Promoting and Educating residents in the community about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the long term health effects that are associated with them. Along with providing information on how to counteract these effects through the implementation of Positive Childhood Experiences (PACEs) to decrease the likelihood of poor health outcomes.
Adverse Childhood Experiences are any potentially traumatic events within the first 18 years of life. Potentially traumatic events can be anything that the child find traumatic; including abuse neglect, household challenges, emotional instability, etc. Experiencing 4 or more ACEs, is associated with having a higher chance of developing chronic health conditions, mental health conditions and substance misuse, health risk behaviors, etc.
CDC Graphic: ACEs Can Increase Risk
Positive Childhood Experiences (PACEs) counteract the possible chronic health conditions, mental health conditions and substance misuse, health risk behaviors, etc. caused by ACEs. PACEs include many different positive experiences including building positive connections with youth through mentoring or after- school activities, teaching healthy relationship skills like conflict resolution skills and healthy non- violent dating relationships, etc.
CDC Graphic: We Can Create Positive Childhood Experiences
FACES provides educational opportunities throughout Norhtwest Ohio on ACEs, PACEs, Childhood Resilience, Mindfulness, and other topics that relate to reducing childhood trauma. As well as providing Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (IECMHC) to licensed childcare centers in the 43604, 43605, 43607, and the 43608 to reduce preschool expulsion.
Heroin and Opiate Awareness:
Harbor Prevention Program is available to make presentations for agencies, churches, and other community groups to raise awareness, provide resources, and encourage all members of out community to do their part in helping to prevent prescription drug abuse, addiction, and fatal overdose.
If you are interested in learning more about educational opportunities; including Heroin and Opiate Awareness, IECMHC services, or Advisory Council, please email the Harbor FACES Team at harborfacesteam@harbor.org
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Teens ChildrenPrevention programs that teach social-emotional life skills and age-appropriate alcohol, tobacco and drug education to reduce anxiety, addiction and violence are available to schools and community groups in Lucas County. Programs run 8-10 weeks and are taught to whole classrooms or other groups weekly for forty-five minutes to an hour.
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