Dive more deeply into learning about the ACEs research and approaches you can apply to foster trauma-informed, healing centered environments for children, families, and communities. If we can help you and your team in making shifts to policies and practices that support healing and well-being, please contact us.
Online Courses
Each online course is currently offered for free and can be completed at your own pace. Once completed, you'll receive a certificate of completion. Check back for new trainings!
Overview of ACEs in Iowa
In this one-hour online course, you will learn about Iowa research on ACEs and how trauma can impact health and well-being. You'll also reflect on factors that contribute to ACEs and explore ways to promote healing and resilience. 
ACEs and Healing within Faith Communities
This 90-minute course is designed for faith leaders. You'll gain an understanding of trauma and its impact, as well as healing-centered approaches for being in community with and supporting people who may be struggling with adverse childhood experiences to promote collective well-being. 
Training for Health Care Providers
(Part 2) This one-hour course is designed for all members of the health care team who work with children and families. After you have core knowledge of early child development and how stress can impact development, dive into how you can implement relationships-based, trauma-informed care. |
Trauma-Informed Supervision
This 1-2 hour course is designed for supervisors in the health and human services sector to reflect on their experiences leading teams and to identify trauma-informed strategies that can support themselves and their staff with difficult work. 
Training for Health Care Providers
(Part 1) This one-hour course is specifically designed for all members of the health care team who work with children and families. You'll learn about early brain development, how stress can impact healthy development, and identify the components children and families need to thrive. |
Additional Training
Online training on ACEs not specific to Iowa
- ACEs 101: Impact and Our Opportunity
- Veto Violence with the CDC
- Healing-Centered Engagement Certification
ACEs 101 Training: Iowa Data
- To request this training, complete the contact form on this page. Training can be offered in person or web based.
Customized ACEs Training and Technical Assistance
- To request a training tailored to your specific sector, focus area, or region, complete the contact form on this page.
Keep scrolling for training opportunities on specific ACEs-related topics and for specific sectors!
Complex Trauma
The Complex Trauma Training Consortium (CTTC) is a national trainer-training and workforce development initiative that is establishing sustainable expertise in complex trauma understanding, assessment, and treatment across the nation. Iowa ACEs 360 was selected as the site lead for the state of Iowa.
The 20-module, 40-hour CTTC curriculum spans a comprehensive range of topics, including the intersection of complex trauma with adverse life experiences, such as ancestral trauma, systemic racism, and substance abuse. Curriculum emphasizes the effects of complex trauma on high-risk and marginalized groups, including immigrants, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ youth and families. Topics also include complex trauma screening and assessment, domains of impact, and early intervention.
Iowa ACEs 360 and its training partners are available to deliver one or a combination of the training modules to your community, organization, or conference. Please contact us through our training request form on this page and we can discuss which CTTC modules might be applicable for your needs.
The 20-module, 40-hour CTTC curriculum spans a comprehensive range of topics, including the intersection of complex trauma with adverse life experiences, such as ancestral trauma, systemic racism, and substance abuse. Curriculum emphasizes the effects of complex trauma on high-risk and marginalized groups, including immigrants, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ youth and families. Topics also include complex trauma screening and assessment, domains of impact, and early intervention.
Iowa ACEs 360 and its training partners are available to deliver one or a combination of the training modules to your community, organization, or conference. Please contact us through our training request form on this page and we can discuss which CTTC modules might be applicable for your needs.
Lemonade for Life
This training experience is designed to help providers and community members support families who have experienced ACEs with building hope and resilience. You’ll have opportunities to discuss ACEs and resilience science in relation to your own experiences and try out tools and resources for introducing these topics with families using a hope-infused mindset. The training conveys that individuals cannot rewrite the beginning of their story, but they can change how it ends.
Training for Educators
ACEs and Education: From Stress to Success Curriculum fulfills Iowa's requirement for educators and school-based personnel to receive training on ACEs and toxic stress. The goal is to leave you with an understanding that there is a great deal of hope in responding to the impact of ACEs and toxic stress in school systems. To view the guidance from the Iowa Department of Education on the law, click here.
Training Options for Educators and Community Members
What you'll gain from our training:
- Access free online learning modules through AEA online learning. Find training here. Search for the training called, "Adverse Childhood Experiences: From Toxic Environmental Stresses to Success."
- Free, web-based train-the trainer sessions are available each summer for those who will lead training within schools. Details will be shared in June.
- For on-site or district-specific trainings, fill out the form on this page and we'll connect with other recommendations on completing the requirement.
- View additional trainings offered by our partners on topics related to ACEs and how to respond.
What you'll gain from our training:
- A comprehensive understanding of Adverse Childhood Experiences and toxic stress
- A working understanding of how stress impacts brain development and how developmental challenges affect a classroom
- Examples of strategies to develop resilience and promote healing and well-being in school settings
- Opportunities for long-term system change models for the development of trauma-informed, healing-centered schools and education systems
Training for Pediatricians
Science is now informing clinical practice of the need to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and potential toxic stress and downstream effects in order to improve health outcomes. Research and best practices are showing promise in trauma assessments and multi-generational supports in the pediatric and family practice health care. The Trauma-Informed Pediatric Guide seeks to develop a health sector strategy in the pediatric and family practice field for clinic-based trauma-informed practices.
Training Options
Training Options
- Follow the online guide
- Take an online, self-guided course.
- Request a training session by filling out the form on this page.
Training on Prenatal Strategies
Iowa ACEs 360 has focused on research, training, and advocacy related to trauma and the prenatal period. Supporting expecting mothers and families is critical to disrupting the intergenerational impact of trauma. ACEs and Prenatal: From Success to Strength provides an overview of research on how ACEs and stress can transfer from parent to child and opportunities to prevent ACEs in future generations. To request a training, please fill out the form on this page.
Facilitated Discussions
We encourage you to become trained by Iowa ACEs 360 and to use the information and resources on our website to help you lead effective presentations and to host discussions within your organization and community.
Presentation Slides
Iowa ACEs branded PowerPoint slides and notes featuring Iowa ACEs data are available upon request. Please fill out the form on this page to request them or contact Lisa Cushatt.
Hosting Discussions
These facilitation guides can help you lead a conversation around ACEs and next steps.
Presentation Slides
Iowa ACEs branded PowerPoint slides and notes featuring Iowa ACEs data are available upon request. Please fill out the form on this page to request them or contact Lisa Cushatt.
Hosting Discussions
These facilitation guides can help you lead a conversation around ACEs and next steps.
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Film Screenings
We offer opportunities to screen the films Paper Tigers and Resilience and provide a discussion guide to facilitate conversations with your audience following the screening. For more information, fill out the contact form on this page.
We offer opportunities to screen the films Paper Tigers and Resilience and provide a discussion guide to facilitate conversations with your audience following the screening. For more information, fill out the contact form on this page.