There are 11 article(s) tagged Adverse Childhood Experiences:

• December 2023

  • Guest Column: Childhood trauma is ‘an epidemic in our city’

    Addressing childhood traumatic stress is a gift that will keep on giving, a step forward that will benefit all Memphians.

    By Lou Flowers Martin December 14, 2023

• August 2021

  • MVP3 Entertainment partner aims to ‘pay it forward’

    “I want to pay it forward, and I’m working with an organization that is doing incredible things to help children and families,” Marie Pizano said of MVP3 Entertainment Group’s partnership with Rotary-Family Youth Initiative.

    By Rob Moore August 03, 2021

• December 2020

  • ACE Awareness Foundation and its parenting places closing in March

    More than 5,000 counseling sessions have been conducted since the first two Universal Parenting Places opened in Memphis in 2015.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 23, 2020

  • New program helps kids with trauma of COVID-19, violence

    Le Bonheur, U of M team up to provide free mental health counseling to kids treated for acute trauma.

    By David Waters December 10, 2020

• July 2020

  • Opinion: Adverse childhood experiences, schools and COVID

    We are now attempting to place responsibility for children on over-worked, over-stressed teachers. Rather than supporting families as we should be doing, we are throwing the children at teachers in overcrowded classrooms.

    By Elena Delavega, Gregory Miles Blumenthal July 22, 2020

  • Counselor gives Rotarians tools for self-care as coronavirus adds stress

    The pandemic is now layered onto the everyday statistics of depression and suicide, which counselor Grace McLaren called a dangerous brew.

    By Toni Lepeska July 15, 2020

• May 2020

  • COVID-19’s profound effects on children are on the horizon

    Children may face immediate and long-term consequences of COVID-19 – from delays in seeking medical attention for current illnesses, to chronic toxic stress, to the threat of communicable diseases due to delayed vaccinations.

    By Bindiya Bagga, Jason Yaun May 08, 2020

• February 2020

  • Local pastor helps others cope with trauma through his own struggles

    Charlie Caswell nearly died after being held a gunpoint as a teen. He's now helping others cope with their childhood trauma through his work with the Legacy of Legends CDC. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 17, 2020

  • Scientists report gains in treating kids suffering chronic trauma

    A new therapy is a possible breakthrough in treating children who have suffered significant abuse, neglect, exposure to violence and other adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs.

    By David Waters February 11, 2020

• September 2019

  • School officials to consider ‘adverse childhood experiences’ before discipline

    Schools across Tennessee will start delving into traumatic experiences in students’ lives as part of a new law targeting “exclusionary” discipline under legislation sponsored by state Sen. Katrina Robinson, a first-term Memphis Democrat.

    By Sam Stockard September 05, 2019

• July 2019

  • Agape services take two-generation approach

    Services are simultaneously delivered to parents and children, and may include case management, counseling, tutoring, mentoring and life skills development.

    By David Jordan July 28, 2019