Resources
Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE’s)
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study — the Largest Public Health Study You Never Heard Of.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ACE Study
The anna institute (formerly the anna foundation)
Bullied as a teen, depressed as an adult?
Child Abuse/Spanking/Corporal Punishment
Hitting in Childhood Tied to Adult Obesity and Heart Disease
Spanking children slows cognitive development and increases risk of criminal behavior, expert says.
Studies show spanking is harmful and it is time for the US to ban it
Hands are for Holding/Stop Spanking
A step-by-step guide to beating children/ by Accelerated Christian Education
Thou Shalt Not Abuse: Reconsidering Spanking
Research refutes anti-spanking arguments
Refuting Pearl’s Analysis of Spanking Studies
Maltreated children show same pattern of brain activity as combat soldiers
Specific changes in brain structure after different forms of child abuse
Domestic Violence
Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Network To End Domestic Violence
Trauma
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
Center for Post-Trauma Wellness
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Proposal to Include A Developmental Trauma Disorder Diagnosis for Children and Adolescents in DSM-V