1. https://youtu.be/GbSp88PBe9E
Ounce of Prevention

2. Early brain development
Themes for today
Early brain development
ACES
How do we respond?
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3. What do we know about early brain development?

4. Harvard Video - Architecture

5. The importance of brain plasticity

6. than have to fix it later”
“Better to get it right in the beginning
than have to fix it later”
(Shonkoff, 2011)

7. “The developing brain occurs in the context of a relationship with another self, another brain”
(Schore, 2005

8.
Serve and Return

9. The impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences
What happens to the brain when things go wrong?
The impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACE’s)

10. What are ACEs?

11. Toxic Stress

12. Welsh ACE Study - 4 Infograpics to follow
© 2015 Public Health Wales NHS Trust.

18. The Long Term Impact of Early Adversity
Early adversity embeds itself in our biology and psychology leading to
Long term health difficulties
Long term psychological difficulties
There is an intergenerational clustering of adverse health outcomes
Heart disease
Addiction
Anxiety/Depression
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19. How can we translate this science of brain development and ACEs into practice?

20. Talk as a society about ACEs Prevention e.g. Young Knocknaheeny ABC
Public health message
Talk as a society about ACEs
Prevention e.g. Young Knocknaheeny ABC

21. 5 Key Strategies within Implementation Science Framework