The increased public understanding that childhood adversity, including adverse childhood experiences, can cause trauma and toxic stress—and, in turn, have a lasting impact on children’s physical and mental health—presents an important opportunity to turn this awareness into action.
Jessica Dym Bartlett conducts applied research with infants, young children, their parents, and the prevention and intervention programs with which they interact (e.g., home visiting, early care and education, child welfare, mental health, primary care).