The Film: Resilience, The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope is a film about adverse childhood experiences which can affect the rest of your life. The award-winning film will be shown on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 7:00 PM at the Memorial Building in Hardwick sponsored by the Jeudevine Library and the Hardwick Area Community Justice Center followed by a panel discussion led by area specialists in this topic.

“The child may not remember, but the body remembers,” is the foundation of what the film shows.

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.

There will be refreshments! For more information call 472-5948 or www.jeudevinememoriallibrary.org.