Thanks Jane! I´ll send a direct message with some details and questions :)

Hi Jane!

Are you free a little later for a chat by skype maybe? I have so much I want to ask you, both on a personal and professional level. But starting with the professional side, I am writing a rather controversial article and I´d love to discuss it with you if possible. I´ve been given just 2 days to write it up so things are kind of urgent! You can add me sophiemcadam81 if you have skype? Or message me back :) Thanks, and thank you again for this site. It´s helped my partner and I a lot personally.

Thanks for the welcome, Jane! This site will be a great resource for me as our team continues to work on addressing the consequences of childhood trauma in our community.

linda

Thank you for the warm welcome and information about how to use ACEs connection. I feel so happy to find this community and I look forward to participating, sharing info, and getting to know some folks. Will be filling in my profile today. Many thanks, Julie

Good morning from Wisconsin here! I am excited to be part of this connection! To help answer some of your questions Jane, I have just started my work with ACE's and am very new to everything. I have been with our agency for about a week and a half so far and am reading reading reading :)!! However, the more I read the more I am liking the ACE study and the practical application that it can be applied to. My background is in counseling and I can how useful it can be!

My work with the Children's Trust Fund here in Madison Wisconsin is in the realm of the Prevention Outreach Specialist and a big part of this position is working to implement ACE and TIC statewide, especially to areas that are not implementing this. I will be giving presentations about the work our agency does with ACE along with the research done in Wisconsin surrounding ACES.

That all being said any resources that you feel would be helpful in my research would be of great help to me!! Thank you for this connection and I look forward to working/communicating with all of you! I will also update my profile a bit as well :)! 

Thanks!

josh

Hi Jane,

Great to talk to you today. I am not much of a social networker so my apologies for the delay in exploring the site. Congratulations on the community you've helped build!

Nicole

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