Reply to "Community initiatives that raise awareness of ACEs and toxic stress among parents and caregivers?"

Dawn Daum posted:

Roshni Wadhwani posted:

Hi everyone!

I am interested in learning about different models for local community initiatives that (i) raise parent and caregiver awareness of ACEs and toxic stress, and (ii) help parents and caregivers develop the knowledge and skills to protect children from the negative effects of ACEs and toxic stress.

These could be peer-to-peer models, trusted messenger models, training-of-trainers models etc. For example, I recently learnt about the Healthy Generations Project in the Potrero Terrace and Annex community in San Francisco (https://www.healthygenerationsproject.org/), which is based on a peer-to-peer model. 

I would love to hear about any other community initiatives and projects in this domain that you have come across. 

Thank you so much! 

Best regards,
Roshni

Hi, Roshni. I use my own narrative as a parent with an ace score of 9, and experience co-editing the book Parenting with PTSD to help family systems improve their understanding of triggers and barriers parenting survivors face. I believe that the triggers offer windows into the parts of a parent survivor that still need healing, which provides more opportunity for healing for the family as a whole. If you're interested in learning more about our mission, check out www.parentingwithptsd.com, and please do reach out anytime.

Kindly, ~Dawn

Thank you so much for sharing this rich resource, Dawn!