Join us April 18, 2021 at 11:30am, click here to join the Zoom Call. Meeting ID 897 0572 0506

At Abiding Presence, we have the unique capacity to love our neighbor in new and powerful ways. We are exploring ways that we can be a Trauma-Informed Congregation, and part of that process is learning about what it means to be trauma-informed, and what we understand "trauma" to mean.

We now know that the memory of childhood experience is stored in our bodies, and not just our minds. From that first spark of life, experience has a profound impact on who we are and who we will become.

In the past couple of decades, there has been an explosion of new understanding - beginning with the Adverse Childhood Experience, or "ACE" Study - about how and why adversity and trauma can reliably predict risks for mental, physical, behavioral health and productivity in the population.

This is great news! What's predictable is preventable - because of recent discoveries in neuroscience, epigenetics, epidemiology, and resilience studies, we can understand how protection, prevention and resilience promotion can profoundly improve health, safety and productivity, as well as reduce public and private costs now and for generations to come.

The Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences" presentation includes in-depth information about:
-The neurobiological effects of adversity on development.
-The impacts of childhood adversity and trauma on population health.
-Resilience - what we can all do to improve health and well-being across the lifespan.