In this video, Ken Ginsburg, medical director of Covenant House Pennsylvania and professor of pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses resiliency and the impact youth development programs can have.
When kids learn how to recover from the past, they can raise the next generation who won’t experience traumas in the first place.”
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