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The VISION of LAPEN is that Louisiana will have high quality and effective parenting education by promoting best practices and evidence-based programs. LAPEN is a program of the Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center (SELAHEC).
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"At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents."
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Information
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime, to the point where those who’ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer. An impassioned plea for pediatric medicine to confront the prevention and treatment of trauma, head-on.
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Click the picture to access more information on Stress & Early Brain Growth:
Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
Click on the ACE pryamid to learn more about the Adverse Childhood Experiences study and additional information.
LAPEN is a founding member of the Louisiana ACE Initiative. For more info, click here.
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Dr. Stewart Gordon, Lenell Young and Dr. Robert Anda. Dr. Anda is one of the original co-investigators in the ACE study and was a speaker at the LAPEN Parenting Educators Summit.
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