ACEs Toolkit for Providers

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The National Crittenton Foundation, in partnership with Ascend at the Aspen Institute, developed this toolkit to guide use of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) survey in direct service, education, and policy settings. The toolkit is designed to promote healing for individuals impacted by childhood trauma, educate the community about the impact of childhood adversity, and encourage implementation of two-generation policies to prevent ACEs for future generations. Materials provided include a tip sheet, sample protocol, case studies, testimonials, and links to additional resources.
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2015-09-30T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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http://nationalcrittenton.org/aces-toolkit-for-providers/
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2015-10-01

Building Core Capabilities for Life

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This report from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University focuses on “core capabilities,” including executive function, and how they can be impacted by toxic stress, leading to challenges with life skills such as parenting and workplace effectiveness. The report discusses how environmental triggers can impact ability to use core capabilities to maintain emotional balance, and reviews how and when these skills develop. The report also includes examples of how excessive stress can alter one’s ability to use core capabilities, and how service providers can help clients build missing capabilities.
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2016-02-29T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/building-core-capabilities-for-lif…
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2016-03-01

“Do You Wanna Breathe or Eat?”: Parent Perspectives on Child Health Consequences of Food Insecurity, Trade-Offs, and Toxic Stress

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This study investigated how parents characterize trade-offs associated with food insecurity with regard to parents’ mental health and child well-being. The results, published in the Maternal and Child Health Journal, suggest that parents in food insecure households recognize that trade-offs between food and other basic necessities are associated with their personal stress and poor mental health, which in turn affects their children’s health and development. Partnerships between health care providers, policymakers, and parents are essential to successfully address and prevent the poor child health outcomes of toxic stress associated with food insecurity and poverty.
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2015-12-31T19:00:00
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http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10995-015-1797-8.pdf
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2016-01-01

Working Toward Well-Being: Community Approaches to Toxic Stress

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In recent years, significant focus has been placed on the concept of toxic stress and the impact of adverse experiences in childhood on lifelong health and development. As scientific understanding continues to grow, community leaders are searching for ways to prevent and respond to toxic stress in the lives of young children and their families, in order to achieve healthy development and well-being for all children. Leaders from six communities worked together in 2015 with the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) through the Early Childhood-LINC Learning Lab on Community Approaches to Toxic Stress. The communities learned from each other’s experiences, discussed the challenges and opportunities they face, and generated ideas to improve the response to toxic stress in their own communities and in others. This issue brief presents their experiences and recommendations.
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2016-03-31T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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http://www.cssp.org/reform/early-childhood/early-childhood-linc/working-toward-…
Publication Date
2016-04-01

Brain Awareness Night Highlights Importance of Childhood Resilience

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This year’s Brain Awareness Night, hosted in Memphis by the Urban Child Institute and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Neuroscience Institute, featured speakers Dr. Pat Levitt and Dr. Eraina Schauss. They presented on the topic of childhood resilience, which is defined by the American Psychological Association as the ability to adapt well to adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or even significant sources of stress. Resilient children can thrive despite being exposed to risk factors such as poverty. Resilience is not a trait an individual is born with, it is a skill that can be developed.
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2016-03-31T20:00:00
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http://www.urbanchildinstitute.org/articles/features/brain-awareness-night-high…
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2016-04-01

Self-regulation and toxic stress report 3: A comprehensive review of self-regulation interventions from birth through young adulthood

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This report describes the results of a comprehensive review of self-regulation interventions spanning birth to young adulthood and a range of outcomes. It also summarizes the level of evidence for the different interventions. Additionally, the report provides details on the methodological approach and data findings, including figures with detailed descriptions for the reader who is interested in the evidence base supporting the conclusions. (author abstract)

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2015-12-31T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/self-regulation-and-toxic-stress-report-3
Publication Date
2016-01-01

Children’s Contact with Incarcerated Parents

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Over half of the 2.3 million inmates in the United States are parents of children under the age of 18. Children with incarcerated parents are more likely to exhibit trauma symptoms than other children, and they are at an increased risk of developing behavior problems, substance abuse, academic difficulties, criminal activity, and physical and mental health conditions. Having regular contact with incarcerated parents through visits, phone calls, and other means of communication is important for family well-being during and following incarceration. This report from the Institute for Research on Poverty highlights research that shows the link between parental incarceration and trauma symptoms can be mediated through quality parental visitation experiences.
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2015-12-31T19:00:00
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http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc322c.pdf
Publication Date
2016-01-01

Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services

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This Treatment Improvement Protocol from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) explains how an organization can practice trauma-informed care. It discusses what trauma and trauma-informed care are and explains the practical application of this knowledge in service work. The resource also includes a section on what trauma-informed organizations do to improve their practice and how they educate their staff.
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2016-04-03T20:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207201/

Executive Functioning Training Module

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This 2012 training module from the Washington State Department of Early Learning provides an overview of executive functioning skills, what they are, how they affect children and provides tips to child care workers.

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2012-01-31T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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http://deltraining.com/courses/Executive_Function/content-frame.htm
Publication Date
2012-02-01

Washington State Frontiers of Innovation Cluster Overview

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Washington state was among an initial cohort of Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child innovation clusters, a network of pilot sites within the state that links human service programs with university-based researchers to address issues of toxic stress, executive function and early learning.

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2011-12-31T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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SFS Sites
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City/County
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http://developingchild.harvard.edu/innovation-application/washington-cluster/
Publication Date
2012-01-01