by CDVA Team | Jun 25, 2024 | Science and Studies
By Vincent FelittiThis is the original Adverse Childhood Experience study, which first brought this health issue to the attention of the medical community. Much of the research done on this topic was inspired by this groundbreaking achievement. the language and...
by CDVA Team | Jun 25, 2024 | Science and Studies
The lifelong impact of toxic stress caused by childhood adversity, like CDV, can have a lasting and profound impact on people into adulthood. By spreading awareness about CDV we can minimize that impact and create positive change. This short animation by The Atlantic...
by CDVA Team | Jun 25, 2024 | Take Action
By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE For most of us who’ve grown up with domestic violence, just knowing that our “issues” stem from our childhood isn’t enough. Perhaps you’ve already made that connection. But whether you have or haven’t, it helps to...
by CDVA Team | Jun 25, 2024 | Take Action
Trauma has a negative impact on a child’s developing brain and can trigger stress responses and coping mechanisms that can be different from one child to the next. Not all children are the same and not children respond to trauma the same way. Some children’s responses...
by CDVA Team | Jun 25, 2024 | Take Action
In a recently published article in Canada, Vicki Hazelwood, Co-ordinator at the Lethbridge Early Years Coalition captures the essence and key pillars of resilience simply and compellingly – particularly as it relates to fostering resilient children. Resiliency is the...
by CDVA Team | Jun 25, 2024 | Take Action
A teacher writes on a chalkboard during a class at the Korean High School in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. The school in Tokyo’s Kita ward looks much like any such Japanese institution with a large clock sitting atop of gray buildings. Inside, all notices...
by CDVA Team | Jun 25, 2024 | Take Action
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” – Benjamin Franklin Dr. Shanta Dube, Associate Professor at Georgia State University, who is on our Georgia Chapter’s Board, has spent decades tracking and evaluation Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and their...
by CDVA Team | Jun 25, 2024 | Take Action
“Sesame is better known for teaching preschoolers letters and numbers. But those familiar furry characters are also taking on tougher topics” For children growing up with Childhood (CDV) and other Adverse Childhood Experiences(ACE’s), seeing their...
by CDVA Team | Jun 25, 2024 | Awareness
By Roger “ROCK” Lockridge, Guest Blogger and contributor to INVINCIBLEIt’s very likely that most of you reading this blog have been directly affected by what we now know as Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV) or you know someone who has. If that is the case, I hope you...
by CDVA Team | Jun 25, 2024 | Take Action
By Roger Lockridge When I was asked to contribute to INVINCIBLE, I had no hesitation about being a part of it. How often can you do something that may help millions of people change their lives for the better? In my opinion, there is no better way of overcoming a...
