IN THIS ISSUE: Adoptions | Back to School | Adversity and ACES | Aldea Trainings

Aldea Treatment Foster Care and Adoption Services place youth with approved resource families, provides ongoing foster child and family support, and facilitate adoption when biological parents or relatives are unable to provide a safe home.

Parents can

• complete and share the Backpack Emergency Card
• communicate to school teachers, counselors, and parents when moods shift and recognize when insecurities are present
• ask for and be aware of the schools emergency preparedness plan
• implement a predictable daily routine with food, naps, and sleep in a timely order
• practice positive parenting by age of children

Everyone can

• celebrate developmental milestones of the youth in your life
• understand the effects of bullying
• acknowledge stellar parenting to the guardians in your life
• remember that we all need support

ADVERSITY

ad·ver·si·ty (noun): difficulties; misfortune

According to the CDC, if we worked to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences, "up to 1.9 million heart disease cases and 21 million depression cases could have been potentially avoided."

EXAMPLES OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACEs):

1. experiencing violence, abuse, or neglect
2. witnessing violence in the home or community
3. having a family member attempt or die by suicide

ALSO INCLUDED ARE ASPECTS OF THE CHILD'S ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN UNDERMINE THEIR SENSE OF SAFETY, STABILITY, AND BONDING, SUCH AS GROWING UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH:

1. substance use problems
2. mental health problems
3. instability due to parental separation or household members being in jail or prison

Every day, Aldea's professionals walk with those in their most vulnerable moments. MORE ABOUT Aldea Counseling Services

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