Shouldn't we be teaching parenting at the hospital as a mandatory policy? Prevention of ACEs could save the children from experiencing trauma... which is a win-win for all of us. I'm looking for partners to make that happen!

Dr Felitti almost always talks about PREVENTION of ACEs when he speaks!!! It's a BIG WIN-WIN for all of us if we make a greater effort to show how much we care EVERY DAY in the precious formative years of our children. It brought Dr Anda and Dr Felitti to tears when their data verified how common ACEs were in the lives of their patients. I wrote this book because teachers said our children were so different in grade school...they watched over all of their classmates...even in 3rd grade. The...

With HOPE being the place where healing starts...I penned a song that I will be performing for school children. It OnlyTakes One Each and every one of us is hungry to feel love It’s natural to look for it even from above It’s part of our soul the void we need to fill Your parents are the likely source if they only will It matters if they found love when they were growing up Did they have someone in their life to fill their loving cup? It only takes one person to care that is all you need A...

About six months ago I started a conversation with two of my fellow ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) Connection friends about the need for a National Platform to expose our network to the general public. As will happen, life and work can get in the way sometimes that keeps an idea from coming to fruition. Now, six months later a door has opened that may not be able to be shut again. Sexual harassment in the celebrity world was the key that opened that door. Yes, it has started a wave of...

I keep thinking the best way to change our current problems with ACE issues is to make a national MANDATORY use of the ACE Survey at all pediatric practices. Yet, someone today said..."Is there any follow-up to the Portland pediatric story?" Are parents following through on getting counseling, etc. after sharing their ACE results? " Does anyone have that information? Because I was getting push back today from the CEO of a big, respected Corporate Wellness coaching firm. He found the ACEs...

A few months ago Dr Felitti took the time to write me a short note saying how much he liked my blog post at Greatful Dad called The Impact of ACEs. I thought for that reason I should share it upstream...you are welcome to use to start our world knowing more about how it affects us all...even if you are a ZERO. Thank you Dr. Felitti and Dr. Anda for giving my life meaning in a way I never saw coming. It legitimized every word I had ever written about parenting! Here is my blog post: The...

What a great thread of responses I received from around the country about a National Mandate for ACE Testing parents who show up for pre and post natal appointments. Yet, somehow we need to take this subject to another level eh? For all of us who understand the significance of ACEs...most of us are ready to climb to the highest point and start SCREAMING about the subject. It clearly affects how you look at the world differently. ACEs impact schools, churches, corporations, associations,...

It was about three years ago when I first heard about ACEs on NPR. It truly legitimized everything I had written about family and relationships with the outside world. I read The Teenage Brain and Childhood Disrupted. We are making huge strides in sharing the scientific findings about childhood trauma in as many avenues as we can it appears. Yet, I have a deep sadness at times that ACEs is an after the fact scorecard of traumas inflicted on our children. My most significant moment in reading...

This is a song for every Middle School, High School & College student to listen to...maybe every day. Click on attachment...no virus. Please share thru your world... John Trayser

The Impact of ACEs Healthcare Here is where I need to use the word REVOLUTION. I believe the greatest possible impact for using the ACE Study to improve the lives of our entire world today lies in the Pediatric segment. There have been some breakthroughs in this arena…but to my way of thinking…not quick enough. And no, it’s not the ACE score of the children I am referencing, but the use of the ACE questionnaire with the parents…ALL parents! The only way to change...

My heart and soul have been enveloped by the ACEs world.    I've been writing books for a decade because at a teacher's conference for my 3rd grade son, the teacher said: "In 22 years of teaching, I've never had a child like your son, Jared....