The Road to Resilience: A Public Health Approach to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
I was privileged and excited to present Neurobiology of Trauma and Resilience to this powerful and attentive group of over 200 state health workers on May 10. We talked about childhood brain development, effects of ACEs, genetics and epigenetics, and neurology of stress, trauma and resilience. From this conference I anticipate statewide action, hopefully impacting thousands if not millions of California children and families. So great to see so many excited people ready to learn and take public health-related action around trauma and resilience.
For those of you interested in the function of right and left brain, here's on of the areas we visited in my presentation:
"Nothing right in my left brain, nothing left in my right brain"
(haha!)
The conference was hosted by the California Conference of Local Health Officers (CCLHO), the Health Officers Association of California (HOAC), the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) in partner with the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Directors and MCAH Action. It also addressed collaborations, policy and training. I was especially touched by a talk providing a much-needed education from a personal perspective on how to be open to people having toxic stress or addiction in their lives, in order to assist them.
For a more complete review please see Karen Clemmer's post on California ACEs Action website here.
Congratulations to everyone involved for moving us all toward a healthier and more fulfilling future!
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