01 Apr, 2024 ACEs Screening May Be Useless By Debbie Ausburn A very important study has flown under the radar in the past few years, indicating that much current public policy may be a waste of...
23 Sep, 2023 Close Relationships Help Counter Childhood Trauma By Debbie Ausburn A telephone survey of more than 4600 people in Great Britain sheds light on the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)...
16 Aug, 2023 Losing Parents Early Impacts Kids' Mental Health, and Boys May Suffer More By Debbie Ausburn A recent long-term study conducted in Finland, which followed almost 1 million adults, has shed light on the impact of early-life...
26 Jun, 2023 Neuroscience Study Indicates Brains Process Present Events By Accessing Past Experiences By Debbie Ausburn A recently-published neuroscience study indicates that our brains interpret current events by accessing memories of prior happenings....
09 Nov, 2022 Adverse Childhood Experiences Don’t Predict Individual Risk By Debbie Ausburn It’s common in youth organizations to discuss Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the groundbreaking 1990 study that connected ACEs...
23 Apr, 2022 More Evidence that Positive Childhood Experiences Buffer Trauma By Debbie Ausburn An interesting study recently looked at the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and positive childhood experiences (PCEs)....
02 Apr, 2022 Positive Childhood Experiences May Protect Against Pandemic Stress By Debbie Ausburn A study during the depths of the pandemic offers some evidence that positive childhood experiences may help mitigate stresses from the...
02 Feb, 2022 Positive Support in Childhood May Counter Adverse Experiences By Debbie Ausburn A recent study signals that positive relationships in childhood may mitigate the effects of adverse experiences. The study was small,...
19 Apr, 2021 Resilience Factors Can Help Prevent Bullying By Debbie Ausburn In my quest to find good anti-bullying programs, I ran across a survey analysis concluding that family resilience factors may help. ...
30 Mar, 2021 Positive Relationships Promote Resilience By Debbie Ausburn A recent survey of mental health studies highlights an important way that organizations can help children who have suffered trauma. This...
10 Jan, 2020 Helping Children Become Resilient by Being a Safe Space By Debbie Ausburn For those of us who work with children, it is difficult to know how to help children who have been abused. A recent study from Canada...
07 Jan, 2020 Encouraging Resilience By Debbie Ausburn One of the better trends in the last decade of caring for children is the recognition that children need to develop resilience. In spite...