The Bitterroot Cares for Kids Network is starting support programming as a follow-up to their August conference on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) “ACEs in the Bitterroot.”
The conference was on identifying, preventing and alleviating the consequences of childhood abuse and neglect.
The first support programming is a book-club type of discussion group that meets from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays Oct. 12 – Nov. 16.
The conference in August talked about a simple on-line test that helps people focus on their current mental health by asking questions about their past. The ACEs test asks 10 questions that are scored on a scale from 0 to 10.
Faylee Favara, prevention program manager for Western Montana Addictions Services, said the goal of the test is to help people live healthier, happier lives but warns that it can be “life-altering.”
“We want people to be informed and be aware but we also want people to respect their health,” Favara said. “If you decide to do the ACEs test, one thing we suggest is to prepare yourself because you may learn some things that are unsettling. If you do the scale, you might want to look for outside support, research and learn more and it creates awareness, it might open some old wounds.”
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