June 2024 ACEs Workshop

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are considered one of the most powerful determinants of the public's health due to the breadth of impacts. This FREE workshop is designed to introduce caring adults in the community to the ACE study findings and implications and supply ideas on how participants can help shift the dynamics that lead to high ACE scores in Bartholomew County.

By the end of the workshop, you will better understand: 

• the ACE research findings and implications 

• basic information about how ACEs impact brain development and function

• the impact of historical trauma on the ACE scores of marginalized populations

• the correlation between high ACE scores and negative health outcomes

• ways to shift the dynamics that lead to high ACE scores

• what our community’s youth are telling us through recent data

• what local, regional, and national resources are available to address ACEs in our community.