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2025-06-11 Healing Communities: Addressing ACEs and Community Violence through Research and Practice
Credit
ATS CEU:1.0
Description
The American Trauma Society presented an Injury Prevention Professional WebinarJune 11, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern "Healing Communities: Addressing ACEs and Community Violence through Research and Practice"
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and exposure to community violence can have lasting impacts on health, development, and safety—especially among children and youth. This webinar will explore how trauma manifests across different environments and highlight strategies for prevention and healing. Our esteemed presenters will share perspectives from clinical care, school and public health systems, and community-based approaches to prevention, offering practical insights for trauma-informed and community-responsive work.
Presenters:
Dr. Sonali Rajan, EdD, MS
Dr. Bradley Stolbach, PhD
Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney, PhD, New Mexico State University
Free for ATS Members
$25 for Non-Members
Dr. Sonali Rajan, EdD, MS is a professor of health promotion and education in the Department of Health Studies and Applied Educational Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. She also holds a secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health. She is Co-Director of the Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention and from 2022-2024 served as the Founding President of the Research Society for Firearm-Related Harms. Dr. Rajan is a school violence prevention researcher, studying gun violence, school safety, and adverse childhood experiences. She is co-leading research in these areas funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the past year she has been serving on a National Academies committee conducting a consensus study on the impacts of active shooter drills on children’s health and well-being. Dr. Rajan's work is specifically focused on how to best create healthy and safe environments where children can optimally learn, particularly in the face of the growing firearm violence crisis in the U.S.
Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney is a psychologist, researcher, and co-author of Anna, Age Eight and 100% Community, books that have inspired statewide efforts to prevent childhood trauma and ensure access to services. As Co-Director of the Anna, Age Eight Institute, she co-leads the 100% New Mexico Initiative, now active in 18 counties, working to guarantee access to ten vital services that support family and community well-being. Her work blends data, storytelling, and community collaboration to prevent trauma and foster resilience and long-term well-being.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and exposure to community violence can have lasting impacts on health, development, and safety—especially among children and youth. This webinar will explore how trauma manifests across different environments and highlight strategies for prevention and healing. Our esteemed presenters will share perspectives from clinical care, school and public health systems, and community-based approaches to prevention, offering practical insights for trauma-informed and community-responsive work.
Presenters:
Dr. Sonali Rajan, EdD, MS
Dr. Bradley Stolbach, PhD
Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney, PhD, New Mexico State University
Free for ATS Members
$25 for Non-Members
Dr. Sonali Rajan, EdD, MS is a professor of health promotion and education in the Department of Health Studies and Applied Educational Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. She also holds a secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health. She is Co-Director of the Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention and from 2022-2024 served as the Founding President of the Research Society for Firearm-Related Harms. Dr. Rajan is a school violence prevention researcher, studying gun violence, school safety, and adverse childhood experiences. She is co-leading research in these areas funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the past year she has been serving on a National Academies committee conducting a consensus study on the impacts of active shooter drills on children’s health and well-being. Dr. Rajan's work is specifically focused on how to best create healthy and safe environments where children can optimally learn, particularly in the face of the growing firearm violence crisis in the U.S.
Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney is a psychologist, researcher, and co-author of Anna, Age Eight and 100% Community, books that have inspired statewide efforts to prevent childhood trauma and ensure access to services. As Co-Director of the Anna, Age Eight Institute, she co-leads the 100% New Mexico Initiative, now active in 18 counties, working to guarantee access to ten vital services that support family and community well-being. Her work blends data, storytelling, and community collaboration to prevent trauma and foster resilience and long-term well-being.
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