Information about Trauma, Resiliency, ACEs, and More

Videos

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ACEs Tree

Websites to Visit 

• TREP Project for Educators: Trauma Responsive Educational Practices Project 
• Promoting the Importance of Early Brain Development: Better Brains for Babies
• State Trends in Children's Well-Being: The 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book
• Information on the Original ACEs Study: The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, CDC ACE Study
• Trauma-Informed Approach: SAMHSA​​
• Improving Your Personal Well-Being: 5 Ways to Well-Being​
• Harvard University: Center on the Developing Child
• Raising Public Awareness: National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
• Children's Resilience Initiative: Resilience Trumps ACEs
• ACEs Science Glossary: Common ACEs terms and definitions

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Books

• The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris
  
• How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
• Helping Children Succeed by Paul Tough
• The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry
• Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson
• Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time by Rick Hanson
• How to Train a Wild Elephant and other Lessons in Mindfulness by Jan Chozen Bays
• One Minute Mindfulness – 50 Simple Ways to Find Peace Clarity, and New Possibilities in a Stressed Out World  by Donald Altman
• Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents) by Eline Snel
• Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children by Thich Nhat Hanh & Chan Chau Nghlem
• The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn
• The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions by Christopher Germer
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
• Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman
• Healing Trauma by Daniel Siegel
• Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future by Margaret J. Wheatley​

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Publications and Other Resources

• Why is it so hard to pay attention, or is it? Mindfulness, the factors of awakening and reward-based learning: Brewer, J. A., Davis, J. H., Goldstein, J. (2012)
• Craving to Quit: psychological models and neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness training as treatment for addictions: Brewer, J. A., Elwafi, H. M., Davis, J. H.
• Applying Mindfulness-Based Treatments to Co-Occurring Disorders: What Can We Learn From the Brain?: Brewer, J. A., Smith, J. T., S. Bowen, G. A. Marlatt, M. N. Potenza, (2010)
• Mindfulness intervention for child abuse survivors: A 2.5 year follow-up: Early, MD., Chesney, MA., Frye, J., Greene, PA, Berman, B., and Kimbrough, E. (2014)
• An update on mindfulness meditation as a self-help treatment for anxiety and depression: Edenfield, T and Saeed, S. (2012)
• Federal Partners Committee on Women and Trauma Fact Sheet: NASMHPD 2014 
• Women and Trauma. Federal Approaches and Initiatives: NASMHPD 2013

• In Their Own Words. Trauma Survivors and Professionals they Trust Tell What Hurts, What Helps and What is Needed for Trauma Services: R. Ralph and A. Jennings (1997)
• Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: Evans, S., Ferrando, S., Findler, M., Stowell, C., Smart, C., Haglin, D. (2013)
• Mindfulness-based stress reduction, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and Zen meditation for depression, anxiety, pain, and psychological distress: Marchand WR. (2012)
• Mindfulness-based stress reduction: A literature review and clinician’s guide: Praissman, S. (2008)
• Mindfulness-based Cognitive Theory and Practice: Sipe,WE., and Eisendrath,SJ. (2013)
• Dear Doctor: Anonymous
• Engaging Women in Trauma-Informed Peer Support: A. Blanch, B. Filson, and D Penney, 2012
• Changing Communities, Changing Lives. SAMHSA’s National Center on Trauma Informed Care: A. Blanch, 2012​

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