In this video, Jane Isaacs Lowe, senior program adviser for program development at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, shares how building resilience is the solution to adverse childhood experiences.
Even when people score high on ACEs, it doesn’t mean that this is determinative of their life course. What doesn’t get accounted for in the ACE score is the concept of resilience; building resilience is a solution to the adverse childhood experiences.”
About ACEs
Traumatic childhood events like abuse and neglect can create dangerous levels of stress and derail healthy brain development, resulting in long-term effects on learning, behavior and health. A growing network of leaders in research, policy and practice are leading the way in preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and mitigating their impact by building resilience. Learn more about growing efforts to prevent ACEs across the country