AAPCA1 & ACEs Aware
The ACEs Screening tool and initiative to address childhood trauma is a small step in a long history of pediatric research and programs on understanding how children thrive, and how we can support them. 

This month's article focuses on the powerful impact of positive parenting in decreasing the risk of childhood developmental, social or behavioral delays.
Pediatric Perspectives: Positive Parenting
I heard of ACEs, but what are PACEs?

By Dr. Renee Wachtel, MD, FAAP
Chair, Committees on Development and Behavior and School Health
Research about thousands of participants in many countries and cultures substantiate the cumulative harmful effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on health and psychological and social functioning. However, a new study by Sheffield Morris et al. (Adversity and Resilience Science, 2021) studied the role of Protective and Compensatory Experiences or PACEs in childhood to buffer the negative effects of ACEs on later parenting.
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Our mission is to promote the optimal health and development of children and
adolescents of Northern California in partnership with their families and communities, and to support the pediatricians who care for them.
Executive Committee:
President: Raelene Walker • Vice President: Nelson Branco
• Secretary: Janice Kim • Treasurer: Nivedita More • Past President: John Takayama
Executive Director: Isra Uz-Zaman

Board Members:
North Valley MAL: Thiyagu Ganesan • Sacramento Valley MAL: Ravinder Khaira • Central Valley MAL: Yvonne Brouard • South Valley MAL: Nicole Webb • San Francisco MAL: Rhea Boyd • Santa Clara MAL: Meera Sankar • San Mateo MAL: Neel Patel • North Coastal MAL: Jeffrey Ribordy • Monterey Bay MAL: Graciela Wilcox • Alameda MAL: Reshem Agarwal
• Contra Costa/Solano MAL: Diane Dooley

Pediatric Insider News Editors:
• Yvonne Brouard • Mika Hiramatsu • Alyssa Velasco

Staff Members:
• Executive Assistant: Sabah Elias • Project Coordinator: Aliza Newman