Community Resources & Outreach

1. Check out this Online Certificate Training for an Introduction to ACEs:  https://www.acesonlinelearning.com
2. What are Aces and Why do they Matter: https://www.acesaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1-What-are-ACEs-and-Why-Do-They-Matter-English.pdf
3. https://www.acesonlinelearning.com
4. What is Toxic Stress: https://www.acesaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2-What-is-Toxic-Stress-English.pdf
5. What is Trauma Informed Care: https://www.traumainformedcare.chcs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Fact-Sheet-Understanding-Effects-of-Trauma.pdf  

1. Check out this Research Brief to Learn More about the Original ACE's Study: https://scchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/ACE-Research-Brief-2-Lessons-Learned-and-Future-Directions.pdf
2. Check out the Brain Story Certification to Learn more about Brian Development and its Consequences for Life-long Health: Alberta Family Wellness Brain Story Certification, Trauma Aware Training (free)
3. Check Out Nadine Burke Harris Ted Talk about how Childhood Trauma Effects Health Across the Lifespan: https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime/transcript
4. What is Trauma Informed Care and Why is it Worth Considering: https://traumainformedoregon.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/What-is-Trauma-Informed-Care.pdf
5. The Science of ACEs and Toxic Stress: https://www.acesaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Provider-Toolkit-The-Science-of-ACEs-and-Toxic-Stress.pdf
6. Check out this Video to Understand the Impact of Stress and Resilienec in Young Children: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/video/breaking-through-understanding-stress-resilience-young-children

1. Check out our own Becky Haas and Andi Clements in this Article about Trauma Informed Policing: Increasing Empathy Through Trauma-Informing and Training Policing: and the correlation of ACE's and crime increases empathetic approaches and reduces negative outcomes.  Full article is available upon request.   
2. The Power of Collective Effort; Building Strong Brains Impact Breif: Building Strong Brains Tennessee Impact Brief, October 2020
3. Ballad Health and ETSU Partner to Launch Strong BRAIN Institute: Ballad Health, ETSU Partner to Launch Strong BRAIN Institute to Study ACE's and T-I Culture Change  
4. Check out our own Becky Haas in this Pathways Interview
5. Check out our own Becky Haas in this Article about Sullivan County Regional Health Department becoming Trauma Informed: https://www.pacesconnection.com/blog/sullivan-county-tennessee-regional-health-department-becoming-a-trauma-informed-workplace
6. Taking Prevention Upstream inside Child Welfare Systems: https://imprintnews.org/opinion/prevention-upstream-inside-child-welfare-systems/239072
7. Building a Trauma Informed Care Toolkit: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/dcs/documents/for-providers/procurement/Building%20a%20Trauma%20Informed%20System%20of%20Care%20Toolkit.pdf  

1. Understanding Trauma Informed Care in an Organizational Setting: https://www.traumainformedcare.chcs.org/what-is-trauma-informed-care/
2. Trauma Informed School Strategies in Response to the Pandemic: NCTSN: TRAUMA-INFORMED SCHOOL STRATEGIES DURING COVID-19
3. Using Scales to Measure Attitudes Relatd to Trauma Informed Care: Traumatic Stress Institute: Measuring T-I Care Using the Attitudes Related to T-I Care (ARTIC) Scale 
4. An Introductory Guide for Employees and Workforce Development Organizations: A Trauma Informed Approach to Workforce Development
5. Creating a Culture of Resilience on Campus: Core Pillars to Promote a Culture of Resilience, Creating a Resilient Return to Campus
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   This PDF offers an evidenced-based framework, adapted from the SAMHSA core pillars to build and embed resilience-building mechanisms and cultural norms across a range of applications such as curricula.  
7. Ten Steps to Transform a Traumatizing Workplace: https://www.careinnovations.org/resources/the-journey-toward-a-healing-organization-10-steps-to-transform-a-traumatizing-workplace/
8. A Framework for Becoming a Trauma Informed Organization, System, or Sector:

1. Check out the CDC's ACE's Prevention Strategies for FY2021-FY-2024: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Strategy FY2021-FY2024
2. Check out San Francisco's Department of Public Health Approach to Implemeting Trauma Informed Practices: https://www.traumainformedcare.chcs.org/implementing-trauma-informed-practices-throughout-the-san-francisco-department-of-public-health/
3. State Strategies to Address ACE's: https://www.chcs.org/from-coast-to-coast-state-strategies-to-address-adverse-childhood-experiences/
4. Roadmap for Resilience: The California Surgeon General’s Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Toxic Stress, and Health

1. Ballad Health, ETSU Partner to Launch Strong BRAIN Institute to Study ACE's and T-I Culture Change
2. Chronicle of Higher Education: How to Make Mental Health a Top Priority This Fall and Beyond

1. Check out this Article the Presents the Impact of ACE's Through out the Lifespan: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.693420/full
2. Check out this Qualitative Study that Analyzes the Impact of community Lead Systems Mapping Efforts on Community Members: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0273361
3. A Mixed Methods Study of a Trauma Informed Community Initiative:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8736308/
4. SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach: https://ncsacw.acf.hhs.gov/userfiles/files/SAMHSA_Trauma.pdf
5. Polyvagal Theory: A Science of Safety, By Stephen Porges