Arizona is in the midst of a trauma crisis.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood trauma has now reached the level of a public health crisis. What’s more, Arizona ranks highest in the nation for victims who have experienced two or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). To make matters worse, certain population cohorts are two and three times more likely to have multiple ACEs in their background; this includes people who live on Native American reservations, women of color, people with disabilities, children in mixed immigration status families, and people who have had contact with the foster care system. In other words, data tells us that many Arizona communities – many Arizona children and families – are in crisis even as they go about their daily lives in our public schools, in our communities and in our healthcare systems.
The Arizona Adverse Childhood Experiences Consortium (AZACEs) strives to create a “Resilient Arizona” which equips communities with tools to better address the unique needs of all community members.
Resources
Creating Resilient Schools
Compilation of recommendations from AZ educators on how to create Resilient Schools and how we can best support educators.
Resource Library
Resources to promote a greater understanding of the impacts of toxic stress and trauma, in an effort to address and prevent them.
Maricopa County Trainings
Need more information on no-cost training which builds knowledge, strategies and tools for thriving educators, families and children?
Resilient Schools Conference
AZ Town Hall Report
On December 4th, we hosted a virtual Town Hall to identify resilient and trauma informed school practices.
The Resilient & Empowered Educator
AZACEs has launched a new podcast and video series to bring resources and education around resilient and trauma informed practices to educators across the state and nation.
Vitalyst Health Report
Creating Trauma Sensitive
Arizona Schools Report
Building resilience to lessen the effects
of Adverse Childhood Experiences. The data on our Creating Resilient Schools is from this report.
Trauma Sensitive Schools Workgroup
To network, gather resources, information and knowledge, spread awareness of the impact of trauma, and increase support to ensure that children traumatized by ACEs succeed in school.
Vitalyst Health Podcast
Vitalyst SPARK E66: Trauma Sensitive Schools in Arizona. The work of Trauma Sensitive Schools sits firmly at the intersection of both education and health.
Maricopa Teacher Stress & Retention Survey Results
In 2021, Maricopa County Superintendent did a stress survey for educators. Some of these results are in our Creating Resilient Schools one pager.
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model
Resilience Empowerment Project Train the Trainer
Interest in being trained to bring the resilience empowerment project to your community?