APA focuses on ACEs in Recent Newsletter

Jenny Cooper 11/28/181:30 PM

Dr. Sharon Portwood, a valued member of Benchmarks' Partnering for Excellence Leadership Team, is now serving on the American Psychological Association's Committee for Children, Youth, and Families and is helping to raise awareness of ACEs. Dr. Portwood, who also teaches at UNC Charlotte, has opened this recent newsletter with an article on research and policy implications. The newsletter continues by highlighting four different articles regarding ACEs across domains from education to cultural humility.

Here is the link to Dr. Portwood's feature article: https://www.apa.org/pi/familie...rse-experiences.aspx as well as a link the other articles noted throughout the newsletter: https://www.apa.org/pi/familie...r/2018/11/index.aspx .

The committee plans to continue to focus on ACEs science as well as work that is happening on the community level as it relates to childhood trauma and resiliency.

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Former Member

I’m 30 minutes away from Charlotte. Hum??? Anyway, APA cannot be about meds though.

I know I keep saying the same thing but this cannot be said enough. Foster kids have lots of ACEs and 75 percent of my foster kids were on 3-4 Psyche drugs.

12/2/1812:46 PM

Carey SippFormer Director of Strategic Partnerships

Thanks Jenny Cooper!

There is so much great work being done in NC. Appreciate you and your passion for the people and the science, and that you are a master communicator/connector.

Thanks for bringing this good news to the entire ACEs Connection community. As Karen Clemmer says, this is a really big deal!

11/28/186:17 PM

Christine Cissy WhiteIt's not trauma-informed unless it's informed by trauma survivors.

@Vic Compher did you see this post?

11/28/185:00 PM

Karen ClemmerMember

This is a really BIG DEAL! When the American Psychological Association coordinates discussions among various divisions on to ensure ACEs science is successfully translated into practice AND looks at innovative examples of how ACEs science is being applied in various settings - WOW! Jenny - thank you so much for sharing this incredible information! Karen

From the APA November Newsletter:

In This Issue

Honoring children: Treating trauma and adverse childhood experiences in American Indian and Alaska Native communities
Culturally enhanced treatments for ACEs.
By Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD, Katelyn Lamb, and Melody Delmar, BS
Mitigating Adverse Experiences of Young Children who are Homeless
Information on outreach to homeless children and their families to reduce the risks from ACEs.
By Mary E. Haskett, PhD, Jennifer Tisdale, MSW, and Katherine C. Okoniewski, PhD
Creating trauma-informed individualized education programs
Integration of ACEs into the development of IEPs for students through Grade 12.
By Eric Rossen, PhD
The whole student: Understanding students through the intersections of their past and present contexts
Secondary students sharing their work to develop a trauma-informed university.
By Suzette Fromm Reed, PhD, and Claudia Pitts, PhD
Federal policy update for fall 2018
An update from the APA Public Interest Government Relations Office.
By Ben Vonachen, MA

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