ACEs, Trauma and Resilience

In this intensive workshop, participants will learn about:

• About the ACE study, including the ACE pyramid which provides the conceptual framework for the study;
• Outcomes and findings of the ACE study;
• Team building exercise with the Brain Architecture Game;
• Definition of toxic Stress and its Impact on the developing brain in early childhood and throughout the lifespan;
• Impact of early adversity on lifelong health, mental and physical;
• About the ACEs and Resilience Surveys, including participants’ own scores; How resilience trumps ACEs;
• The importance of creating trauma-informed and resilience-building practices based on the findings of the ACEs research;
• Role plays practicing effective communication strategies, including reflective statements;
• and Shifting thinking and practice to become trauma-Informed.

Trainers from Center for Child Counseling