Types of Stress
With the support of caring adults, a child can learn to manage stress and develop healthy stress response systems. However, some types of stress can be too overwhelming and negatively impact brain development. Learn more about the different types of stress by clicking on the boxes below!
Scientific Council, N. (2014).
Positive Stress
Tolerable Stress
Toxic
Stress
Trauma and the brain
Explore how trauma, ACEs, and toxic stress negatively effect the developing brain, learning and behavior.
Scientific Council, N. (2014).
Types of Risk and
The Cumulative Risk Model
The Cumulate Risk Model asserts that the higher the number of ACE or trauma exposures, the higher the risk of maladaptive outcomes. However, recent research reveals how the type of exposure may indicate the specific maladaptive outcomes.
Watch the video below to compare the effects of cumulative ACEs to types of ACEs.
Evans, G. W., Li, D., & Whipple, S. S. (2013).
Lanier, P., et. al. (2018)