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This section contains a list of resources for professionals in several fields and communities to learn about ACEs and respond.
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  • Business
  • Child Welfare
  • Criminal Justice and Judicial
  • Domestic Violence
  • Substance Abuse
  • Child Abuse Prevention
  • Community Development
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Trauma Informed Care
  • Trauma Informed Interventions

 
Business
These resources are relevant for leaders in the business industry, professionals in human resources and management-level professionals interested in improving or maintaining positive work environments.  


  • Childhood Abuse, Household Dysfunction, and Indicators of Impaired Adult Worker Performance.
  • 5 Reasons ACEs is Good Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Business Leaders in the ACE and Resilience Movement: A Different Kind of Bottom Line
  • Central Iowa Works Thriving Workforce Employer Guide
  • Trauma Informed Care Project
  • Mental Health First Aid
  • Employee and Family Resources (EFR)​
  • Sanctuary model
    • Destroying Sanctuary: The Crisis in Human Service Delivery Systems
    • Creating Sanctuary: Toward the Evolution of Sane Societies
    • Restoring Sanctuary: A New Operating System for Trauma-Informed Systems of Care 

 
Child Welfare
The links included in this section are intended to inform human service professionals, foster and adoptive parents, and other professionals and individuals working in or involved with the child welfare system.


  • Trauma-Informed Supervision in the Child Welfare System
  • Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parent Association Trauma Informed Care​
  • Iowa Training Source Child Welfare Provider Training Academy: Understanding Trauma
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Healthy Foster Care America Trauma Guide
  • National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
  • National Child Traumatic Stress Network
    • ​Child Welfare Professionals
  • CDC’s Essentials for Childhood Framework: Steps to Create Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships and Environments for all Children
  • ​Trauma and Resilience: A new look at legal advocacy for youth in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems

 
Criminal Justice and Judicial
The resources in this section are for professionals involved in the criminal justice system.


  • A New Approach to Supporting Youth in Juvenile Detention​
  • 2014 Developing Brain; Developing Accountability Conference, Juvenile Justice-Related Resources
    • Conference Presentations
  • Essential components of trauma informed judicial practice
  • The Safe Babies Court Teams Project: Zero to Three
  • National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Juvenile Justice System page
  • National Domestic Violence Pro Bono Directory
  • Mental Health First Aid
  • Top 10 things every Juvenile Court Judge should know about trauma and delinquency
  • Justice Policy Institute
    • Healing Invisible Wounds: why investing in TIC for children makes sense
  • Non-violent Crisis Intervention Training
  • Trauma Informed Approaches in Correctional Settings; RSAT Training Tools
  •  National Institute of Corrections: Creating A Place Of Healing and Forgiveness: The Trauma-Informed Care Initiative at the Women’s Community Correctional Center of Hawaii
  • National Resource Center on Justice Involved Women: Using Trauma-Informed Practices to Enhance Safety and Security in Women’s Correctional Facilities​
  • Integrated Domestic Violence Courts from the Center for Court Innovation
  • Birth Parents with Trauma Histories and the Child Welfare System, A Guide for Judges and Attorneys
  • Learning About Us, Learning to Help Us; Supporting people with psychiatric disabilities in the criminal justice system

 
Domestic Violence
The links in this section are for any professional who addresses the topic of domestic violence or who may come in contact with victims of domestic violence in their work.
  • Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • Futures Without Violence
  • National Network to End Domestic Violence
  • National Domestic Violence Pro Bono Directory
  • Hospital-Based Domestic Violence Programs, report from Maryland
  • Delphi Instrument for Hospital-based Domestic Violence Programs
  • Responding to Multi-Abuse Trauma – A Tool Kit to Help Advocates and Community Partners Better Serve People With Multiple Issues
  • ​Integrated Domestic Violence Courts from the Center for Court Innovation
  • National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health, Creating Trauma-Informed Services Tip Sheet Series

 
Substance Abuse
The resources in this section are for professionals who promote substance abuse prevention or treatment or for professionals who address the impact of substance abuse on individuals, families or communities.


  • Curriculum-Based Support Group (CBSG®) Program
  • Children of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (COSA)
  • Community-Based Substance Abuse Prevention
  • National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
  • Responding to Multi-Abuse Trauma – A Tool Kit to Help Advocates and Community Partners Better Serve People With Multiple Issues
  • ​Employee and Family Resources

 
Child Abuse Prevention
The links in this section are for professionals who promote child abuse prevention or who work to prevent child abuse in families, communities or society.


  • Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
  • CDC’s Essentials for Childhood Framework: Steps to Create Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships and Environments for all Children
  • Developing an Effective Child Abuse Prevention Message, Child Welfare Information Gateway
  • Prevent Child Abuse America - Issues

 
Community Development
The resources in this section focus on the development of community-wide systems to prevent and mitigate the impact of adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress.


  • Strategies for community change and improvement
  • Compassionate Seattle - Awakening compassion in our children, ourselves and our world
  • Creating Compassionate Communities, Idaho
  • Communities that Care
  • Community Resiliency Cookbook​

 
Cultural Awareness
This section includes resources that acknowledge cultural groups and highlight the need for cultural sensitivity when working with diverse groups or communities on topics related to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress.


  • National Child Traumatic Stress Network resources in Spanish​
  • ​Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Understanding Historical Trauma When Responding to an Event in Indian Country
  • A conceptual model of historical trauma: Implications for public health practice and research
  • Wisdom of the elders: Transcending historical trauma
  • Engaging women in trauma-informed peer support
  • ​African American Historical Trauma, Healing Brothers video​​

 
Social Determinants of Health
The links in this section describe the influence of social factors such as poverty, race and socioeconomics, on health equity and lifelong health outcomes.


  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Social Determinants of Health
  • Association of Academic Health Centers and the Social Determinants of Health: A toolkit for collaboration 
  • CDC social determinants of health page
  • Prevention Institute
    • Spectrum of Prevention
  • Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health​

 
Trauma Informed Care
The links in this section describe the framework of Trauma Informed Care, which calls for a cultural shift that can be applied in any setting. Trauma Informed Care is not a specific intervention or a clinical response. Rather, it highlights the need for a broader understanding of the impact trauma has on everyone.


  • Orchard Place Trauma Informed Care Project
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Center for Trauma Informed Care
  • National Center for Trauma Informed Care

 
Trauma-Informed Interventions
This section includes links to examples of specific interventions created through a trauma-informed lens.


  • Center for Post Trauma Wellness
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway: Trauma-informed practice
  • Child Trauma Academy
  • National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
  • Sanctuary model
    • Destroying Sanctuary: The Crisis in Human Service Delivery Systems
    • Creating Sanctuary: Toward the Evolution of Sane Societies
    • Restoring Sanctuary: A New Operating System for Trauma-Informed Systems of Care
  • Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parent Association trauma informed care
  • Essential components of trauma informed judicial practice
  • ​Trauma-informed approaches in correctional settings: Residential substance abuse treatment (RSAT) training tools
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