Sonoma Valley, CA: Speaker to address childhood trauma from home and how it damages kids

Feb 25, 2018, Sonoma Valley (CA) Sun: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime http://sonomasun.com/2018/02/25/how-childhood-trauma-affects-health-across-a-lifetime/ Two experts in the emerging field of Adverse Child Experiences – the episodes of childhood trauma and stress that can have debilitating lifelong effects – are coming to the Sonoma Valley to share their findings…. Hanna Institute will present Laura Porter, co-founder of ACE Interface, will facilitate a series of five community forums on February 26-27. The free events are organized in partnership with La Luz Center, Sonoma Valley High School, and other local organizations. Armed with research on Adverse Child Experiences (ACE) showing the dramatic public health benefits of the Self-Healing Communities Model (SHCM), Porter will guide a broad coalition of community leaders, nonprofits and agencies in galvanizing resources to address toxic stress in Sonoma Valley. On Thursday, March 8, Hanna will host a breakfast with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, author of “The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity.” “The science around toxic stress is telling us that for many people it starts in childhood,” … “In order to effectively prevent and treat serious health conditions like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and asthma, we need to understand what is causing them.” Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. …