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The following online resources are meant to serve as further educational tools for learning more about the topics of brain development, ACEs, trauma-informed care, and resilience. If there are any resources you would like to see added to this page, please e-mail us at whatsyourconnection@gmail.com.

General

Brain Development, ACEs, Trauma

• How Brains are Built: The Core Story of Brain Development

• Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

  • Resource Library

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: ACE Study

• Iowa ACEs 360

  • Overview: The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study in Iowa

• Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) - Parent Handout

• The Impact of Trauma

• Beyond Trauma: Building Resilience to Adverse Childhood Experiences

Trauma-Informed Care + Trauma-Informed Communities

• The Trauma Informed Care Project

• Training on Trauma-Informed Care

• Sesame Street in Communities

  • Traumatic Experiences Video

  • Resilience Video

Resilience

• Community Resiliency Cookbook

• Lemonade for Life

• Resilience Trumps ACEs

• The Resiliency Quiz

News/Blogs

• ACEs Too High

• PACEs Connection Network (formerly ACEs Connection)

Videos

• Resilience (Documentary)

• What is Resilience

• Center on the Developing Child at Harvard:

  • InBrief: What is Resilience?

  • InBrief: How Resilience is Built

  • InBrief: The Science of Resilience

• The Resilience Effect

• ACES Primer

• We Can Prevent ACEs

• How Does a Community Become Trauma Informed

• How to Prevent Caregiver Burnout

Education

Connections Matter

• Education White Paper

• Early Education White Paper

Trauma-Informed Classrooms

• Trauma-Sensitive Schools

• Resources for Schools to Help Students Affected by Trauma Learn

• NCTSN's Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators

• Unlocking the Door to Learning: Trauma-Informed Classrooms & Transformational Schools

• Collaborative Learning for Educational Achievement and Resilience (CLEAR) Trauma-Informed Schools White Paper

Building Resilience

• 27 Resilience Activities and Worksheets for Students and Adults

• 8 Ways to Help Your Students Build Resiliency

Videos

• Paper Tigers (Documentary)

• Why We Need Trauma-Sensitive Schools

• Bringing Love into Our Schools

• EDTalks: Mark Sander "Trauma-Informed Classrooms"

• A Journey Towards Trauma Informed Schools

Healthcare

Connections Matter

• Health Care White Paper

Training Modules

• Pediatric Trauma-Informed Care Module

Developing Trauma-Informed Care Systems

• Issue Brief: Key Ingredients for Successful Trauma-Informed Care Implementation

• Report: Models for Developing Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health Systems and Trauma-Specific Services

• The Amazing Brain Series

Videos

• How childhood trauma affects health care across a lifetime

• Adverse Childhood Experiences: Connecting the Developmental Lens of Our Society

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