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Thu, Aug 08
|Milbank
Understanding How ACEs Impact You & Society
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood. ACEs can include violence, abuse, and growing up in a family with mental health or substance use problems. Toxic stress from ACEs can change brain development and affect how the body responds to stress.
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Time & Location
Aug 08, 2024, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Milbank, 221 E 3rd Ave, Milbank, SD 57252, USA
About the event
Preventing ACEs can help children and adults thrive and potentially:
Lower risk for conditions like depression, asthma, cancer, and diabetes in adulthood.
Reduce risky behaviors like smoking and heavy drinking.
Improve education and employment potential.
Stop ACEs from being passed from one generation to the next.
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