Pediatric mental health · Evidence, context & compassion

About this project

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A personally funded project by Scott Silva .

Building around real lives

Scott Silva is the founder and CEO of Aegis Inside and the founder of Harbor, an operating platform built for Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care (PPEC) centers. His work focuses on connecting the workflows behind complex pediatric day care, including authorizations, scheduling, documentation and billing readiness.

Through that work, Scott has become closely involved in a part of pediatric care that many families and professionals outside the field do not yet know. His public writing aims to make PPEC easier to understand, especially for families navigating care for medically complex children.

Professional background: LinkedIn profile · About Harbor · Scott’s public writing on PPEC .

Professional work. Personal motivation.

It should be possible to take childhood adversity seriously without turning a person into a prediction.

This project is also informed by Scott’s personal experiences. Those experiences are part of his motivation, not a substitute for empirical evidence. The aim is to bring personal concern and scientific scrutiny together—without treating an individual story as proof that a method works.

This draft does not describe specific private experiences or claim clinical qualifications. Scott can expand the personal account in his own words.

Personally funded. Open to thoughtful contribution.

This project is 100% personally funded by Scott Silva.

Contributors are invited to strengthen the work with expertise, careful critique and perspective. This is an invitation to contribute knowledge—not a fundraising appeal.

How to participate

Relationship disclosure: Scott is the founder of Harbor and Aegis Inside. Those professional interests are disclosed here; the funding statement above concerns this project personally, not the funding of those businesses.

The mission

Make evidence about childhood adversity easier to understand, without reducing a person to a score. Offer thoughtful tools that respect privacy, acknowledge culture and context, and help people identify a next step that feels possible.

What guides the work

  • Distinguish research findings from assumptions and personal perspective.
  • Respect the choice not to answer, contribute or share.
  • Invite cultural context and lived experience without requiring private disclosure.
  • Keep education separate from diagnosis, treatment and marketing.

Public-source bio and mission are presented for context. No endorsement by CDC, WHO or ACEs Aware is claimed.

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