SAVE THE DATE! ACEs Aware Initiative Webinar [acesaware.org]

By Rafael Maravilla, ACEs Connection Staff

The webinar will provide an overview of the ACEs Aware initiative; why providers should screen for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs); the Medi-Cal certification and payment process; and screening tools, clinical protocols, and resources for providers.

First health-related cost of ACEs study shows $113 billion price tag for California; just one ACE costs $28 billion

By Laurie Udesky, ACEs Connection Reporter

“Year by year we understand more about how adverse childhood experiences damage children and consequently how those affected can follow a course for poor health throughout their lives,” said Mark Bellis, the director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Investment for Health and Well-being, and the author of ACEs-related research. “This paper helps expose how such ACE-impacted life courses also come with a huge financial cost both to the individual with a history of ACEs and those in the families and communities around them.”

Positive Childhood Experiences offset ACEs: Q & A with Dr. Robert Sege about HOPE

By Laurie Udesky, ACEs Connection Reporter

Tufts University medical professor Dr. Robert Sege is the principal investigator for the HOPE framework (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences).The HOPE framework is based on research that shows how positive childhood experiences can mitigate the effects of adverse childhood experiences. Sege spoke with ACEs Connection reporter Laurie Udesky about the HOPE framework and why he believes that conversations about childhood adversity with patients must focus on strengths and building resilience.

Louise Godbold:

Bonnie Berman: The New Child Maltreatment Report Is Now Available

Bonnie Berman: National Child Abuse Prevention Month website

Bonnie Berman: WEBINAR: New data on state early care and education quality initiatives on 2/26

Pat Taylor: We must invest in our youth

Sarah Rock, JD: An Opportunity the Office of Surgeon General Can't Pass Up

Laura Shamblin: 8 Myths About Screening For Adverse Childhood Experiences