*Resources on ACEs, Toxic Stress, and Resilience:
Please note: This information contains language, visuals, and statements regarding abuse and neglect, and may be activating/triggering. Please view with caution
**Please start here:
Many have heard of the ACEs Study. It is important that we recognize the strengths and limitations of the study, and specifically, the use of the ACEs Survey. Click here to watch a video of one of the Co-Principal Investigators, Dr. Rob Anda, share this information.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study information
ACEs visuals/infographics:
Watch: Clips/videos that help us learn about ACEs, how our brains function during times of stress, and how to build resilience:
Websites: Resources for schools, caregivers, and communities:
Follow: Authors/Leaders in the field:
Podcasts:
Books: for Educators, Caregivers, or any adult working with youth who have experienced trauma:
The Body Keeps the Score-Bessel van der Kolk, MD
The Boy who was Raised as a Dog-Dr. Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD and Maia Szalavitz
Childhood Disrupted-Donna Nakazawa
In an Unspoken Voice-Peter Levine, PhD (or anything written by Peter Levine)
It Didn't Start with You (Epigenetics)-Mark Wolynn
Supporting and Educating Traumatized Students-Eric Rossen, Robert Hull
Born for Love-Dr. Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD and Maia Szalavitz
The Deepest Well-Nadine Burke-Harris, MD
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing-David Treleaven, PhD
Resilient-Rick Hanson, PhD (anything written by Rick Hanson)
Widen the Window: Training Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma-Elizabeth Stanley, PhD
Working with Grieving and Traumatized Children and Adolescents-William Steele and Caelan Kuban
Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future-Brendtro, Brokenleg, and Van Brockern
Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection, Deb Dana
Unwritten: The Story of a Living System-Dr. Lori Desautels, and Michael McKnight, MA
Connections over Compliance-Dr. Lori Desautels
The Explosive Child-Ross Greene, PhD (or anything written by Ross Greene)
Lost at School-Ross Greene, PhD
The Whole Brain Child-Daniel Seigel, MD, and Tina Payne-Bryson, PhD (Anything by these two authors)
No Drama Discipline-Daniel Seigel, MD, and Tina Payne-Bryson, PhD
The Yes Brain-Daniel Seigel, MD, and Tina Payne-Bryson, PhD
Fostering Resilient Learners-Kristin Souers and Pete Hall
Help for Billy-Heather Forbes
Teens Who Hurt-Kenneth Hardy, Kathy Lazloffy
Poor Students, Rich Teaching (and other books from author Eric Jensen)
Permission to Feel-Dr Marc Brackett (works specifically with increasing our Emotional Intelligence)
Resilience Factors (From Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris' book "The Deepest Well"):
How to combat ACEs:
1) Stop exposure to adversity
2) empower parent/guardian to be a buffer to toxic stress
3)Build coping skills and emotional competencies via social-emotional learning and increasing our "EQ" or Emotional Intelligence
4) Finding a skill or skills in which we feel confident and proud
5) Being part of and contributing to something bigger than ourselves (volunteer work, faith-based communities, tribal communities, athletics or performing arts)
Six-Factor Approach to building resiliency:
1) Talking to a trained mental health professional to help process any trauma or feelings surrounding ACEs
2) Nutrition
3) Sleep
4) Exercise
5) Building healthy relationships with those who are the three C's: Competent, Caring, and Consistent
6) Mindfulness/Meditation practices that are trauma-sensitive
How to find mental health supports:
Please note: This information contains language, visuals, and statements regarding abuse and neglect, and may be activating/triggering. Please view with caution
**Please start here:
Many have heard of the ACEs Study. It is important that we recognize the strengths and limitations of the study, and specifically, the use of the ACEs Survey. Click here to watch a video of one of the Co-Principal Investigators, Dr. Rob Anda, share this information.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study information
- PACEs Connection: Positive & Adverse Childhood Experiences (Formally ACEs Connection)
- Updated ACEs Pyramid: Kaiser-Permanente
- Updated Michigan ACEs data: Adults and Children (2019)
ACEs visuals/infographics:
- Adverse Community Experiences (ACEs Tree) and Building Community Resilience
- PACEs Work: Three Realms of ACEs
- The "Truth About ACEs" Infographic
- Updated ACEs Pyramid: Kaiser-Permanente
- NICABM: How Trauma Impacts Four Different Types of Memory (Live link; just click here)
Watch: Clips/videos that help us learn about ACEs, how our brains function during times of stress, and how to build resilience:
- Whole People: Childhood Trauma www.pbs.org/video/whole-people-101-childhood-trauma-3swqgb/
- Pediatrician, Public Health advocate, ACEs advocate: Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris’ TED Talk on ACEs (2014): https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime?language=en
- Dr. Vincent Felitti: Physician at Kaiser Permanente, Lead Investigator of ACEs Study: https://youtu.be/y3cCAcGeG8E
- Kids Want to Know: Why we Lose Control of our Emotions: https://youtu.be/3bKuoH8CkFc
- Edutopia (George Lucas Educational Foundation): The Power of Relationships in Schools: https://www.edutopia.org/video/power-relationships-schools
- Brene Brown’s clip on Empathy vs Sympathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw
- Center for Disease Control (CDC): We Can Prevent ACEs: https://youtu.be/8gm-lNpzU4g
- Center for the Developing Child-Harvard University:
- Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqO7YoMsccU
- What is Resilience?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVwFkcOZHJw
Websites: Resources for schools, caregivers, and communities:
- Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators: wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u57/2013/child-trauma-toolkit.pdf
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network: https://www.nctsn.org/
- Complex Trauma Treatment Network: https://www.cttntraumatraining.org/
- Center for the Developing Child: Harvard University: developingchild.harvard.edu/
