A national initiative aimed at understanding how trauma-informed approaches can be practically implemented across the health care sector.
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Webinar on October 16, 2018 featuring Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and Dr. Edward Machtinger
A Technical Assistance Tool by Meryl Schulman and Alexandra Maul in 2019.
From Treaters to Healers videos features practitioners from The Bronx, Philadelphia, and San Francisco who are leading a movement to improve health care for patients who have experienced trauma.
The Trauma-Informed Care Implementation Resource Center, developed by the Center for Health Care Strategies with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, offers a one-stop information hub for health care providers and other stakeholders interested in implementing trauma-informed care
The User Guide outlines how the Center for Youth Wellness Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire is used at Bayview Child Health Center (BCHC-CYW).
An international leader in the effort to advance pediatric medicine, raise public awareness, and transform the way society responds to children exposed to ACEs and toxic stress.
Provider handout that includes helpful information on how to discuss ACEs with parents.
Also Available in: SpanishA first look at the impact of ACEs in California through four years of data collected by the annual California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
Frequently Asked Questions on How ACEs Affect Health.
A handout that includes tips for providers that promote their resilience and prevent burnout.
Also Available in: SpanishProvider handout on ways to approach families when screening for ACEs.
A handout developed by the Center for Youth Wellness that explains how ACEs impact children and adults.
Stress Health is an initiative of the Center for Youth Wellness, which aims to raise the public’s awareness about ACEs, toxic stress, and concrete strategies for healing.
- The Things we Carry Video: A powerful short video on toxic stress and the importance of breaking the cycle.
Research and background information on ways that ACEs impact the body.
Provider handout on identifying parents ACEs and provide support to them and the entire family as a whole.
Also Available in: SpanishProvider handout that describes the definition of toxic stress.
Also Available in: Spanish | PortuguesePatient handout on children’s sleeping habits.
Also Available in: Spanish | PortuguesePatient handout that provides tips on ways to reduce children’s effects of toxic stress.
Also Available in: Spanish | PortuguesePatient handout on ways to improve children’s mental health.
Also Available in: Spanish | PortuguesePatient handout on toxic stress, how it can cause health issues and how parents can incorporate positive parenting.
Also Available in: Spanish | PortuguesePatient handout on promoting exercise to children.
Also Available in: Spanish | PortuguesePatient handout for families about maintaining supportive relationships.
Also Available in: Spanish | Portuguese