerable and socially excluded populations: the homeless, people with substance use disorders, sex workers, and prisoners. A year-long pilot study of Ní Cheallaigh’s programme showed...

Sunday Herald Supplement - 23 Sept 2018 Re: Glasgow ACEs Conference Click on the Tabs for details http://aceawarescotland.com/vision/

Excellent new animation about ACEs from Northern Ireland, slighly different from the short videos we have been used to and with a new angle : put words into action - at all levels especially at the top. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY-8HilOzh0

This study shows - once again - that it is not essential to begin every project with lengthy and expensive research, when immediate action and intervention is what counts. Thanks to #ACEs, the data is there already : not rocket-science, and no need to re-invent the wheel. [ ... Notwithstanding the small cohort involved, this research adds to the international body of evidence on trauma and substance use, criminality and homelessness . The research highlights the need for health and community...

[ ..... Reframing our cultural understanding of how trauma works is fundamental to creating institutional and personal strategies for healing that truly work ......... While there is a growing awareness in.....workplaces and communities about the prevalence of trauma in both personal and occupational contexts - including with children - a nuanced understanding of healing is still in the early stages..... ] [ ....“There’s tons of people getting trauma-informed out there ..... But people don’t...

One of the first ACEs study conducted in Ireland - this one amongst the Cork Simon Community, an organisation caring for adult-homeless people. This link is a very visual presentation, including 2 locally-made videos , plus 2 standard ACEs videos at the end. In another link we will present the more text-and-data version of the study. Authors : Dr. Sharon Lambert & Graham Gill-Emerson. March 2017 >>> ACE's at Cork Simon

How the ACEs were born - Dr Felitti - in his own words (7min video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3cCAcGeG8E

In this special interview in the "How to talk policy and influence people" series of Law and Justice, I speak with Dr Wendy Ellis, Director of the Center for Community Resilience at The Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. We discuss journalism, data gathering, analysis and stories. We talk about the significance of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) evidence, resilience/protective factors, structural inequity, adverse community environments, the...

"No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference" is the title of Greta Thunberg's book, which is a compilation of her speeches on the need for urgent action to tackle climate change. One of those speeches is entitled "Together We Are Making a Difference". I had planned to organise an event on the topic of “How to talk policy and influence people” kindly supported by the Cork Education and Training Board in Ireland on the 2nd of April 2020. Unfortunately, the event had to be cancelled due to the...

FIRST-EVER full Congressional hearing on “IDENTIFYING, PREVENTING AND TREATING CHILDHOOD TRAUMA” by the Oversight Committee chaired by Representative Elijah Cummings. Across the hearing, the story of developmental trauma is well conveyed and powerful. Many ah-ha moments . Begins at the 12'40sec mark (=10am). 3h 30' of riveting and emotional testimonials and contributions. The magnitude and the priority of addressing developmental trauma is clear. # ACEs # ACE # AdverseChildhoodExperiences #...

From We need to talk about Children's Mental Health Throughout my twenty year career as a psychologist working in Specialist Children’s Mental Health Services (SCAMHS) two frequently repeated mantras have been amongst the biggest sources of frustration for me: “It’s a social problem, not a mental disorder” and “the child needs to be stable to access therapy”; the latter often responded to with the helpless reply “but the child need’s therapy in order to be stable”. Indeed, much of the...

[ .......... The ACE Study can be used both as an essential tool to detect, understand, treat and heal physical and psychological conditions, as well as a road map to effect changes in our society, communities and our homes. The ACEs is a movement gathering momentum and achieving tremendous results, in all layers of society : in hospitals, clinics and private practice, schools, in health education, courts, prisons, and of course, in families and with individuals. It is producing huge savings...

This Law and Justice special podcast was recorded live at the "Towards an ACE-Aware, trauma-responsive Ireland" event at Bewley's Cafe Theatre in Dublin on November 28th, 2018. The event, organised in conjunction with the Irish ACEs and Trauma-informed Forum, was kindly sponsored by Senator Lynn Ruane. It was an open discussion with survivors of childhood trauma. professionals working in the Early Years sector, education, health, addiction, criminal justice and psychotherapy about the...

https://soundcloud.com/jane-mulcahy/firkin-crane-event-towards-an-ace-aware-trauma-responsive-ireland This event was an open discussion with survivors of childhood trauma and professionals working in the Early Years sector, education, health, addiction and homeless services about the desirability of raising public and political awareness of the prevalence and impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ireland and the need for a collaborative cross sector trauma-responsive approach for...

#I'm ACE Aware are you ?

Of course you are Ann marie ! Scotland is stealing a march on us with their goal to become the first ACE-Aware Nation. But as Ireland IS a republic of sort, I put my intention out here. Don't forget to click open the link above : it's the electronic supplement the Sunday Herald newspaper published. A fine example for us to aspire to.

Powerful article which sums up pretty well the state of the nation.

In this unedited "How to talk policy and influence people" interview interview with Angi Yoder Maina, Executive Director of the Green String Network (GSN) in Kenya, we discuss peacebuilding and how trauma is often a root cause of inter and trans-generational violence. We talk about GSN's healing-centred approach to renegotiating collective and individual wounds through story-telling, art and peer support, where people are acknowledged as being the experts of their own lives and histories. We...

Jane thank you so much for sharing your videos they are so informative I am learning so much from them. Our community have gone through so much trauma in the last few years with young people dying from suicide and drugs. It is hard to know where to start to help our young people and the families who are also suffering the trauma of losing their children and being threatened themselves. I can see the individual trauma and the community trauma it all makes so much sense when you take the time...

At the heart of my coaching practice is my wish to help people re-discover their authentic selves and help them understand the role thought plays in driving their behaviours and in how they experience life. It was this knowledge that lead to the biggest change in my own life, leading me from a life coloured by trauma, insecurity and hyper-vigilance, to one of ease, peace, compassion, and a greater trust in my innate resilience. We feel 100% of our thoughts, how many of them are you suffering...

Sign up, sign up! There are still places on my planned 8-week online adult ed course on "Childhood Trauma, Consequences and Essential Responses". It will kick off on Monday the 4th of October at 19:00 Irish time (if ten people sign up!). ALL are welcome. I'd especially be delighted if some trauma survivors join, as well as curious parents, doctors, early years practitioners, teachers, social workers, police, lawyers, judges, addiction counsellors, receptionists - and everyone in between.

Please join us for our new series entitled: Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice. This monthly virtual Zoom series will feature conversations facilitated by Dr. Porter Jennings-McGarity, PhD/LCSW, PACEs Connection’s criminal justice consultant, with special guests to discuss the need for trauma-informed criminal justice system reform. Using a PACEs-science lens, this series will examine the relationship between trauma and the criminal justice system, what needs changing, and strategies being...