ACEs and Resilience Training
ACEs and Resilience Training provides participants with foundational knowledge to promote resilience in your community. While the training is designed for people working in health, social services, education and community settings, the content is relevant to anyone interested in fostering resilience.
Community Resilience
Core Training
6-month access
Foster Team Excellence
What's included?
Module 1: Understanding Brain and Body
Learn about the connection between brain development and lifelong health. Explore how early experiences shape brain architecture, behaviour and overall well-being.
Module 2: Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Discover how ACEs impact health, how systemic factors contribute to adversity, and the vital role of positive experiences in promoting resilience.
Module 3: Understanding Resilience
Deepen your understanding of resilience and the role of protective factors in supporting individuals and communities.
Module 4: Taking Action Using a Trauma-and Violence-Informed Approach
Equip yourself with the tools to use a trauma-and violence-informed approach and be prepared to can respond effectively to the needs of your community.
Module 5: ACEs and Resilience Interactive Practice Case
Apply your learning through practical interactive scenarios.
Certificate
When you finish, you’ll receive a certificate to showcase your commitment to building resilience in your community.
Other Specialized Training included
Promoting Resilience through Sports and Recreation: A Guide for Coaches – this module is designed to provide coaches and other caring adults with practical information and ideas to promote resilience in children and youth.
Promoting Resilience: A Science-Informed Approach to Decision-Making – this short course describes key information about ACEs and resilience that can be used by community leaders and decision-makers (for example, boards of directors, elected officials, spiritual leaders) to inform strategic and fiscal decision-making to promote positive outcomes for children, youth, and their families.
Reducing Stress & Promoting Resilience in Young Children – this module explores the role that early learning and care staff have in helping to reduce the impact of stress and promote resilience in young children.
Promoting Mentally Healthy Schools and Resilience: Strategies for Educators – this module aims to equip educators with information and strategies to support mentally healthy schools and promote resilience among students.
Register
The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Resilience learning modules were created by the Community Resilience Coalition of Guelph & Wellington. We are a coalition of community organizations working together to build a resilient community that prevents and reduces the effects of ACEs.
These modules consolidate information from multiple sources to provide evidence-based, practical information for human service providers and community members. The information and available research about ACEs and Resilience is continually expanding. These modules were developed with the best-known available information at the time of production.
The Community Resilience Coalition of Guelph & Wellington has referenced the materials that were included in or used to develop these modules and has endeavoured to abide by any copyright requirements for the use of the materials within the modules. Should participants wish to subsequently use or reproduce any of the materials in the modules, it is their responsibility to ensure that any such reproduction or use complies with any copyright requirements.
These modules are intended for information purposes only. Participants agree to use the information contained in these learning modules in accordance with their organization’s policies, their relevant professional certification(s), and the regulations of any college to which they belong.
Participants also agree to access clinical or other supervision to which they have access, as needed to ensure the information contained in these modules is applied appropriately in the context in which they work.
The Community Resilience Coalition of Guelph & Wellington and its members have no conflict to interest to declare in the development and distribution of the ACEs and Resilience Learning Modules.
As the owner of the ACEs & Resilience Training Modules, all collection of personal information is governed by the privacy policy of the Guelph Community Health Centre (Guelph CHC).
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At organizations where training is required, the Community Resilience Coalition will periodically share participation information with the organization indicated at registration. The information you provide will not be shared without your consent.
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What's included?
Module 1: Understanding Brain and Body
Learn about the connection between brain development and lifelong health. Explore how early experiences shape brain architecture, behaviour, and overall well-being.
Module 2: Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Discover how ACEs impact health, how systemic factors contribute to adversity, and the vital role of positive experiences in promoting resilience.
Module 3: Understanding Resilience
Deepen your understanding of resilience and the role of protective factors in supporting individuals and communities
Module 4: Taking Action Using a Trauma-and Violence-Informed Approach
Equip yourself with the tools to use a trauma-and violence-informed approach and be prepared to can respond effectively to the needs of your community.
This option does not include a certificate of completion.
Support the Community Resilience Coalition
The Community Resilience Coalition of Guelph & Wellington is a grassroots community organization committed to making Community Resilience resources financially accessible to all. We are currently funded through one-time grants and contributions.
If you are in a position to do so, please consider a financial contribution to support the Community Resilience Coalition of Guelph & Wellington. Note: All contributions are collected by Family & Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington on behalf of the Community Resilience Coalition. Your contribution will support the development of learning opportunities and resources for adults who care for and about children, and the creation of a community where all children and adults have nurturing and supportive relationships they can rely on.
If you are mandating the training modules for people who work or volunteer at your organization, please consider making a contribution that matches the value of this new knowledge to your organization. To discuss alternative contribution options or how the Community Resilience Coalition can support your organization’s training and development, please contact us.