(Merced, California) Valley Children’s, along with a collaborative of Merced community-based organizations, has been selected as a $500,000 recipient by the California Department of Health Care Services to combat adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress screening. ACEs are stressful or traumatic events children experience before the age of 18, including abuse and neglect. The screenings will focus on patients at Valley Children’s Olivewood Pediatrics in Merced. “Children who are...

ACE Overcomers and The Family Resource Center of Merced County are dedicated to transforming the lives of men, women, and children exposed to ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and trauma throughout Merced County. The two Merced County agencies have released an educational video about the effects of childhood trauma and how to overcome such adversity. The goal of this video is to educate parents/caregivers and the public about the impact of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), and how to...

Take the road less traveled. As the New Year quickly approaches, many of us spend time in review and reflection of the past year’s events and initiate strategic planning for the upcoming year. We create and contemplate lists of resolutions, often featuring some of the same goals from the previous year. But we convince ourselves that this is going to be the year for change and transformation. 2 Corinthians 5: 17 " Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed...

In a new 3 part series Starting Blocks, KQED examines the ways public policy often fails California’s youngest residents and their families, especially those living at or below the poverty line. They look at traditional issues like paid parental leave, subsidized child care and maternal health, but also issues like housing, criminal justice, immigration policy and even natural disasters to see how children are adversely affected, often in ways that are unexpected or unintended. Parents in...

"…the findings provide empirical evidence for the efficacy of ACE Overcomers in improving emotion regulation skills, psychological resilience and well-being, quality of life, illness days, and somatic symptoms…" Evaluation of the ACE Overcomers Program A Technical Report Prepared by: Linda D. Cameron, Ph.D., Paul Carroll, B. A., & William Kyle Hamilton,B.A. University of California, Merced September 20, 2016 Discover prevention and intervention tools that help defeat ACEs... Visit ACE...

ACE Overcomers: The Center for Resiliency and Trauma-Informed Training The Valley Dream Center of Fresno, California hosted a 2-day training, conducted by ACE Overcomers. 40 individuals gathered for the 2-day training on The Power of a Trauma-Informed Ministry. Most participants were from California's Central Valley, along with attendees from San Diego, Oregon and New Mexico. The primary goal was to increase an understanding of trauma and adverse childhood experiences and introduce a...

"We did it!" Evaluation of an intervention promoting emotion regulation skills for adults with persisting distress due to adverse childhood experiences. Our first ACE Overcomers study will be published in May in Child Abuse and Neglect and available online: your personalized Share Link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Wl82X18YDkQA This link provides you with free access to the article until April 30th. Excerpt from the article: "...the present findings provide evidence that participation in...

Thousands of children and their families across central Africa have struggled through cycles of violent conflict and economic poverty, which often create the hidden scars of severe trauma and fear. A safe and thriving central Africa is possible. Dave Lockridge, ACE Overcomers executive director, was there engaging and educating people about the science of adverse childhood experiences, and trauma-informed and resilience-building practices based on ACEs science. ACE Overcomers has provided...

The entire ACE Overcomers staff joined the Valley Learning Community on February 13, 2018 in Clovis, California for a 1-day seminar on RESILIENCY . Strategies 2.0 facilitated the training, that brought together representatives from the following counties: Fresno, Kern, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare and Kings. Strategies 2.0 offers free training, consultation, peer learning, and other professional development opportunities both in-person and online. The day consisted of a...

Excerpts from the University of California Merced Study The ACE Overcomers Program offers considerable promise to address the gap in intervention programs for reducing the detrimental psychological, social, and health consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACES). The ACE Overcomers program builds... with concrete steps aimed at remediating the effects of a stressful childhood. Participants learn the skills of self-awareness, self-efficacy, moral control, self-reflection,...

Grand Opening | Merced, California Starting out as a small non-profit in Merced County, ACE Overcomers has grown and developed into a world-wide outreach. With thousands of lives being being transformed and changed everyday, we are pleased to share with you how ACE is now positioned to become Central California’s Hub for trauma informed training. ACE OVERCOMERS is now the Center for Resiliency & Trauma Informed Training . On December 15, 2017 many from the community joined us for an Open...