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When we help children do better today, we all do better tomorrow.

Do you know that the basic architecture of the human brain is constructed through an ongoing process that begins before birth and continues into adulthood? The brain is like a house.

The interactive influences of genes and experience shape the developing brain. The active ingredient is the “serve and return” relationships with all the adults they encounter in their family or community. The brain likes to play tennis.

Chronic stressful conditions such as extreme poverty, abuse or neglect — what scientists now call “toxic stress” — can also disrupt the architecture of the developing brain. Toxic stress hurts. Source: Helping Babies from the Bench DVD, ZERO TO THREE, 2007

adult onset of chronic illness alcohol use and abuse smoking and lung disease depression and suicide impaired worker performance Research shows that toxic stress has the following lifelong and societal impacts. There is a strong link between adverse childhood experiences and: Toxic stress hurts us all.

VALUES PROSPERITY AND INGENUITY Our town can invest wisely in its children and families, so the next generation will pay that back through a lifetime of productivity and responsible citizenship. Fortunately we live in a town that...

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friends neighbors pastor teacher the lady at the grocery store doctor florist librarian video store owner baker gardener you mom dad grandma grandpa governor president you judge police officer vet choir director band leader banker gas station attendant ice cream truck driver taxi driver bus driver me nurse coach fast food worker cafeteria worker school administrator sister brother uncle aunt cousin step dad step mom candlestick maker grocer shoe seller mom dad grandma grandpa friends neighbors pastor teacher the guy in the grocery store doctor florist librarian the grocery store video store owner baker gardener governor president judge police officer you vet choir director the guy in line at the bank gas station attendant ice you me the guy in line at the bank It takes all of us.

Information in the previous slides came from these sources. More research and resources are available at each of their websites: Frameworks Institute ACE Study ZERO TO THREE Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota Prevent Child Abuse America

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