RESILIENCE: The Biology of Stress

A free event on April 12, at the Bonners Ferry High School, including a free spaghetti dinner at 5 p.m., film presentation at 6 p.m., and panel discussion at 7 p.m. There will be door prizes. Adult attendance only please. The event is sponsored by: Community Coalition for Families, Boundary County School District and OPTUM.

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.