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Let’s celebrate social and emotional learning!

February 23, 2023

With National SEL Day coming up on March 10, here are ten ways you can take part!

 

Innovative Wellness receives CDC funding to research child maltreatment interventions

December 19, 2022

Innovative Wellness will research Safe Environment for Every Kid, an intervention program aimed at preventing adverse childhood experiences.

Mothers who experienced adverse childhood experiences report higher levels of parent-to-child aggression risk, study finds

October 18, 2022

Dr. Sunny Shin’s article in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence draws crucial connections for understanding trauma as an intergenerational cycle. 

Does childhood trauma increase the risk for postpartum depression? 

August 17, 2022

The exposure to multiple ACEs combined with a disrupted stress response system makes it more difficult to handle emotions after stressful life experiences such as giving birth, which increases the risk for depression. 

Preventing e-cigarette use among high-risk adolescents: a trauma-informed prevention approach

Feb 26, 2021

Young people with a history of trauma or adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are increasingly turning to tobacco and nicotine products to cope with trauma symptoms. Recent findings show that vaping nicotine is now widespread among high school students.