ACEs, Complex Trauma, and Toxic Stress: Implications for Affect, Behavior, Cognition, and Physical Health
2 Hours | 2 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on ACEs, Complex Trauma, and Toxic Stress: Implications for Affect, Behavior, Cognition, and Physical Health is presented by Jerrod Brown, Ph.D.
This badge-earning program can be shared digitally on platforms like LinkedIn or your resume and counts towards a certificate. Enroll in this program to earn credit towards the Integrated Behavioral Health Certificate and share your new digital credentials with prospective employers and colleagues.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic exposures to various forms of neglect and abuse (e.g., emotional, physical, or sexual) or other traumatic experiences (e.g., household dysfunction, parental incarceration, caregiver separation or divorce, etc.) occurring prior to the age of 18. Research has found that when these traumatic experiences are left unaddressed and untreated, they are significant predictors of poor health outcomes throughout the lifespan.
Developed for professionals, this program explores the impact ACEs, complex trauma, and toxic stress have on clients' affective, behavioral, cognitive, and physical health. Practical tips, strategies, and solutions will be shared throughout this training with the goal of improving screening, goal planning, and intervention practices. Empirically-based research findings are highlighted throughout this program.
Related topics covered during this program will include:
- COVID-19
- Executive dysfunction
- Self-regulation deficits
- Threats to emotional well-being
- Social skill deficits
- Digestive health issues
- Addictive behaviors
- Prenatal trauma
- Intergenerational transmission of trauma
- Betrayal trauma
- Poverty
- Food insecurity
- Epigenetics
- Community and social trauma
- Bullying victimization
- Screen time misuse
- Sleep disturbances
- Immune-mediated diseases
- Inflammation
- Resilience
- Trauma-informed care (TIC)
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), complex trauma, and toxic stress
Describe associated risk and contributing factors associated with ACEs, complex trauma, and toxic stress exposures
Describe the affective, behavioral, cognitive, and physical health consequences associated with ACEs, complex trauma, and toxic stress
Describe screening and intervention approaches
Describe the existing empirical research on these topics
Presented By
Jerrod Brown, PhD
Jerrod Brown, Ph.D., M.A., M.S., M.S., M.S., is a professor, trainer, researcher, and consultant with multiple years of experience teaching collegiate courses. Jerrod is also the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS). Jerrod has also provided consu...
Curriculum
1. Introduction
2. Toxic Stress
3. ACEs, Complex Trauma, and Other Forms of Adversity
4. Screening Considerations
5. Intervention Considerations
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