Aces and Trauma Informed Care
QUESTIONS and answers
Trauma✔✔an emotional wound or shock that causes substantial, sometimes
lasting damage to psychological development
ACES✔✔Adverse Childhood Experiences. Describes all types of abuse, neglect,
and other traumatic experiences that occur to individuals under 18.
Who participated in the ACE study?✔✔17,000 people interviewed and
answered questions about their childhood experiences and current health
status and behaviors.
What did the Kaiser ACE study examine?✔✔Relationships between these
traumatic (abusive and neglectful) experiences during childhood and reduced
health and well-being later in life
3 types of ACES include:✔✔Abuse (physical, emotional, social), Neglect
(physical, emotional), Household Dysfunction (mental illness, incarcerated
relative, mother treated violently, substance abuse, divorce)
What impacts do ACE's have?✔✔As the number of ACE's increases, so does
the risk for negative health outcomes
ACE study findings✔✔childhood experiences are POWERFUL determinants of
who we become as adults and that traumatic experiences have a significant
effect on developmental or social problems
What ACE score shows how common trauma is?✔✔4 through 8
QUESTIONS and answers
Trauma✔✔an emotional wound or shock that causes substantial, sometimes
lasting damage to psychological development
ACES✔✔Adverse Childhood Experiences. Describes all types of abuse, neglect,
and other traumatic experiences that occur to individuals under 18.
Who participated in the ACE study?✔✔17,000 people interviewed and
answered questions about their childhood experiences and current health
status and behaviors.
What did the Kaiser ACE study examine?✔✔Relationships between these
traumatic (abusive and neglectful) experiences during childhood and reduced
health and well-being later in life
3 types of ACES include:✔✔Abuse (physical, emotional, social), Neglect
(physical, emotional), Household Dysfunction (mental illness, incarcerated
relative, mother treated violently, substance abuse, divorce)
What impacts do ACE's have?✔✔As the number of ACE's increases, so does
the risk for negative health outcomes
ACE study findings✔✔childhood experiences are POWERFUL determinants of
who we become as adults and that traumatic experiences have a significant
effect on developmental or social problems
What ACE score shows how common trauma is?✔✔4 through 8
