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ACEs are defined as ‘traumatic or stressful experiences that can have a huge impact on children at the time and throughout their lives.’. ACEs can include anything from experiencing abuse or neglect including: Physical abuse. Verbal abuse. Sexual abuse. Emotional abuse. Neglect.
- Introduction
- About The Evidence Presented Below
- Accessing Resources
- Background
- Scottish Context
- The Origin of Aces
- Defining Aces and Trauma
- Evidence
- Studies Measuring The Effectiveness of Interventions to Mitigate Against Aces
- Examples and Recommended Practice
This evidence summary seeks to address the following questions relating to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and interventions within the education system: 1. How may ACEs impact young people’s educational experiences? 2. How can schools best support young people with ACEs? 3. What kinds of approaches have been effective in creating the conditio...
We drew on a wide range of evidence, including academic research in the fields of social work, healthcare, psychology, early years and education in relevant databases (e.g. ASSIA, ProQuest Public Health, SCIE Social Care Online, Social Services Abstracts) and recommendations from specialist organisations (e.g. CELCIS, Scottish Adverse Childhood Exp...
We have provided links to the materials referenced in the summary. Some of these materials are published in academic journals and are only available with a subscription through the The Knowledge Network with a NHSScotland OpenAthens username. The Knowledge Network offers accounts to everyone who helps provide health and social care in Scotland in c...
There has been a recent interest in approaches to education that support young people with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), including trauma informed and attachment approaches. For example, the Welsh Government has recently announced that training to help children who face early childhood trauma is to be offered to all schools in Wales. Teache...
Concerns around ACEs have been picked up by policymakers across education and social care in Scotland. The University of Glasgow Adverse Childhood Experiences Research Centre suggests that children who suffer difficult early experiences, such as illness, neurodevelopmental problems, neglect or abuse can develop mental health problems that can burde...
The original ACE Study was conducted at Kaiser Permanente from 1995 to 1997. Around 17,000 mostly white, middle class college-educated people in Southern California completed surveys about their childhood experiences and current health status and behaviours, and received physical exams (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2016). The fi...
According to Corcoran and McNulty (2018), adverse childhood experiences are “traumatic events (e.g., sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse) or chronic stressors (e.g., neglect, parental separation) that are uncontrollable to the child”. The original ACE questionnaire used the following categories and refer to the respondent’s first 18 years...
A significant body of research exists causally connecting adverse childhood experiences to poor educational outcomes. For example, Cook et al (2005)suggest: Recent doctoral research by McDowell (2017)identified that young people who had multiple ACEs were less likely to care about doing well in school and less likely to do all required homework tha...
The interventions summarised below include trauma-informed, attachment aware and ACE approaches to interventions to support young people in the school environment and with educational attainment.
This section focuses on examples of trauma, attachment and ACEs informed approaches to education and documents that make good practice recommendations. The quality of school attended is important for young people’s health and wellbeing, and schools play a critical role in the development of children and young people’s social networks and their expe...
Dec 22, 2021 · In this article, we’ll define adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), detail the impact ACEs have on child development, explain why it’s so crucial that schools understand the impact of ACEs, and provide guidance on how schools can support children who have experienced ACEs.
Our January 2020 report, ‘Knowing your children – supporting pupils with adverse childhood experiences’, explored the impact schools have on the wellbeing of pupils with adverse childhood experiences (ACES).
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are “highly stressful, and potentially traumatic, events or situations that occur during childhood and/or adolescence. They can be a single event, or prolonged threats to, and breaches of, the young person’s safety, security, trust or bodily integrity.” (Young Minds, 2018).
Oct 8, 2024 · Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years). Examples include: 1. Experiencing violence, abuse, or neglect. Witnessing violence in the home or community. Having a family member attempt or die by suicide.
Oct 24, 2024 · Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are thought to have negative effects on mental health and well-being in adolescence. The definition of ACEs varies between studies, and their measurement is mainly based on questionnaires designed for adults to recall their childhood. This scoping review aimed to explore the research methods and findings from studies that quantitatively analysed the ...
