Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is the term used to describe the traumatic experiences that children experience before the age of 18. These are deemed to have lasting impacts on a child's mental, physical health, and general well-being.
There are many different types of traumas in childhood that can be ACEs. Examples of ACEs include:
The experience of physical or emotional abuse
Experiencing abandonment or neglect
The lose of a family member to suicide
Childhood in a household were substance abuse or alcoholism is prevalent
Having a parent that is mentally ill
Having an parent that is in prison
Experiencing the divorce or separation of parents
The following video outlines the impact ACEs have on human development
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