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About this Series

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), along with recent community-wide adversities and COVID-19, have left children vulnerable to long-term mental and physical health challenges. This video series is designed to help you understand the impact of trauma; how it affects children and youth; and what you can do to support them. It shares practical personal self-care and child well-being tools so you are better equipped to make a life-changing difference for a child.

Meet Your Instructors

Trailer

A brief introduction to what you can expect in this video training series.

Project Guidebook

This guidebook highlights the key lessons presented in the training videos, and provides discussion points for group settings.

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    Trailer
  • Image of Farshad Azad
    Series Introduction
  • Image of Sheriff Kory Honea
    Understanding Toxic Stress (Episode 1)
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    Knowing the Signs of Toxic Stress (Episode 2)
  • image of devjani banerjee-stevens, phd
    Help Yourself First (Episode 3)
  • image of children doing karate
    Empowering Children (Episode 4)
  • image of dr. christina bethel
    Community Action (Episode 5)
  • image of slide with words thrive a children's resilience initiative
    Series Recap
  • image from series Thrive, A childrens resilience initiative
    Trailer
  • Image of Farshad Azad
    Series Introduction
  • Image of Sheriff Kory Honea
    Understanding Toxic Stress (Episode 1)
  • image of scott dinits
    Knowing the Signs of Toxic Stress (Episode 2)
  • image of devjani banerjee-stevens, phd
    Help Yourself First (Episode 3)
  • image of children doing karate
    Empowering Children (Episode 4)
  • image of dr. christina bethel
    Community Action (Episode 5)
  • image of slide with words thrive a children's resilience initiative
    Series Recap