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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...

Please welcome these five new communities to the PACEsConnection.com network! Greater Williamsburg Trauma-Informed Community Network (VA) Hope Beyond Hurt: A Trauma Informed Coalition of Cambria and Somerset (PA) Norwescap Parenting SEAS (NJ) Resilient Jefferson County (IN) Wyoming Statewide ACEs Action (WY) Details about each of them are below as is information about starting and growing your community initiatives and joining the Cooperative of Communities . Greater Williamsburg...

In 2020, New Jersey, a state with about 9 million people spread over the rural countryside and dense urban areas like Newark, launched a new entity: the NJ Office of Resilience (NJOR). The NJOR is unusual because it is a public-private partnership. It brings together three private foundations as well as the NJ Department of Children and Families to provide community-driven strategies for preventing, treating, and healing from ACEs. Like a ship’s navigator laying out a course on charts, Dwana...

A webinar offered by the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) Thursday, September 30, 1:30 - 3:00 pm EDT Register today . Addressing the mental health needs of child care providers and children in care is vital in the face of the pandemic, a population-level traumatic event. CTIPP is offering a "plug and play" framework to ease the process of developing a continuum of training, reflective coaching, and consultation to build the capacity for supporting relational health...

Child maltreatment continues to be a devastating and pervasive problem in the United States. Most children are referred to protective services for neglect. Methods of possible intervention and treatment from a community and family systems approach to maltreatment, rather than societal castigation, is of the utmost importance. Neglect is often an unintended consequence of poverty, limited resources and lack of family support. One could go further and find that adverse environments are...

How do childhood experiences shape our lives? And are there particular events or chronic issues that cause long-term harm? To answer those questions, a great deal of research has been poured into studying ACEs, or Adverse Childhood Experiences, over the past 25 years. ACEs are defined as traumatic events that occur before the age of 18 including, but not limited to, physical, emotional, sexual abuse, and neglect. Following the landmark Kaiser-Permanente study of 1998, where it was found that...

A really thought provoking piece.

When we think of Adverse Childhood Experiences, we often think of the fallout being chronic illness, post-traumatic stress disorder, and generalized symptoms of anxiety or depression. One additional, potential consequence of ACEs is the development of a personality disorder (PD), which are quite common as approximately 9% of adults in the United States, or about 30 million, experience them. Defined as “an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the...

Mental health is an integral aspect of overall well-being, yet millions of children and adults face significant barriers in obtaining services while navigating a complex web of requirements. New Jersey is at the helm of progressive initiatives, with efforts being made to dismantle theses barriers to access mental health services and provide families with supportive networks necessary for well-being. Inequitable access to mental health care is shaped by numerous factors. Financial constraints...

The juvenile justice system is a complex web of services with intent to reform and rehabilitate. It plays a crucial role in addressing the needs of young offenders while simultaneously considering their age, development, and potential for rehabilitation. However, concerns have been raised over the disproportionate representation of certain demographics, young black males and those with behavioral or mental health disorders, within the system. Poor minorities often receive harsher treatment...

July is a time to celebrate all summer has to offer by building bridges and innovating with community to get to the heart of trauma-informed awareness and resilience building. This month, we’ve added new July dates to the summer 2023 *CRC* curriculum—but that’s only half of the good news. Last year, the CRC began as a pilot program. Now that it's evolved, what better time to bring accelerator participants together in a PACEs Connection CRC community than the summer? We are proud to announce...

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) encompasses a wide range of possible traumatic events or conditions that children may face during their earliest stages of life. These experiences, including abuse, neglect, household dysfunction, and community violence, can have profound and lasting impacts on a child's development, social relationships, and emotional well-being. Furthermore, there are additional conditions more recently recognized, such as forced migration and war, climate change,...

Awareness about health outcomes are as much about the long-term impact caused by adverse childhood experiences as they are by positive childhood experiences. By providing education on trauma-informed awareness and resilience building frameworks, the CRC Accelerator certification is a tool for both.

Beyond Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), our members seek to deeply understand strengths-based insights embedded in the remaining ACEs quadrant: Adverse Community Environments, Adverse Climate Experiences, and Atrocious Cultural Experiences.

At the start of 2023, in partnership with DCF’s Office of Resilience, the Central RAC (Regional ACEs Collaborative) distributed microgrant funding to nine projects that began their respective journeys toward launching, expanding, or transforming their programs. After eight months, we’ve seen great success with well over a thousand individuals being touched by these initiatives. From youth learning financial literacy and decision-making skills, to families spending more quality time together,...

Something amazing keeps happening in our CRC Accelerator program that we want to shout out from the rooftops this December. Thanks to our committed participants, the number of CRC graduates keeps increasing! The number of graduates has increased by 15x this year. As we head into a new year, w e are grateful for the unique role CRC Accelerator participants have played in expanding the PACEs movement through the willingness to explore healing-centered practices through a PACEs science lens.

As the holiday season comes to a close and life has returned to its pre-pandemic state, it's easy to forget our struggles during the COVID-19 outbreak. Looking back, it's fascinating to think about how we managed to stay indoors for such an extensive period. Although things seem to be back to normal, the lasting impact, particularly on children, remains evident. The loss of parents and caregivers has become a significant concern, with over 229,000 children losing one or both parents, 252,000...

New data presented by the CDC on Adverse Childhood Experiences ( https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html ) as well as the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) ( https://www.samhsa.gov/child-trauma/understanding-child-trauma ) converge in acknowledgement of the urgency in developing a sustainable coordinated system care to support identified high-risk families with complex health and behavioral health care needs. Utilizing integrated data from multiple...

Introduction A few weeks ago, I was asked to read a critique of positive psychology and provide feedback of the critique. Despite being relatively unacquainted with this topic I decided to do the exercise anyway. As I read the critique, one of the points that stood out to me was that positive psychology does not offer much perspective on social factors that impact our development, and rather argues more for a perspective based on personal responsibility. Given what I know about Adverse...

Part II In Part I of this blog post we explored and laid the foundation for Parts II and III by looking at the effects of ACEs including toxic stress, atypical brain development, and behavioral implications. In Part II we will be looking at different proactive strategies we can implement on a societal level to ensure that children’s needs are met in the early years, including implementation of paid maternity and paternity leave, continuation and improvement of home visit programs, and access...

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...