- Resource site for Resilience Documentary: kpjrfilms.co/resilience/resources/
- Resource site for Paper Tigers Documentary: https://kpjrfilms.co/paper-tigers/
- CDC (Center for Disease Control) ACEs page: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/
- ACEs Too High: General population info: https://acestoohigh.com/
- PACEs Connection: https://www.acesconnection.com/
- Trauma-Informed Positive Behavior Supports: https://www.tipbs.com/
- Beyond Consequences Institute (Heather Forbes, author of “Help for Billy”): http://www.beyondconsequences.com/
- Center for Adolescent Studies: https://centerforadolescentstudies.com/
- Traumatic Stress Institute: https://traumaticstressinstitute.org/
- Trauma-Informed Teacher: www.thetraumainformedteacher.com
Follow: Authors/Leaders in the field:
- Nadine Burke-Harris MD, Physician and Surgeon General of California
- Heather Forbes, Beyond Consequences
- Dr. Pat Ogden. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
- William (Bill) Steele, MSW, PsyD, TLC/STARR Commonwealth: https://starr.org/
- Dr. Dan Siegel, Whole-Brain Child author
- Dr. Bruce Perry, Child Trauma Academy: https://www.childtrauma.org/
- Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
- Ross Greene PhD
- Dr. Peter Levine, Somatic Experiencing
- Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff, Harvard Medical School, Center for the Developing Child: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/
- Dr. Robert Rhoton, Arizona Trauma Institute
- Dr. Sam Hermstein, Center for Adolescent Studies
- Dr. Lori Desautels, https://revelationsineducation.com/
Podcasts:
- Trauma-Informed Education (run by Trauma-Informed PBIS): https://www.tipbs.com/
- The Brain Architects (run by Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University): https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/the-brain-architects-podcast-brain-architecture-laying-the-foundation/)
- Trauma-Informed Lens: https://connectingparadigms.org/podcast-2/
- Polyvagal Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/polyvagal-podcast/id1452037362
- Neuroscience meets Social Emotional Learning: https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/
- Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trauma-informed-educators-network-podcast/id1480791597
- Transforming Trauma: https://narmtraining.com/transformingtrauma/
- The Trauma Therapist: https://www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/category/podcast/
- Neuroscience Meets SEL podcast: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.listennotes.com/podcasts/neuroscience-meets-social-and-emotional-OJ-fLpuId2C/amp/
- Being Well Podcast: https://www.rickhanson.net/being-well-podcast/
- Conscious Discipline Podcast: Real Talk for Real Teachers: https://consciousdiscipline.com/e-learning/podcast/
Books: for Educators, Caregivers, or any adult working with youth who have experienced trauma:
The Body Keeps the Score-Bessel van der Kolk, MD
The Boy who was Raised as a Dog-Dr. Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD and Maia Szalavitz
Childhood Disrupted-Donna Nakazawa
In an Unspoken Voice-Peter Levine, PhD (or anything written by Peter Levine)
It Didn't Start with You (Epigenetics)-Mark Wolynn
Supporting and Educating Traumatized Students-Eric Rossen, Robert Hull
Born for Love-Dr. Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD and Maia Szalavitz
The Deepest Well-Nadine Burke-Harris, MD
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing-David Treleaven, PhD
Resilient-Rick Hanson, PhD (anything written by Rick Hanson)
Widen the Window: Training Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma-Elizabeth Stanley, PhD
Working with Grieving and Traumatized Children and Adolescents-William Steele and Caelan Kuban
Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future-Brendtro, Brokenleg, and Van Brockern
Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection, Deb Dana
Unwritten: The Story of a Living System-Dr. Lori Desautels, and Michael McKnight, MA
Connections over Compliance-Dr. Lori Desautels
The Explosive Child-Ross Greene, PhD (or anything written by Ross Greene)
Lost at School-Ross Greene, PhD
The Whole Brain Child-Daniel Seigel, MD, and Tina Payne-Bryson, PhD (Anything by these two authors)
No Drama Discipline-Daniel Seigel, MD, and Tina Payne-Bryson, PhD
The Yes Brain-Daniel Seigel, MD, and Tina Payne-Bryson, PhD
Fostering Resilient Learners-Kristin Souers and Pete Hall
Help for Billy-Heather Forbes
Teens Who Hurt-Kenneth Hardy, Kathy Lazloffy
Poor Students, Rich Teaching (and other books from author Eric Jensen)
Permission to Feel-Dr Marc Brackett (works specifically with increasing our Emotional Intelligence)
Resilience Factors (From Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris' book "The Deepest Well"):
How to combat ACEs:
1) Stop exposure to adversity
2) empower parent/guardian to be a buffer to toxic stress
3)Build coping skills and emotional competencies via social-emotional learning and increasing our "EQ" or Emotional Intelligence
4) Finding a skill or skills in which we feel confident and proud
5) Being part of and contributing to something bigger than ourselves (volunteer work, faith-based communities, tribal communities, athletics or performing arts)
Six-Factor Approach to building resiliency:
1) Talking to a trained mental health professional to help process any trauma or feelings surrounding ACEs
2) Nutrition
3) Sleep
4) Exercise
5) Building healthy relationships with those who are the three C's: Competent, Caring, and Consistent
6) Mindfulness/Meditation practices that are trauma-sensitive
How to find mental health supports:
- If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, dial 988
- Crisis support: text "HOME" to 741741 (www.crisistextline.org/texting-in)
- Find a therapist: www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
- LGBTQ-specific helpline: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
- Traverse City regional crisis support via NLCMH FAST Team: 1-833-295-0616
- OK2SAY (click here for live link): Anyone can report tips confidentially on criminal activities or potential harm directed at students, school employees, or schools. Tips can be submitted 24/7
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