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A New Word to Help Children and Adults with High ACEs: Lasticity

Karen Gross ·
We can talk about grit, resilience and mindsets all we want. These approaches, while useful in a limited way, operate off a deficit model. There is something wrong in individuals that needs to be fixed -- repaired. And, there is a built in assumption that those who have high ACEs can return to the status quo ante -- they can bounce back. But, these are flawed arguments and here's why. Those with high ACEs are forever changed; they cannot bounce back. (There are neurological reasons among...
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Re: A New Word to Help Children and Adults with High ACEs: Lasticity

Jill Karson ·
Thanks for the write up Karen. I love the "bouncing forward" idea, and I'm going to check this book out.
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