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Here’s what a return to school means for student mental health and what to do to help
- Burlington County Times
- October 28, 2021
With South Jersey students back in school — some for the first appreciable time in 18 months due to the pandemic — educators are once again seeing the effects of a different public health emergency: the ongoing mental health crisis.
Princeton Area Community Foundation awards $275K grant to help students exposed to trauma
- NJ.com
- October 8, 2021
The Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded a $275,000 grant to fund a program to teach school staff throughout Mercer County how to identify students exposed to stressful or traumatic experiences and how to engage all students in a way that promotes healing from the mental health effects of the pandemic.
Actions 4 ACEs Announces Back-to-School Campaign to Build Educator and School Faculty Awareness for Adverse Childhood Experiences
- TAP into Princeton
- September 23, 2021
Actions 4 ACEs, a statewide campaign to expand public awareness of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), is launching a new back-to-school campaign to help children returning to school and in-person learning this fall readjust to day-to-day life and approach the new challenges and stressors posed by the pandemic.
Actions4ACEs Campaign Featured in TheSkimm
- theSkimm’
- September 21, 2021
An Ace…Dave E (NJ). He’s leading the Actions 4 ACEs campaign, an initiative to train teachers and law enforcement how to support students who’ve endured trauma.
New Jersey Morning Show with Dave Ellis
- NJ on Air
- September 10, 2021
Dave Ellis, Executive Director of NJ Department of Children and Families speaks with Lisa Marie Falbo and Laura Lindsey Jones of the New Jersey Morning Show about #Actions4ACEs, and discusses some of the warning signs that a child may have experienced trauma.
PACEs Connection highlights Actions 4 ACEs
- PACEs Connection
- September 1, 2021
Actions 4 ACEs, a statewide campaign to expand public awareness of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), is launching a new back-to-school campaign to help children returning to school and in-person learning this fall readjust to day-to-day life and approach the new challenges and stressors posed by the pandemic.
INSIDER NJ highlights Actions 4 ACEs
- INSIDER NJ
- September 1, 2021
Actions 4 ACEs, a statewide campaign to expand public awareness of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), is launching a new back-to-school campaign to help children returning to school and in-person learning this fall readjust to day-to-day life and approach the new challenges and stressors posed by the pandemic.
Actions 4 ACEs Announces Back-to-School Campaign to Build Educator and School Faculty Awareness for Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Press Release
- September 1, 2021
Media Contact: Whitley Alexander | 202-557-6295
Campaign to Provide Critical Resources to Help 200,000 Educators is Part of a Broad Statewide Effort to Address Childhood Trauma