Tagged With "Dr. Vincent Felitti"

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,...

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...