What Are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can potentially cause trauma. ACEs aren’t specific. They can include any distressful event between birth and age 17.

For children who have experienced trauma, trusting adults and navigating the classroom may be difficult, but there are simple ...

Policy makers and the citizens of New York state need to acknowledge and then begin addressing the impact of adverse childhood experiences for the children who experience them – as well as the direct ...

This post is part of a series on adverse childhood experiences. Read the other parts here. Kent Hoffman and colleagues have written an excellent book for parents entitled Raising a Secure Child. They ...

New research shows that overall, the prevalence of adverse and positive childhood experiences reported by parents of teenagers hasn't changed substantially in the United States in recent years.

Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) during early childhood, middle childhood, and/or adolescence are all risk factors for self-harm and depression. Early and secondary interventions may ...

Senators Dick Durbin and Shelley Moore Capito reintroduced the bipartisan RISE from Trauma Act to expand supports for ...

Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that occur before a child reaches the age of 15 with ...

Prior research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has shown them to be strong predictors of health behaviors, chronic conditions, and other adverse outcomes. However, less is known about the ...