Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope

6101 Grayson Drive,Denison TX 75020

03 June, 2022

Description

We will be hosting a viewing of the documentary Resilience followed by a panel discussion on ACES and PCES. CEs available. RESILIENCE: THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS & THE SCIENCE OF HOPE chronicles the birth of a new movement among pediatricians, therapists, educators and communities, who are using cutting-edge brain science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction, and disease. “The child may not remember, but the body remembers.” The original research was controversial, but the findings revealed the most important public health findings of a generation. RESILIENCE is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent Toxic Stress. Now understood to be one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression, extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior. However, as experts and practitioners profiled in RESILIENCE are proving, what’s predictable is preventable. These physicians, educators, social workers and communities are daring to talk about the effects of divorce, abuse and neglect. And they’re using cutting edge science to help the next generation break the cycles of adversity and disease. Join us as we watch this remarkable documentary and then spend time together discussing ACES and PCES in more detail and what we as providers can do with this knowledge. CEs are available to Texas LPCs, LMFTs and Social Workers as well as Oklahoma LPCs.