Building Resilience in Belmont Cragin (IL)

Building Resilience in Belmont Cragin (IL)

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Resources from the 2018 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Conference

Natalie Audage 11/26/184:48 PM

In October, I attended the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Conference in San Francisco. It was really inspiring. Below please find share some of the books, videos, and resources that I learned about.

All the best,
Natalie

BOOKS
1) The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris, MD
https://centerforyouthwellness.org/the-deepest-well/

2) The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, MD
https://besselvanderkolk.net/the-body-keeps-the-score.html

VIDEOS
TED Talk: What Americans Agree on When it Comes to Help by Rebecca Onie
https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_onie_what_americans_agree_on_when_it_comes_to_health?language=en

RESOURCES
1) Compassion Resilience Toolkit
Facilitator resources to build the capacity of helping professionals, caregivers, and the systems in which they serve.
https://compassionresiliencetoolkit.org/

2) Building Community Resilience
Includes information about the approach; policy and advocacy; tools and resources;
https://publichealth.gwu.edu/departments/redstone-center/resilient-communities

3) ACEs-Building Strong Brains from Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
https://www.tn.gov/tccy/ace/tccy-ace-building-strong-brains.html

4) Essentials for Childhood Framework: Creating Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments for All Children from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/essentials.html

5) Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: A Technical Package for Policy, Norm, and Programmatic Activities from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/can-prevention-technical-package.pdf

6) Life is Good: Welcome to the Hub of Optimism
Includes stories, information about the art of optimism, and ideas for how to get involved
https://content.lifeisgood.com/hub-of-optimism/

7) Stress Health from the Center for Youth Wellness
Information on toxic stress, parenting with ACEs, and ways to help protect and heal children from toxic stress
https://www.stresshealth.org/

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