Biological Implications of Childhood Adversity and Building Resilience 

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This training is at maximum capacity. Please contact Shelley Drummond at sdrummond@child-focus.org to be added to the waitlist.

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Fee: FREE

This will be an interactive session that will provide the foundational knowledge on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and its impact on children, along with an activity to build an understanding of how resilience can help mitigate the negative effects of ACEs.

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Presenter: Robert Allan Shapiro, MD is the Director of the Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.  He directs the hospital child abuse team and specializes in Child Abuse Pediatrics.  Dr. Shapiro’s interests include diagnosing and treating victims of child abuse and neglect, implementing child abuse prevention strategies within primary care medical practices and facilitating a public health response to childhood adversity (ACEs) and building child/family resilience.

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Please note:  Because we are not able to control the room temperature to fit everyone’s needs, we encourage you to dress in layers to better accommodate your personal comfort level.

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