By learning about Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs) and trauma informed practices, your nonprofit can:
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This is an introduction to PACEs covering: why nonprofits should learn about ACES; the three types of ACEs; the groundbreaking study by the CDC and Kaiser Permanente shedding light on commonality of ACEs; mechanisms by which ACEs impact a person throughout their lifespan; the interconnectedness of the three rhelms of ACEs (household, community, environment); the economic and social costs of ACEs; types of stress responses and impacts on the brain; intergenerational transmission of trauma; six guiding principles for a trauma informed approach; the workplace mental health and wellbeing framework from the office of the surgeon general; using positive experiences to cultivate resilience and promote psychological safety; the five protective factors to prevent, buffer, and heal trauma; the prescription for healing toxic stress; and, a paradigm shift in how we view behavior.
Audio recorded by Cendie Stanford.
Video content curated by the Resilience Network nonprofit sector under the leadership of sector chairs Sandi Vidal and Lynette Fields.
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