"Hopeworks has begun a process of learning and implementing a “Trauma Informed Approach” to how we do things here. The model we are using is called Sanctuary. It is an exciting time. I am finding that thinking about trauma and especially...
"With school shootings in the news, it's worth considering how proposed security measures also could lead to results that nobody wants...." "With growing academic pressures, teachers and school administrators also have school police and...
Abstract "There is considerable evidence that stressful early life events influence a variety of physical health problems later in life. Childhood adversity has been linked to elevated rates of morbidity and mortality from a number of chronic...
"This podcast series includes a set of episodes on core concepts of early childhood development which illustrate how childhood experiences shape brain development to either provide a strong foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing or confer...
Nice PowerPoint by authors Renee DeBoard-Lucas, Kate Wasserman, Betsy McAlister Groves, Megan Bair-Merritt from Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Futures Without Violence, and the Family Violence Prevention &Services Program. http://promising.futureswithou...binar_1-22-13-PP.pdf See also book by co-author, Betsy McAlister Groves: Reaching and Teaching Children Who Hurt http://acesconnection.com/grou...ng-children-who-hurt
Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of traumatic childhood events and recent adverse life events, as well as the Disrupted in Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) gene polymorphisms on types of last acute symptoms of patients with...
Long before their falling-out, Jung wrote in an intimate letter to Freud, “... as a boy I was the victim of a sexual assault by a man I once worshipped” (cited in John Kerr's A Most Dangerous Method ). Jung also wrote of his infatuation...
"Published in the Journal of Women's Health, the research focuses on the effects of intimate partner violence (including physical, sexual, and psychological violence) and childhood sexual abuse and how these forms of abuse affected a woman's levels of...
"Yoga has positive effects on mild depression and sleep complaints, even in the absence of drug treatments, and improves symptoms associated with schizophrenia and ADHD in patients on medication, according to a systematic review of the exercise on...
ACEsConnection member, Laura Smith, gives this great talk about ACEs. (43 mins) "Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) from abuse, neglect or family dysfunction can result in social, emotional and cognitive impairment later in life. Laura Smith,...
"The American Bar Association has unveiled a free online resource aimed at helping attorneys who work with work with traumatized youth. In announcing the resource, the ABA cited research showing that most young people entering the juvenile or adult...
We cannot afford to forget that parents have the strongest influence on children’s neurobiological development. Find a child exposed to ACEs and, most certainly, you will find parents who suffered as children. The disorders are easily...
Steve Stone asked a really good question: "I was wondering if there was a way to see who from my state (OH) might also be a member of this site. It would help me to find people in my region who I may be able to collaborate with..." Since...
" Barry Lopez is known for writing about the natural world. His books include Arctic Dreams and Of Wolves and Men, where he explores the relationship between the physical landscape and human culture. But in a new essay in the January issue of...
"In personality psychology one talks of "the big five" – the five most common personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. These qualities influence how a person behaves and are relatively stable...