Handbook of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Part I. Introducing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) & Resilience .- Chapter 1. The Past, Present, and Promise of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Science.- Chapter 2. Intergenerational Resilience in the Context of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) .- Part II. Defining and Measuring ACEs.- Chapter 3. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): An Overview of Definitions, Measures, and Methods .- Chapter 4. Assessing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Health and Human Service Settings .- Chapter 5. Assessing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Schools .- Part III. Applying the Science of ACEs in Health & Human Service Settings .- Chapter 6. Utilizing Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs ) Science to Inform Health Care in Urban Settings .- Chapter 7. Transforming the Promise of Pediatric Care: Rationale, Barriers, and Current Practices in Adverse Childhood Experience Screening .- Chapter 8. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Translation into Action in PK-12 Education Settings.- Chapter 9. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) & Violent Offending Among Juveniles with Justice System Involvement: Theory, Research, and Implications for Policy .- Part IV. Applying the Science of ACEs to Current Policy and Public Health Issues  .- Chapter 10. Clinical Implications of an Immigration-Related Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Framework for Latinx Children of Immigrant Parents.- Chapter 11. Historical and Racial Trauma: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Black Americans .- Chapter 12. Historical and Racial Trauma: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Native Americans .- Chapter 13. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the COVID-19 Pandemic .- Part V. Prevention, Policy & Future Directions .- Chapter 14. Understanding Social and Structural Determinants of Health and the Primary Prevention of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).- Chapter 15. A National Approach to Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Findings from

Sharon G. Portwood, J.D., Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Public Health Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Portwood received her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, and after more than 10 years as a practicing trial attorney, received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Virginia. Her research reflects an integration of her training and practice in law, developmental psychology, and community psychology applied to a broad spectrum of issues involving health and human services policy and practice, particularly as they impact children, youth, and families. Dr. Portwood has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters covering a wide range of topics, including the prevention of child maltreatment and youth and family violence, children's mental health, and effective community collaboration. She is co-author of the legal textbook, Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases (5th ed.). Dr. Portwood has presented her work both nationally and internationally and has consulted with numerous government and not-for-profit agencies in regard to needs assessment and program development, implementation, and evaluation. From 2002 to 2005, Dr. Portwood served as Program Director and Principal Investigator for the KC Metro Child Traumatic Stress Program, a collaborative network of more than 100 community-based agencies, which was funded by SAMHSA as part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. From 2005 to 2012, she served as the first Executive Director of The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Institute for Social Capital, Inc., which was created to serve as a link between government and nonprofit agencies and university researchers, with the broader goal of fostering research and data-based community decision making through data sharing and integration. Dr. Portwood is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA); Past-President of APA's Section on Child Maltreatment; Past-President