Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Get Strategies to Improve Health, Well-Being, and Opportunities for Children and Adults

CDC invites you to explore Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences, a new online training to help understand, recognize, and prevent ACEs.

ACEs affect children and families across all communities. They can have long-term effects on health, wellness, and life opportunities for adults. The good news is ACEs are preventable.

Develop knowledge and insights to prevent ACEs. Training topics include:

• Adverse Childhood Experiences, Brain Development, and Toxic Stress
• The ACE Study
• Prevalence and Consequences of ACEs
• Risk and Protective Factors for ACEs
• Essentials for Childhood: Assuring Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments

Learn more about how to create healthier lives for all children in this accredited training. Continuing Education Units are available.

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  Adverse Childhood Experiences can have long-term effects on health, wellness, and life opportunities—for children and adults. Help create safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for all children today, and bright futures for adults tomorrow. Check out new training to understand, recognize, and prevent ACEs early. https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/aces-training

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Learn More

• Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: A Technical Package for Policy, Norms, and Programmatic Activities
• Technical Packages for Violence Prevention: Using Evidence-based Strategies in Your Violence Prevention Efforts
• About CDC-Kaiser ACE Study
• Infographic about Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Snapshot about Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Essentials for Childhood Framework