Child custody evaluations are now adopting a trauma-informed approach that considers ACEs’ lasting impact. This helps better distinguish trauma from manipulation, improves assessment accuracy, and ...

In the mid-1990s, the concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) was introduced through a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This study was ...

What Are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can potentially cause trauma. ACEs aren’t specific. They can include any distressful event between birth and age 17.

New research published in Aggression and Violent Behavior indicates that a history of childhood trauma may not effectively ...

Consider Ethan and Kevin (their names are pseudonyms to protect their privacy), two children that I worked with as an educator and researcher of trauma in schools. Ethan was abandoned by his mother at ...

Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) harm children's developing brains and lead to long term physical and emotional health issues. While we can’t go back and undo early trauma, we can intervene using ...

I was recently working with a young mother who struggled with depression and anxiety in the difficult year following the birth of her child. In addition to managing the herculean task of adjusting to ...

When you think of your early years, what comes to mind? It might be things like diving into a fresh bowl of watermelon on a hot summer day, giggling as your parents pushed you on the swings at the ...