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Learn about ACEs and Positive Childhood Experiences, how to reverse the effects of ACEs, and more.

What are Adverse Childhood Events? California’s first Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris gives a simple explanation and discusses the science behind Adverse Childhood Experiences and toxic stress and why there is hope for healing—at any age.
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime, to the point where those who’ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer. An impassioned plea for pediatric medicine to confront the prevention and treatment of trauma, head-on.

The Adverse Childhood Events Study — the landmark public health study that you never heard of

Want to learn more about the beginnings of the ACE Study? This article covers the people behind the study and how they came to understand that Adverse Childhood Events are often behind people's behaviors, mental health issues, and unhealthy coping skills.

 

The Adverse Childhood Events Questionnaire

Take the questionnaire here and learn about some of the primary findings of the study. Also learn about PCEs — Positive Childhood Experiences that can change how we respond to our ACEs.

Building Resilience Together

LCVRC is resourced through annual membership fees and donations from supporters and grants. Our volunteer board dedicates hours of service every year to run high impact campaigns, deliver comprehensive adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and Trauma-Informed trainings, hold conferences, and create a culture to raise awareness and spread best practices to help our community build resilience to ACEs and promote positive childhood experiences (PCEs) . We invest in our community because we know we’re worth it. If you believe in this strategy, we invite you to join our community of supporters!


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