RESCHEDULED: History Matters: Using ACEs Research to Conduct a Family Genealogy
When: Thursday, June 9 - 12:00 PM
Duration: 1 hours
Location: Zoom
Event Details:
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD 12 - 1 PM.
The relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and long-term health and mental health challenges has been well documented. The original ACEs study conducted in the late 1990s ushered in the Trauma Informed Care movement, which has focused on raising awareness about the prevalence and impact of trauma as a first and critical step towards promoting healing in the lives of the people we serve. The movement has also focused on addressing trauma all its forms, including intergenerational and historical trauma. Research has demonstrated that traumatic stress can be transmitted from one generation to the next through a complex interaction of biological, social and psychological factors. In this webinar participants will learn about a set of tools and processes for helping individuals identify the history of trauma within their family. If understanding ACEs in the lives of individuals can be a first step in healing from trauma, conducting an ACEs genealogy could be a helpful first step in breaking multigenerational cycles of trauma. This webinar will be helpful to anyone interested in applying ACEs research in clinical care.
About the presenter:
Cendie Stanford has lived experiences with childhood adversities, most of which were experienced in zip code 79403. Unaware that her childhood adversities played a role in how she responded to stressors in her career as an educator, relationships, and even parenting, she sought out the why.
Communities deserve to learn about ACEs and the associated risk and the mission of ACEs Matter is to start the conversation wherever it does not exist. The vision for ACEs Matter is to significantly reduce the number of ACEs that are passed down through generations and increase the number of positive childhood experiences within generations. Since 2021, Cendie has made several public appearances discussing the impacts of ACEs as a lived experience survivor in underserved and professional communities. Communities are learning that ACEs impact us as a humanity and no one should look the other way.
