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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 in 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.

Guest speaker: Linda Gertson, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist currently serving as Clinical Supervisor for the A New Start for Moms (ANSFM) Program in the Ventura County Behavioral Health Department. ANSFM is a perinatal treatment for women who have lost or are at risk of losing custody of their children due to substance use disorders. In 2011, Dr. Gertson was the recipient of the Fainer Award Psychologist of the Year from the Ventura County Medical Resource Foundation. Dr. Gertson has been teaching seminars in the areas of Co-Occuring Disorders, Complex Trauma and Personality Disorders since 1993.

Discussion Panel: Dr. Gertson will join our additional special guests as part of a discussion panel. Panelists will include members of the local educational community, foster youth, caretakers and others with specialized experience or training.

Please register to attend this FREE event by clicking the link below.