Below are resources highlighting the impact of trauma and adversity on child development. We have also included resources and evidence-based approaches to promote healing.
This list of webinars, websites and books support conversations in homes and classrooms about race and racism.
Mindfulness resources we recommend for supporting the inner growth and external action for social justice.
In this study, CCFW Academic Partners examine patterns of adult adversity in parents who were exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACES).
Dr. Gonzales examines how contextual and cultural experiences of Latinx youth provide unique challenges and opportunities for positive development.
Dr. Liliana Lengua discusses the critical role parents play in raising resilient children, particularly in families facing limited income and poverty.
In this guest presentation at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Liliana Lengua discusses how adversity impacts child development.
Dr. Phil Fisher, from the University of Oregon, builds on Dr. Lengua’s video to expand on how adversity impacts child development and strategies for promoting resilience.
Dr. Liliana Lengua examines how familial and social factors associated with adversity can shape children’s brain development as well as promising programs that promote their resilience.