Helpful Resources
ACEs Study
The CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study is one of the largest investigations of childhood abuse and neglect and household challenges and later-life health and well-being.
Resilience: Build skills to endure hardship
Resilience helps us identify buffering variables that reverse, prevent, or heal adversity. Read this great article from the Mayo Clinic.
How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime
Watch this video from Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, former Surgeon General of California, and founder and CEO of The Center for Youth Wellness.
Flipping Your Lid
Dr. Dan Siegel, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine describes executive brain functions in both adults and children in order to avoid “flipping your lid".