Part II In Part I of this blog post we explored and laid the foundation for Parts II and III by looking at the effects of ACEs including toxic stress, atypical brain development, and behavioral implications. In Part II we will be looking at different proactive strategies we can implement on a societal level to ensure that children’s needs are met in the early years, including implementation of paid maternity and paternity leave, continuation and improvement of home visit programs, and access...

To all of you, who, like me, love this website and want to see it and its communities flourish as we work to prevent and heal trauma; build resiliency: please know there is a move afoot by a small group of strategic partners to find a suitable host for PACEs Connection. More will be announced in the coming days. In the meantime, friends, we are figuring out email addresses and other communications logistics and opportunities. PEACE! Carey Sipp, former director of strategic partnerships ...

As we’ve recently announced, the CRC Accelerator is taking an indefinite hiatus, but this moment of growth is anything but goodbye. Two years into this unique program, we are aware of the incredible impact access can have on PACEs initiatives and we now have a CRC Fellowship that grows with each CRC graduate.

Introduction A few weeks ago, I was asked to read a critique of positive psychology and provide feedback of the critique. Despite being relatively unacquainted with this topic I decided to do the exercise anyway. As I read the critique, one of the points that stood out to me was that positive psychology does not offer much perspective on social factors that impact our development, and rather argues more for a perspective based on personal responsibility. Given what I know about Adverse...