This article offers guidance for people assisting families and middle-aged and older adults who are in, or at risk of, this generational transmission of trauma. Intervening actions in the lives of adults who experienced ACEs can help prevent ACEs in their current or future children.

The first article in the series can be found at https://www.cossapresources.org/Content/Documents/Articles/RTI_Substance_Use_and_ACEs_Across_the_Lifespan_Part 1.pdf.