Childhood Trauma and It's Affect on Health and Learning

1. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) - "public health crisis"

1.1. Physical, Emotional and Sexual Abuse

1.2. Neglect

1.3. Parental Relation & Issues

2. Create on campus Wellness Centers that help trauma students

2.1. Medical Centers

2.2. Counseling Resources

3. Schools should adopt best practices for helping children of trauma

3.1. Early intervention strategies

3.2. Implement universal screening tool of all students

3.3. Implement "mindfulness" stress reduction strategies

3.4. Discipline policies that are not punitive for stress triggered behaviors

4. Children who have 4 or more ACE are impacted

4.1. 56% of children with ACE have behavior problems in school

4.2. 32.6 % of children with ACE have learning problems in school

5. ACE induces trauma which negatively impacts brain development.