Adverse childhood experiences
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) (pronounced: ad-verse child-hood ex-peer-ee-ences) are traumatic events that occur during childhood and have a significant impact on a child's development and future health. The term was first used in a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Kaiser Permanente.
Etymology
The term "Adverse Childhood Experiences" was coined in the late 1990s during a study conducted by the CDC and Kaiser Permanente. The term is used to describe a wide range of stressful or traumatic experiences that children can be exposed to before the age of 18.
Definition
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years) such as experiencing violence, abuse, or neglect; witnessing violence in the home; and having a family member attempt or die by suicide. Also included are aspects of the child’s environment that can undermine their sense of safety, stability, and bonding such as growing up in a household with substance misuse, mental health problems, or instability due to parental separation or household members being in jail or prison.
Related Terms
- Childhood Trauma: This refers to a scary, dangerous, violent, or life threatening event that happens to a child (0-18 years of age). This type of event may also happen to someone your child knows and your child is impacted as a result of seeing or hearing about the other person being hurt or injured.
- Resilience: This is the ability to overcome serious hardship. Factors that contribute to resilience include individual personality traits, such as optimism and intelligence, and outside support from family and community.
- Toxic Stress: This refers to the excessive or prolonged activation of stress response systems in the body and brain. In a child, this could occur if the child experiences frequent or prolonged adversity such as physical or emotional abuse, chronic neglect, caregiver substance abuse or mental illness, exposure to violence, and/or the accumulated burdens of family economic hardship—without adequate adult support.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Adverse childhood experiences
- Wikipedia's article - Adverse childhood experiences
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