The purpose of this website is to provide monthly research summaries of the most pertinent articles related to abuse, as a support for those whose goal is to create a future of violence-free families. From Stanford University and the National Library of Medicine.

This is an ACEs Aware fact sheet on the science of trauma and toxic stress.

This document explains ACEs and how they contribute to adult physical and mental health outcomes – it is the first in a 6-part series designed for primary care practices.

This program offers child healthcare providers a comprehensive, logical approach to integrating violence prevention efforts in practice and the community. The program takes an asset-based approach to anticipatory guidance, focusing on helping parents and families raise resilient children.

The Early Brain and Child Development project optimal early brain and child development is essential for the health and well-being of children.This site describes the science of ACEs, toxic stress; becoming a trauma-informed medical home; screening for and responding to trauma symptoms; integration with early brain development; handouts for parents.

Webinars on toxic stress and resilience.

Webinar in Sarah Haight, Katie Albright, Jeannette Pai-Espinosa, and Jason Gortney in 2014.

From Treaters to Healers videos features practitioners from The Bronx, Philadelphia, and San Francisco who are leading a movement to improve health care for patients who have experienced trauma.

A first look at the impact of ACEs in California through four years of data collected by the annual California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance

Frequently Asked Questions on How ACEs Affect Health.

A handout developed by the Center for Youth Wellness that explains how ACEs impact children and adults.

An international leader in the effort to advance pediatric medicine, raise public awareness, and transform the way society responds to children exposed to ACEs and toxic stress.

Provider handout that describes the definition and importance of ACEs.

Provider handout that describes the definition of toxic stress.

Patient handout on toxic stress, how it can cause health issues and how parents can incorporate positive parenting.

Step by step facts about the science of toxic stress.

Led by pediatrician Jack Shonkoff, MD, the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, founded in 2006, aggregates and spurs local, national, and international innovation in policy, research, and practice for children and families.

The Center strives to present information, especially scientific information, in a way that is accessible to a wide range of readers.

Applying scientific research to practice and policy.

Infographic about toxic stress.

Summary on the Kaiser ACEs study conducted from 1995 to 1997.

Video series about preventing ACEs.

A Guide for preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences.

Vital Signs report on the prevalence and consequences of ACEs, and the potential for reducing these consequences by preventing ACEs.

“How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime.”

A presentation at the 2018 MIT Picower Institute Spring Symposium.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Trauma and Health, by Megan R. Gerber, MD, MPH, and Emily B. Gerber, PhD. Gerber MR, editor. Trauma-Informed Healthcare Approaches: A Guide for Primary Care. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2019. Posted with permission.

Chapter 2: Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care, by Leigh Kimberg, MD and Margaret Wheeler, MD, Posted with permission. Gerber MR, editor. Trauma-Informed Healthcare Approaches: A Guide for Primary Care. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2019. Posted with permission.

RJ Gillespie’s presentation on Identifying Toxi Stress in Pediatric Practices at the 2015 American Academy of Pediatrics Event.

Webpage on Social Determinants of Health, with emerging solutions

This 2018 brief was written by Shannon Artiga and Elizabeth Hinton

A consensus study report published in 2019 that reviews the social, economic, cultural, and environmental factors significantly affect a child’s health ecosystem and ability to thrive throughout adulthood.

Created by Congress in 2000 as part of the Children’s Health Act to raise the standard of care and increase access to services for children and families who experience or witness traumatic events, this network of frontline providers, family members, researchers, and national partners, works on moving scientific gains quickly into practice. The NCTSN is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Article about treating people who have ACEs published on January 30, 2018:

Article about ACEs as a public health issue nationwide published on November 5, 2019.

This website provides an overview of ACEs, child and family well-being, and early childhood development.

• The Truth about ACEs Infographic
• Access RWJF ACEs articles

This webinar explores how to more effectively address toxic stress in two-generation solutions and how other frameworks – like Strengthening Families – can play a role. Presenters included Ascend at the Aspen Institute and Ascend Network Partners Katie Albright (San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center); Jeannette Pai-Espinosa (The National Crittenton Foundation); and Jason Gortney (The Children’s Home Society of Washington State).

An international leader in the effort to advance pediatric medicine, raise public awareness, and transform the way society responds to children exposed to ACEs and toxic stress.

Article about ACEs impact on the body published on March 21, 2011.