Profile Information
Location
Kensington, MD
Country
United States
Postal Code
210895
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
Program & Operations Director
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
National Association for Children of Addiction
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
Our organization has been intimately involved in the ACE Study,with Robert Anda, MD, MS, a member of NACoA's Board of Scientific Advisors. In response to the study, and the addiction component to trauma and its affect on the family, NACoA's program Celebrating Families! TM is an evidence-based, whole-family, trauma-informed program listed on SAMSHA's NREPP. We continue to strive to cultivate trauma-informed communities, reduce risk factors and build protective factors and resiliency in individuals, in families, and in communities.