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• Guiding Research
• Messaging
• Training Resources
• Presentation Materials
• Assessments

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Guiding Research
The resources in this section include foundational research articles related to the topics of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress, and their impact on a person throughout their lifespan. In addition, this section includes links to websites that highlight emerging research in the field .

• Iowa ACEs resources
• The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study: Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults
• Prevent Child Abuse Iowa research on the neurobiology of stress and resiliency
• Sampling of nationwide research
  • From Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) to Success for Young Mother Led Families
  • National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being: ACEs research brief
• ACEs Too High research page
• CDC research page
• RWJF Adverse Childhood Experiences Collection
• ACEs BRFSS results from all states
• ACE survey reports by state
• Epigenetics resources
  • ​Iowa ACEs 360 Epigenetics White Paper
  • What is epigenetics
  • Epigenetics video
  • Epigenetics and the influence on our genes video
  • Neruoscience, epigenetics, ACEs, and resilience (NEAR) science, Thrive Washington​

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Messaging
This section includes links to inspiring messaging campaigns and resources which can be used to increase awareness of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress.

• Iowa ACEs awareness resources
• Adverse childhood experiences can last a lifetime, but they don’t have to – Arizona PBS
• Discussions around messaging on ACEs Connection
• How to develop a social marketing campaign – CDC
• Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
• Handed to them on a plate: Mapping the gaps between expert and public understandings of human services
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network resources for the media
• ACEs and child abuse prevention talking points

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Training Resources
This section includes online, interactive learning modules and links to other training resources for adult learners.

• Training resources on Iowa ACEs 360.org including an Iowa ACEs presentation, discussion and facilitation guides, and interactive online learning modules
• Adverse childhood experiences: Connecting a developmental lens to the health of society, a presentation by Dr. Robert Anda
• Mental Health First Aid
• ACEs Connection
• ACE Interface master trainer education

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 Presentation Materials
The resources in this section may be useful for developing presentations on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress. They include existing presentation frameworks, facilitation guides, and educational videos and video clips.

• Iowa ACEs 101 Presentation and Facilitation Guides

Related Videos

• Personal and Parental Reflections on Adverse Childhood Experiences
• How Brains are Built
• Brain Builders
• Early Learning Matters
• Harvard Center on the Developing Child
• The Still Face Experiment
• The Health Center at Lincoln in Walla Walla
• A Cedar Rapids, Iowa school district video on ACEs
• Complex trauma video sponsored by Spokane County Community Network

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Assessments
This section includes surveys, questionnaires, and calculators which may be useful for understanding the adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) framework, factors which may be protective against traumatic stress, and resiliency. The materials in this section are not intended to be used diagnostically or to determine a person’s risk factors. These materials should be used with care and always in conjunction with supporting information, such as information on the importance of healthy early brain development and the positive benefits of resiliency and protective factors. See resources for personal wellness and resiliency.

• Protective Factors Survey
• Resiliency Questionnaires for Children
• ACE Calculator
• ACEs Too High, Got Your ACE Score
  
• NPR, Take the ACE quiz and learn what it does and doesn't mean
  

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