A Metaphor for Practicing Resilience Handout from ACEs Aware grantee the Kyer Group that uses scuba diving as a useful metaphor for practicing and building resiliency.
ACEs Connection Website News and information on ACEs and how to connect to networks of ACE resources.
American Academy of Pediatrics – Center on Healthy Resilient Children This center will focus on resilience in children and families for long-term health.
American Academy of Pediatrics – The Resilience Project The resilience project is dedicated to helping and protecting today’s youth. This site describes the science of ACEs, toxic stress; becoming a trauma-informed medical home; screening for and responding to trauma symptoms; integration with early brain development; handouts for parents.
American Academy of Pediatrics – The Resilience Project Training Toolkit The training toolkit is an education tool for pediatricians, residents, medical home teams, and others to better understand the effects of exposure to violence and how to approach the issue in the pediatric medical home setting.
American Academy of Pediatrics – The Resilience Project, Posters These 4 ads can be used to educate pediatricians and other health care professionals about the important role they play in identifying children who have been exposed to violence or are experiencing toxic stress. They’re ideal for physically hanging in staff lounges, hallways, or other high-traffic areas. They can also be used for newsletters and other promotional pieces.
American Academy of Pediatrics – Webinars on Toxic Stress and Resilience Webinars on toxic stress and resilience.
American Academy of Pediatrics – When Things Aren’t Perfect: Caring for Yourself and Your Children Handout for parents about caring for themselves and children.
American Academy of Pediatrics – The Resilience Project – Related AAP Policy A number of AAP policy statements and clinical reports that can help guide pediatricians and the medical home in identifying and treating children exposed to violence.
American Academy of Pediatrics – The Resilience Project Website What providers can do in clinical practice to address ACEs and toxic stress to help and protect youth.
American Academy of Pediatrics Brief: Promoting Children’s Health and Resilience – A Strengthening Families Approach This document provides pediatricians and other health care providers with prevention and intervention resources.
American Psychological Association – Help Center A consumer resource featuring information related to psychological issues affecting your daily physical and emotional well-being.
American Psychological Association – How psychologists can help An American Psychological Association (APA) fact sheet series, “How psychologists can help,” provides insight into how psychologists can help patients manage a range of chronic health conditions.
California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity (4CA) – Action Plan 4CA is a cross-sector advocacy organization that includes child welfare, early childhood, education, health, and youth justice collaboration in joint advocacy towards resolving ACEs.
California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity (4CA) – Learning Series Webinars on state-level policy approaches to addressing childhood adversity.
Center for Youth Wellness – Provider Resilience: Staying Healthy to Support Healthy Families (English) A handout that includes tips for providers that promote their resilience and prevent burnout. Also Available in: Spanish
Center for Youth Wellness and ZERO TO THREE – Good Sleep Habits (English) Patient handout on children’s sleeping habits. Also Available in: Spanish | Portuguese
Center for Youth Wellness and ZERO TO THREE – How to Reduce the Effects of ACEs and Toxic Stress (English) Patient handout that provides tips on ways to reduce children’s effects of toxic stress. Also Available in: Spanish | Portuguese
Center for Youth Wellness and ZERO TO THREE – Improving Mental Health (English) Patient handout on ways to improve children’s mental health. Also Available in: Spanish | Portuguese
Center for Youth Wellness and ZERO TO THREE – Promoting Exercise (English) Patient handout on promoting exercise to children. Also Available in: Spanish | Portuguese
Center for Youth Wellness and ZERO TO THREE – The Benefit of Supportive Relationships (English) Patient handout for families about maintaining supportive relationships. Also Available in: Spanish | Portuguese
Center for Youth Wellness and ZERO TO THREE – Tips for Nutrition (English) Patient handout about nutrition tips for children. Also Available in: Spanish | Portuguese
Center for Youth Wellness and ZERO TO THREE – Using Mindfulness (English) Patient handout about using mindfulness as a tool to reduce toxic stress. Also Available in: Spanish | Portuguese
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University – Building Core Capabilities for Life The Science Behind the Skills Adults Need to Succeed in Parenting and in the Workplace. This document details the science behind prolonged stress impacts and rebuilding skills to succeed in adulthood, oriented towards any service provider.
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University – Building Core Capabilities for Life: The Science Behind the Skills Adults Need to Succeed in Parenting and in the Workplace This document details the science behind prolonged stress impacts and rebuilding skills to succeed in adulthood, oriented towards any service provider.
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University – In Brief: The Science of Resilience This brief is part of a series that summarizes essential scientific findings from Center publications.
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University – Tipping the Scales: The Resilience Game This interactive feature shows how the choices we make can help children and the community as a whole become more resilient in the face of serious challenges.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention – Children Benefit When Parents Have Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships (To Print) A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact sheet on how children benefit when parents have safe, stable, nurturing relationships.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention – Sleep Hygiene Recommendations This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web page provides information on how much sleep is recommended by age group and habits for improving sleep.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Children Benefit When Parents Have Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships A brief describing the importance of safe, stable, nurturing relationships, written for a lay audience.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Essentials for Childhood This document describes a framework to guide communities’ (“community” refers to any group with shared interests such as neighborhoods, counties, states, and professional groups) activities that will support the types of relationships and environments that help children grow up to be healthy and productive members of their communities so that they, in turn, can build stronger and safer families and communities for their children.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Parent Information Helpful tips for positive and effective parenting at different ages.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Preventing ACEs to Improve U.S. Health Press release regarding ACEs having been linked to at least 5 of the top 10 leading causes of death.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Public Health Leadership Initiative The Public Health Leadership (PHL) Initiative believes public health agencies can make great strides in preventing child maltreatment. From 2010-2013, the PHL Initiative worked with national and state public health leaders to better understand successes and challenges of public health efforts to address child maltreatment.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Risk and Protective Factors Helpful tips for positive and effective parenting at different ages.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Technical Packages for Violence Prevention: Using Evidence-based Strategies in Your Violence Prevention Efforts The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed technical packages to help states and communities take advantage of the best available evidence to prevent violence.
