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On April 6th, 2015, the Philadelphia ACE Taskforce convened the members for the quarterly meeting. The meeting included two presentations from experts on adverse childhood experiences and trauma. Jonathan Purtle, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management & Policy, School of Public Health Drexel University Presentation: Trauma Policy Research: Charting a Course (download it from the bottom of this post) Jane Aronson, MD Orphan Doctor-World Wide Orphans Foundation...

Maggie thank you for raising awareness about another sector that could benefit from knowing about the implications of ACES. Please keep us posted on your efforts to spread the work among the legal community and if let us know if there ways this on-line community can assist you.

Very interesting, Maggie. Can you recommend some local legal groups that are looking for speakers at monthly/quarterly/annual meetings? Perhaps some people in this group could do presentations about ACEs. Cheers, Jane

Thanks for the reply, Jane. Actually, Tim Clement will be presenting about stigma and ACEs at my organization, Philadelphia Legal Assistance, later this month. We are targeting the non-Family Law advocates, specifically. Following Tim's presentation, the supervising attorney of the Family Law Unit, who has some expertise on trauma, will lead a discussion on what strategies PLA's Family Law advocates currently employ to meet the needs of clients who have experienced trauma and encourage the...