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The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study showed that for 17,337 patients, childhood trauma correlated to serious adult medical conditions. “Contrary to conventional belief," says co-Director Vincent Felitti, MD, "time does not heal all wounds, since humans convert traumatic emotional experiences in childhood into organic disease later in life.”
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Healing Student Trauma: Film Debut, Orange County
Save the date Oct. 14 in Orange County, CA! It’s the OC’s first screening of James Redford’s “Paper Tigers,” a film on how Lincoln Alternative High heals traumatized students with new relationships. Such “Trauma-Informed Care” has begun in schools, medical settings, … Continue reading
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Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, brain science, Emotional pain, James Redford, Jim Sporleder, Lincoln High School, Paper Tigers, Toxic Stress, Trauma-Informed Care
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Can School Heal Kids?
Can School Heal Children in Pain? – Guest Blog by “Paper Tigers” Director James Redford, original date June 3 (photo courtesy of Mr. Redford). After learning about the overwhelming effects of childhood trauma, I decided to make a film about … Continue reading
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Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, brain science, Emotional pain, James Redford, Jim Sporleder, Lincoln High School, Paper Tigers, Toxic Stress, Trauma-Informed Care
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‘Paper Tigers’ Film: ACE Trauma Can Be Healed
“Resilience practices overcome students’ ACEs in trauma-informed high school, say the data” — Guest Blog by Jane Stevens, Founder of ACEsConnection.com Three years ago, the story about how Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tried a new approach to … Continue reading
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Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, brain science, Emotional pain, James Redford, Jim Sporleder, Lincoln High School, Paper Tigers, Toxic Stress, Trauma-Informed Care
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California ACEs Summit
At California’s first ACEs summit November 5-7, “Children Can Thrive,” over 200 health professionals, policy leaders and advocates gathered in San Francisco. They created a national model for a statewide dialogue on the biggest public health problem facing California today: … Continue reading
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Pediatricians Screen for Child Trauma
“To prevent childhood trauma, pediatricians screen children and their parents…and sometimes, just parents…for childhood trauma” — guest blog by Jane Ellen Stevens, Editor, ACEsTooHigh.com and ACEsConnection.com When parents bring their four-month-olds to a well-baby checkup at the Children’s Clinic in Portland, … Continue reading
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