ACES
Adverse Childhood Experiences
WV ACES COALITION
Adverse Childhood Experiences Coalition of West Virginia. The ACES Coalition of West Virginia includes over 70 different organizations and individuals working together to improve the health and well-being of all West Virginians by reducing the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and preventing their occurrence.
UNDERSTANDING ACES
Explores impact of ACEs on child development.
ACES NEWSLETTER
Aces Too High is a newsletter on current trends & topics in ACEs research.
TOXIC STRESS - HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Guide to identifying and preventing toxic stress.
WHAT IS COMPLEX TRAUMA: A Resource Guide for Youth and Those Who Care About Them
Information about complex trauma, how it can impact youth, both good and harmful coping strategies, and ways to improve. This guide is for youth who have experienced complex trauma or who know someone who has. Educators, caregivers, and other adults can also use the guide to have conversations with youth about complex trauma.
PACEs
Positive & Adverse Childhood Experiences
PACEs SCIENCE 101
Research on the impact of Positive & Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs).
RESEARCH STUDY
Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Mental and Relational Health in a Statewide Sample: Associations Across Adverse Childhood Experiences Levels
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In this cross-sectional study, adults reporting higher PACEs had lower rates of depression and/or poor mental health and greater adult-reported social and emotional support after accounting for ACEs.
The proactive promotion of PACEs for children may reduce risk for adult depression and/or poor mental health and promote adult relational health. Joint assessment of PACEs and ACEs may better target needs and interventions and enable a focus on building strengths to promote well-being. Findings support prioritizing possibilities to foster safe, stable nurturing relationships for children that consider the health outcomes of positive experiences.
RESILIENCE
Helping Children Handle Stress
RESEARCH ON BUILDING RESILIENCE - HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Why resilience matters, how it develops, and how to strengthen it in children.
RESILIENCE: A POWERFUL WEAPON IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ACEs
Center for Childhood Counseling report on the impact resilience can have on preventing ACEs.
BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
The aim is to create more fertile soil and a more vibrant tree to address, prevent and reduce the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences
BUILDING SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS WHEN TEACHING ONLINE
Guide for building social-emotional skills online with PreK-3rd grade students.
HELPING CHILDREN HANDLE STRESS
Guide for parents on how to teach kids to resilience & healthy responses to stress.
VIDEO: SUMMER STRATEGIES: Promoting Attachment/Relationships in Infants and Toddlers
How do you promote resilience in young children in the outdoors? This 3 minute video shares how you can promote the protective factor of attachment/relationships in infants and toddlers.
VIDEO: SMMER STRATEGIES: Promoting Attachment/Relationships in Preschoolers
How do you promote resilience in young children in the outdoors? This short video shares how you can promote the protective factor of attachment/relationships in preschoolers.
VIDEO: SUMMER STRATEGIES: Promoting Initiative in Infants and Toddlers
This brief video shares how you can promote the protective factor of initiative in infants and toddlers.
VIDEO: SUMMER STRATEGIES: Promoting Initiative in Preschoolers
This video shares how you can promote the protective factor of initiative in preschoolers.
VIDEO: SUMMER STRATEGIES: Promoting Self-Regulation in Infants and Toddlers
This video shares how you can promote the protective factor of self-regulation (self-control) in infants and toddlers.
VIDEO: SUMMER STRATEGIES: Promoting Self-Regulation in Preschoolers
This video shares how you can promote the protective factor of self-regulation (self-control) in preschoolers.
VIDEO: THE CUPS, PITCHERS, & THE WELLS: The Path of Resilience
This video shares how you can promote the protective factor of self-regulation (self-control) in preschoolers.
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING - FREE TOOLKIT & TRAINING
The Social Emotional Learning Toolkit, developed by The Education Alliance, provides age-appropriate strategies for supporting social emotional learning. Each grade level section includes research to consider as well as activities to implement with students.
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Material Include:
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Easy to use Toolkit for afterschool providers, faith-based organizations, coaches, local nonprofit agencies, and more
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Age-appropriate strategies for supporting social emotional learning
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Grade level sections with research to consider and activities to implement
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How To/Q&A sessions on May 5 and 12 to learn more and ask questions
VIDEO: SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TRAINING - Elementary Students (Grades Pk-5)
VIDEO: SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TRAINING - Secondary Students (Grades 6-12)
9 TIPS TO BOOST SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN SCHOOLS & OST PROGRAMS
Schools and out-of-school time (OST) programs know that partnering to offer SEL opportunities takes preparation and ongoing work. The following lessons—drawn from the work of six communities studied by the RAND Corporation—can help these efforts succeed.
SUICIDE PREVENTION
988 - SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE
In 2020, Congress designated the new 988 dialing code to operate through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Learn more about the lifeline by visiting the link.
988 FACT SHEET
Learn more about the implementation of the new Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline number - 988.
2022 WEST VIRGINIA SUICIDE DATA
The latest statistics on suicide in West Virginia.
WV SUICIDE PREVENTION PLANS AND INITIATIVES
Learn more about suicide prevention plans and efforts in West Virginia, such as crisis lines and the implementation of 988, mental health parity, K-12 school suicide prevention, conversion therapy bans, University and college campus suicide prevention, and health professional training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management