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CDC Webpage on ACEs
This webpage provides information about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). It has information on risks, prevention, research, resources, etc. related to ACEs.
Addiction doc says: It’s not the drugs. It’s the ACEs…adverse childhood experiences.”
This website provides background information on ACEs as well as a test to determine the number of ACEs a person has. There is also research and resources linked.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
This website provides information about specific types of trauma (including symptoms and behaviors associated with the trauma), resources for addressing the trauma, and information on treatments that work.
Take The ACE Quiz – And Learn What It Does And Doesn’t Mean
This website links the ACEs quiz and also information to decipher what the score you received means.
A Guide to SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework
Prevention planners are pressed to put in place solutions to urgent substance misuse problems facing their communities. But research and experience have shown that prevention must begin with an understanding of these complex behavioral health problems within their complex environmental contexts; only then can communities establish and implement effective plans to address substance misuse. Read this document to understand the framework that SAMHSA has created.
Trauma Informed Communities: How trauma impacts ourselves, our communities and our response to COVID-19
This workshop discusses the neurobiology of trauma, community trauma and inherent community resilience, how COVID-19 is impacting our levels of toxic stress, and how we can take tangible steps to heal ourselves individually and transform our organizations into trauma-responsive agencies.