Resilience

Screening and discussion of RESILIENCE: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope

RESILIENCE: THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS & THE SCIENCE OF HOPE chronicles the birth of a new movement among pediatricians, therapists, educators and communities, who are using cutting-edge brain science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction and disease.

“The child may not remember, but the body remembers.”

The original research was controversial, but the findings revealed the most important public health findings of a generation. RESILIENCE is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent Toxic Stress. Now understood to be one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression, extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior.

However, as experts and practitioners profiled in RESILIENCE are proving, what’s predictable is preventable. These physicians, educators, social workers and communities are daring to talk about the effects of divorce, abuse and neglect. And they’re using cutting edge science to help the next generation break the cycles of adversity and disease.

Come join the Interfaith Health and Hope Coalition (www.interfaithhealthhope.org) in partnership with Connections (Wayne County Systems in Action for Children, Youth and Families) Madonna University, and Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority for a screening of and discussion around this film.

The discussion will be moderated by Ruth Kaleniecki, CEO of the Interfaith Health and Hope Coalition. Panelists will include:

- Diane Burgermeister, PhD, College of Nursing, Madonna University

- Irena Glover, PhD, School of Social Work, Madonna University

- Katie Gorney, Ruth Ellis Center

- Sue-Anne Sweeney, Aging Studies Program, Madonna University

2 social work continuing education credits pending for this event. Refreshments will be served.

Nurses will be awarded 2 contact hours for attendance at the entire event and completion of the evaluation. Madonna University is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)

2 education SCECHs available pending approval.