Updated November, 11, 2021
Please see the main post for these parent handouts in the ACEs Connection Resources Center.
These two flyers can be downloaded, distributed, and used freely.
Parenting to Prevent and Heal ACEs
This handout is based on the work of Donna Jackson Nakazawa, who worked with us and generously allowed us to paraphrase content from her book, Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology & How You Can Heal. Donna's book specifically addresses those of us parenting with ACEs (which she also does brilliantly in the powerful documentary, Wrestling Ghosts, which is about parenting and healing from ACEs).
This handout can be downloaded, distributed, and used freely. It is available in the following languages:
Family Hui, a Program of Lead for Tomorrow, provided generous support towards the creation and translation of this flyer.
Understanding ACEs
This is an updated version of the popular hand-out created and shared by the Community & Family Services Division at the Spokane (WA) Regional Health District. The original version has been downloaded thousands and thousands of times and has been used by both individuals and organizations.
The updated flyer can be downloaded, distributed, and used freely. It is available in the following languages:
Family Hui, a Program of Lead for Tomorrow, provided generous support towards the creation and translation of this flyer. This resource was reviewed by the California Collaborative ACEs Learning and Quality Improvement Collaborative (CALQIC) Patient Community Advisory Board. CALQIC also supported translation of the document.
PAST Post: Thanks to the Community & Family Services Division at the Spokane (WA) Regional Health District for putting together this handout for parents.
I found out about it when while doing a story about the trauma-informed elementary schools in Spokane, WA. Public health nurse Melissa Charbonneau mentioned that she'd been giving this to parents while working in neighborhoods near Whitman Elementary School in Spokane.
We've updated it. Feel free to download and distribute.
Our hope is that these can be shared with parents, teachers, survivors, medical professionals, and others.
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