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What are ACES? (Adverse Childhood Experiences)? And what are the impacts of childhood trauma

Graphic Visualization of "What happened to you?"

Background

According to the CDC, ACES are "potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years)

What Happened to You

Dr. Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey

Childhood Trauma & the Brain

6 Factors for Families & Children

  • Parental Resilience

  • Social Connections

  • Concrete Support in Times of Need

  • Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development

  • Social & Emotional Competence of Children

  • Nurturing & Attachment

For more information: https://familywiseservices.org/

Read

B. Brown, Daring Greatly & Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging & the Courage to Stand Alone

N. Burke Harris, The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

B. Dias & K. J. Ressler, "Parental Olfactory Experience Influences Behaviors and Neural Structures in Subsequent Generations." Nature Neuroscience. DOI 10.10138

N. Doidge, The Brain's Way of Healting

E. Galinskiy, The Optomistic Child

K. Ginburg, Building Resilience in Children & Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings

R. Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands

J. Ratey, Spark: The Revolutionary new science of exercise & the brain

D. Siegel & R. Payne Bryson, The Whole-Brain Child

B. Van Der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind & Body in the Healing of Trauma