Families Thrive Families Thrive is a Contra Costa, CA-based cross-sectoral partnership to address needs of children and families impacted by trauma, including intimate partner violence.
Handout for Adults on How to Lower Toxic Stress (To Print) (English) A Carpinteria Children’s Project handout for adults on how to lower toxic stress. Also Available in: Spanish
Handout for Parents/Families on How to Lower Toxic Stress – English (To Print) A Carpinteria Children’s Project handout for parents and families on how to lower toxic stress and create safe, stable, nurturing environments (english).
Healthychildren.org – How Taking Care of Yourself Makes You a Better Mom Article on the AAP Parenting website about self-care for mothers.
Let’s Get Health California – Healthy Beginnings: Reducing Adverse Childhood Experiences The Let’s Get Healthy California Task Force, created in 2012, is comprised of health leaders who came together to create key priorities and data indicators in a ten-year plan to make California the healthiest state in the nation.
Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC) MARC is a learning collaborative of 14 communities across the US engaged in building a movement for a just, healthy, and resilient world, in which they share best practices and receive financial and technical assistance in advancing ACEs-informed work across sectors, including early childhood education, aging, healthcare, and juvenile justice.
NAMI Crisis Text Line – Text NAMI to 741-741 Connect with a trained crisis counselor to receive free, 24/7 crisis support via text message.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine – Call 800-950-NAMI (6264) The NAMI HelpLine can be reached at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or info@nami.org Monday through Friday, 10 am – 6 pm ET. The NAMI HelpLine is a free, nationwide peer-support service providing information, resource referrals and support to people living with a mental health conditions, their family members and caregivers, mental health providers and the public. HelpLine staff and volunteers are experienced, well-trained and able to provide guidance.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network – Treatments & Practices Overview of treatments and practices for healing from trauma.
National Council for Behavioral Health – Fostering Resilience & Recovery Change Package The National Council is the nation’s voice of mental health and addiction providers who care for 10 million adults and children. To better address trauma in primary care, Kaiser Permanente and the National Council for Behavioral Health (National Council) launched the Trauma-Informed Care Primary Care: Fostering Resilience and Recovery initiative to develop, test, disseminate and scale a field-informed Change Package.
National Council for Behavioral Health Website The nation’s voice of mental health and addiction providers who care for 10 million adults and children.
National Domestic Violence Hotline – Call 800-799-SAFE (7233) Trained expert advocates are available 24/7 to provide confidential support to anyone experiencing domestic violence or seeking resources and information. Help is available in Spanish and other languages.
National Sexual Assault Hotline – Call 800-656-HOPE (4673) Connect with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area that offers access to a range of free services. Crisis chat support is available at Online Hotline. Free help, 24/7.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Call 800-273-TALK (8255) If you or someone you know is in crisis—whether they are considering suicide or not—please call the toll-free Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) to speak with a trained crisis counselor 24/7. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline connects you with a crisis center in the Lifeline network closest to your location. Your call will be answered by a trained crisis worker who will listen empathetically and without judgment. The crisis worker will work to ensure that you feel safe and help identify options and information about mental health services in your area. Your call is confidential and free.
Preventing and Mitigating the Harmful Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences Through School-Based Systems of Care Grantee: Healthcare Integrated Services This paper presents findings from interviews with school stakeholders that help to identify promising practices for school-based integrated systems of care as well as barriers and facilitators to implementing and sustaining school-based integrated models.
Stress Health – Practical Steps for Building Resilience This site provides practical tips on how to incorporate building blocks into a kid’s day to help them bounce back.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – Mental Health Facilities Locator This locator can help you find community outpatient, inpatient and residential treatment facilities, including affordable mental health services in your area
The Burke Foundation, The Nicholson Foundation, Turrell Fund, FSG – ACEs: Opportunities to Prevent, Protect Against, and Heal from the Effects of ACEs in New Jersey This 2019 report describes New Jersey’s statewide effort to address ACEs.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Website The mission of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network is to raise the standard of care and improve access to the services for traumatized children, their families, and communities throughout the United States.
Too Small to Fail – ACEs, Toxic Stress, and the Importance of Relationships in Supporting Children’s Development This 2-page document discusses the impact of ACEs on health and the importance of stable, nurturing relationships – it is a companion piece to Too Small to Fail’s report, “Not Just ‘Soft Skills’: How Young Children’s Learning & Health Benefit from Strong Social-Emotional Development.” (Scroll down to bottom of webpage)
Triple-P Parenting Positive Parenting Program—tips for caregiving through 16 years, with additional, formal (paid) online and in-person courses.