Keith Cartwright on Building Better Relationships and Understanding ACES

On this week’s episode, we’re sitting down with Keith Cartwright to discuss Adverse Childhood Experiences, where prevention and health promotion should begin, and how we can build better relationships in our homes, our workplaces, and our communities.

Keith Cartwright is a Behavioral Health Wellness Consultant for the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. In this role, he leads the statewide initiative to grow awareness in communities about the developmental impacts of adverse childhood experiences. To date, the initiative has trained over 200 ACE Interface trainers and presenters in Virginia. Keith also works part-time as the Alcohol and Drug Education Coordinator at Randolph-Macon College. 

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ACES Trainers across Virginia are working to raise awareness through education and connect people to helpful resources in an effort to reduce ACES and ultimately improve the health of our communities. Register Here:

February 17^th ACES Training: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsd-2prT0rH9BEH_RGGXm3wC7nYm1N88ic

February 24^th ACES Training: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdeGvrD0jHdERb8_WYngzWyZpSEqYi2Lu

March 18^th ACES Training: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpce6srT4rH9fDUfOsNaeG-srK98F1KB3_

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ACES Overview: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html

Nadine Burke Harris – How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime: https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime

Johann Hari's Lost Connections: https://thelostconnections.com/mobile/

The views and opinions expressed on Awareness 2 Action are those of the guests and host and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Prevention Department or Northwestern Community Services.