For Hub City Times

MARSHFIELD — Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Community Services and the Wood County Health Department are hosting a pair of free showings of a powerful documentary “Paper Tigers.”

“Paper Tigers” highlights research related to the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) study, which examined how trauma impacts development and increases issues related to mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, physical health, and early death.

The documentary focuses on one school’s radical solution to the problem and how it impacted the students. The school has become a promising model of how to break the cycles of poverty, violence, and disease that affect families through the practice of trauma-informed educational strategies and is a testament to what the latest research on childhood adversity is proving: that one caring adult can change the trajectory of a young person’s life.

The Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Community Services and Wood County Health Department are partnering together for two showings in Wood County because many children served in our schools, clinics, hospital, and community-based settings have experienced ACES, which directly impact their health, ability to learn, and overall well-being as well as community’s health.

Click here to view the trailer, and then choose the following time and option that work for you to reserve a spot:

—Jan. 28, 2016, at 3:45 p.m. at the Marshfield High School Auditorium.

—Feb. 17, 2016, at 6 p.m. at the McMillan Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids.

Please note that after registering you will get a confirmation email. Disregard the line about your credit card as it is a free showing.