What are adverse childhood experiences?

Episode 12 • August 12, 2019 • 00:23:33
What are adverse childhood experiences?
Emerging Minds Podcast
What are adverse childhood experiences?

Aug 12 2019 | 00:23:33

/

Show Notes

In this episode, we talk with Nicola Palfrey about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs); what they are and how they can be of use to practitioners who work with children and families. Nicola is a clinical psychologist and researcher who has worked extensively with children, adolescents and adults who have experienced significant adversity and trauma. She is responsible for leading the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health's approach to trauma, grief and loss along with its impacts on child mental health. In this episode you will learn: Further information and resources: Felitti and Anda's original article on the ACE study An introduction to the Biopsychosocial Model

Other Episodes

Episode 157

February 18, 2024 • 00:32:16
Episode Cover

Decolonising psychology - part one

In part one of this series, Professor Pat Dudgeon AM, Belle Selkirk and Dr Joanna Alexi, key figures from the Transforming Indigenous Mental Health...

Listen

Episode 132

March 20, 2023 • 00:23:59
Episode Cover

Supporting children who experience bullying

In part one of this two-part series on bullying, we’re joined by Jessica Staniland, clinical psychologist and Director of Counselling and Psychological Services at...

Listen

Episode 2

March 25, 2019 • 00:22:04
Episode Cover

Disaster preparedness, myths and programs that hold promise

In this episode we talk to Dr Briony Towers, a research fellow in the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University, about the benefits...

Listen