ACEs Toolkit: Protective Factors Resources

Resources to help Afterschool Professionals understand ACEs and how best to help the youth in their programs.

Protective Factors For Youth Substance Abuse and Delinquency

The above document presents an overview of Afterschool programming followed by a discussion of the role of AfterSchool Programs within the context of protective factors. Then it describes features linked with successful AfterSchool Programs outcomes.

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Below are links to protective factors that offer strategies to assure safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for all children.  It is important to address the conditions that put children and families at risk of ACEs so that we can prevent ACEs before they happen.

— Preventing Childhood Abuse and Neglect

— Essentials for Childhood Framework

— Essentials for Childhood Fact Sheet

— Building Community Commitment

— Promoting Positive Community Norms

— Boost Your Competitive Edge

—  ACES Questionnaire

Additional Resources and Links

— We Are Teachers: 10 Things About Childhood Trauma Every Teacher Needs to Know

— The CDC-Kaiser Permanente: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study

— The National Crittenton Foundation: ACEs Survey, Toolkit for Providers, and Case Studies Using ACE Data to Promote Healing, Educate Communities, and Advocate for Change

— Child Welfare Information Gateway 

— The CDC Engaging Businesses: Explore how the same skills public health professionals use in their everyday work can help public health initiatives successfully connect with local businesses

— The CDC: Suggested Practices for Journalists Reporting on Child Abuse and Neglect 

— The CDC:Adverse Childhood Experiences Presentation Graphics

— National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment: Adverse Childhood Experiences and the School-Age Population