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Being a Trauma Informed Parent: Linking Childhood Trauma to Long-Term Health & Social Consequence

Dana Center, Maine Medical Center 22 Bramhall Street, Portland

Presented by Laurie Cavanaugh, CPSP, Regional Parent Support Coordinator Traumatic childhood experiences such as abuse, neglect, domestic violence, or substance abuse in the home can have long-term physical, psychological, behavioral and economic consequences. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is a study that demonstrates the connection between childhood trauma and a wide array of physical […]

Maine Dads Who Care – Parent Support Group for Dads

Wings for Families & Children 900 Hammond Street, Bangor

Facilitated by Robert Boulier, Parent Volunteer Dads have a tough job! Have you considered joining a parent support group for dads? G.E.A.R. Parent Network offers a free support group for dads of children with behavioral, emotional, or developmental health needs. Please join us to meet other dads who are on a similar journey. At Maine […]

Toxic Chemicals and Our Children’s Developing Brains

Unity Head Start 85 School Street, Unity

Presented by Diane Bouffard, CPSP, Regional Parent Support Coordinator Why is environmental health so important? Consider the following information: Twelve million American children or 17 percent of all Americans under the age of 18 have one or more developmental, learning or behavioral disabilities; more than 1.5 million Americans are autistic. In the 1970s, autism was […]