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Monday, January 30th, 2023

Twenty-five years ago, as a very excited new social worker, I had the opportunity to work with a collaborative program in Worthington MN, funded by the corrections program and housed within the elementary and middle schools.  We built a teen peer mentoring program based on tools from the Search institute’s Developmental Assets Survey.

What’s Your ACE Score?

Monday, January 23rd, 2023

A study done in the mid-1990’s assessed the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in about 17,000 patients, and then assessed the presence of negative physical outcomes.  The research discovered “a direct link between childhood trauma and adult onset of chronic disease, incarceration, and employment challenges.”

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