ANNOTATION: “This paper explores the prison as a possible site of re-traumatization. The reasoning behind this is that prisons are built on an ethos of power, surveillance and control, yet trauma sufferers require safety in order to begin...
Justice shouldn't expire. Reform the statute of Limitations for Child Sex Abuse. View this gripping documentary to learn why. MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD On HBO in February....
"Philadelphia's Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability has received $1.6 million to care for children sufferin from emotional trauma. Abuse, neglect, witnessing violence, injuries; these traumatic events can scar children...
"Reaching the highest risk children. It is estimated that 108,000 of Oregon ’s children ages 0-6 are at risk of not being ready for kindergarten due to poverty, adverse childhood experiences , and other well-researched risk factors. Hubs must...
Abstract Mouse primordial germ cells (PGCs) undergo sequential epigenetic changes and genome-wide DNA demethylation to reset the epigenome for totipotency. Here, we demonstrate that erasure of CpG methylation (5mC) in PGCs occurs via conversion to...
ACEsConnection member Karen White wrote this op-ed to the Sun Journal. "In response to the Jan. 13 editorial recognizing that “something at the core is causing the U.S.” to fare so poorly in nine major health areas, I am...
Abstract Childhood adversity can have powerful effects on health over the life course. Persistent changes in cell-mediated immune function may be one pathway linking adverse childhood experiences with later disease risk. However, limited...
There have been lots of stories coming out of Minnesota. "The Minnesota Department of Health surveyed 13,520 Minnesota adults in 2011 and found that 55 percent of them reported having at least one adverse childhood experience such as divorce or...
"The Family Advocacy Center at Baystate Children’s Hospital has been awarded a $1.6 million federal grant to further their essential services and support of area children and families who have experienced psychological trauma. "The grant –...
Honorable Mayor Johnson: As the Founder and Executive Director of Smile At Your Baby!, and as an active member of the ACEsConnection .com , I respectfully urge the City of Pullman to research and implement adverse childhood experiences...
"A large percentage of the children law enforcement interacts with have a trauma history. Tips for coping with life’s stressors and being resilient can be taught by officers on scene, as well as, in daily interactions. The Substance Abuse and...
"Based on published research to date, we know that military youth and parent-child relationships are negatively affected by Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) deployments, and furthermore, these effects are most acute during...
ACEsConnection members Mark Brown and Teri Barila are featured in this article. "Students who had been waiting to be matched with a mentor enjoyed their first lunch with a new friend. As coordinator of the Friends ABC Program at Davis, Nordgren...
"There is a health crisis in this country (as well as worldwide) that adversely affects one-fifth of the US population. Consequences of this crisis manifest in a wide variety of serious disease conditions....Despite considerable attention drawn...
"With the four-year grant, Akron Children’s becomes a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), whose mission is to improve the quality, effectiveness, and availability of services for children and families who experience...