Adverse Childhood Experiences & Trauma Informed Approaches

What are ACEs

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic experiences that can have a huge impact on children and young people throughout their lives.

The ten widely recognised ACEs, as identified in a US study from the 1990s, are:

Abuse:

• physical
• sexual
• verbal

Neglect:

• emotional
• physical

Growing up in a household where:

• there are adults with alcohol and drug use problems
• there are adults with mental health problems
• there is domestic violence
• there are adults who have spent time in prison
• parents have separated

As well as these 10 ACEs there are a range of other types of childhood adversity that can have similar negative long term effects. These include bereavement, bullying, poverty and community adversities such as living in a deprived area, neighbourhood violence etc.

We are committed to addressing all types of childhood adversity, and this is anchored in our long-standing, national approach of Getting it right for every child.

Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/adverse-childhood-experiences/

Opening Doors: Trauma Informed Practice for the Workforce from NES on Vimeo.

Useful links:

National trauma training

Strand 7 a trauma informed workforce