Resources

A place to learn, share and find resources

About 61% of adults ¹ surveyed across 25 states reported that they had at least one type of ACE, and nearly 1 in 6 adults reported they had experienced four or more ACEs. Nationally, 2 out of 3 ² children have experienced at least one. By working together, sharing resources and encouraging training through professional association partners, we can help reduce the impact of ACEs while making New Jersey a trauma-informed and healing-centered state.

Actions4ACEs Program Materials

Actions 4 ACEs outreach and marketing materials can support your ongoing efforts to create awareness and encourage action. Please download and use within your school, police department, community and/or organization, throughout your social media channels and however you deem fit.

Check back often to download new material as it becomes available.

Videos

Use these videos to help inform educators and law enforcement officers about Actions 4 ACEs and our efforts. Don’t forget to add #Actions4ACEs on your social posts.

How a Child’s Brain Develops Through Early Experiences

Posters

Download these posters to help continue with your ACEs awareness initiatives.

Flyers

Download these flyers to help continue with your ACEs awareness initiatives.

Factsheets

Download these factsheets to help continue with your ACEs awareness initiatives.

Social Media Messages

Share these images and sample posts in social media or other messaging forums. And use the hashtag #Actions4ACEs to help us raise awareness about the simple but powerful actions educators and law enforcement can take to reduce the impact of ACEs.

Download Our Social Media Toolkit

Facebook & Instagram

These images are designed and sized for Facebook and Instagram. Download and share today.

Twitter

These images are designed and sized for Twitter. Download and share today.

These images are designed and sized for LinkedIn. Download and share today.

Partner Resources & Materials

Actions 4 ACEs has built an eco-system of partnerships across New Jersey and beyond. Each of these partners offer invaluable resources and materials to better inform, educate and activate the educator and law enforcement communities. Use the Actions 4 ACEs Partner Toolkit to help increase awareness about ACEs within your community and/or organization. It includes a campaign presentation, digital banner and sample media.

Download Our Partner Toolkit

Additional Resources & Materials

Upcoming ACEs Trainings

Join the New Jersey Office of Resilience for Building Self-Healing Communities – Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences. This free 3-hour session explains the impact of childhood trauma and its implications across the life course. The session is interactive and includes time for discussion. To learn more about upcoming dates and how to register, visit the Actions 4 ACEs events calendar.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network Toolkit

Provides school administrators, teachers and staff basic information about working with traumatized children in the school system.

Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty & Stress

A free Coursera course developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence to help educators understand and manage their emotions and those of their students.

Sesame Street in Communities

Resources and Sesame Street activities to help children overcome traumatic events.

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Training opportunities for educators offered by the Mental Health Association in New Jersey.

NJPSA/FEA Professional Learning

Upcoming trainings on ACEs and student wellbeing.

NJEA ACEs Task Force

Brings together educators and community members to share knowledge around trauma and resilience.

NJEA Professional Development

Monthly professional learning opportunities for educators.

Healing-Centered Engagement in NJ Schools Pilot Program

Statewide pilot program offering training and coaching on ACEs, healing-centered engagement and Mental Health First Aid to selected New Jersey public schools.

How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime

A Ted Talk from pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris about the effects of toxic stress and childhood trauma.

NJ Spotlight News – Trauma’s Tragedy and Treatment Video Series

A five-part video series exploring how childhood trauma can impact a person for decades to come.

New Jersey Adverse Childhood Experiences Report

A report funded by the NJ ACEs Collaborative uncovering the opportunities to prevent, protect against and heal from the effects of ACEs in New Jersey.

It Takes
All of Us

Want to learn even more about ACEs in New Jersey? Check out our sister sites.

NJ Resiliency Coalition Community

is an online community for people living and working in New Jersey to come together to help prevent ACEs.

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NJ Office of Resilience

hosts, coordinates and facilitates statewide initiatives related to raising awareness of and creating opportunities to eradicate ACEs.