Early Diversity Case Studies

However, to understand the impact of adversity on young children’s development and learning, our genes supply the basic blueprint for brain development. “Thus, toxic stress in early childhood not only is a risk factor for later risky behavior but also can be a direct source of biological injury or disruption that may have lifelong consequences independent of whatever circumstances might follow later in life (Shonoff and Garner, 2012, page 238). Poverty, neglect, or family stress can make it especially difficult for young children to develop the self-discipline and habits of mind they will need to succeed in the classroom and beyond. Researchers have found that chronic, sustained stress, such as that caused by neglect, abuse, or deprivation,

An explanation of the potential effects on development of babies and young children of the following experiences.

This is problematic because the levels of stress these children are under are very high. These high Ace scores are related to major chronic health, mental health, economic health, and social health issues. Finding the appropriate intervention for children with higher ACE scores or that could experience more trauma is key to helping children in the foster system over come adversities. Adverse childhood experiences are common, but that does not mean that we cannot be proactive. When creating a treatment plan it is important to recognize that some children have already experienced trauma, so that would be late stage intervention, but it is also important to plan early intervention.

“Resilience: The Biology of Stress and Science of Hope” (2016), is a documentary corelating adverse childhood events (ACE) and chronic medical condition like heart disease and diabetes (Resilience trailer, 2016). Childhood trauma and toxic stress changes a person physically and emotionally (Lee, 2016). On November 29, 2017, I had the pleasure of attending a showing of the film ‘Resilience’ and the panel discussion which followed. The panel consisted of five community leaders discussing the impact of ACEs and the work being done to address the problem. The panel included: Joan Caley MS, ARNP-CNS, CNL, NEA, BC of ACES Action Coalition, Jill McGillis of Clark County Juvenile Justice, Michelle Welton outreach manager for Catholic Charities Refugee Services Program Support, Jonathan Weedman CCTP, LPC the director of operations population health partnerships for Care Oregon, and Sandy Mathenson EdD director of social –emotional learning for Battle Ground Public Schools. The speakers received about fifteen minutes to discuss their respective work and agencies. In this brief review, I will summarize the discussion and deliberate the effectiveness of the presentation method.

The ACE Study was designed to answer the question: “If risk factors for disease, disability, and early mortality are not randomly distributed, what early life influences precede the adoption or development of them (preventchildabuse.org)?” Adverse Childhood Experience does not evoke preconceived notions or biases about the perpetrators or victims of child abuse, domestic violence, or persons with mental health or substance abuse issues. The term “adverse” implies stress. However, the biologic stress response is largely responsible for the negative impact of ACEs on brain development. “Experiences” was the term chosen rather than “Environment” because the latter term can imply exposure to environmental toxins. As framed by the study, “Childhood” refers to the first 18 years of life (preventchildabuse.org).

Poverty and how it can affect a child’s education and how attachment with a parental figure can affect a child’s education are two major claims made by Tough. Tough believes in general children who come from stressful environments and insecure attachments tend to do worse in school in comparison to others. Children who are surrounded by stressful situations in their home environment tend to be distracted emotionally, thus leading to their poor performance in school. In an attempt to explain this phenomenon, stress psychologists described how the part of the brain that is critical in self-regulatory, cognitive and emotional responses is the part that is mainly affected by early stress. Using this information, Burke Harris conducted a study where she assigned ACE scores to thousands of patients based on childhood trauma including growing up in an abusive home. Based upon these results, Burke Harris found a powerful correlation relating ACE scores and people’s performance in school (17). In order to make sense of this information, McEwen described

After reading, it is logical and makes sense that higher the amount of exposure to childhood trauma would affect someone later in life. These experiences have the ability to cause greater health issues because of it (Stevens, 2014). This aligns with my working knowledge of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) research which I have learned from my mentor. This topic is big for her as she works with children and families in our communities for a living. She is aware of my past of being in foster care and has educated me how ACE research pertains to me. A while back she started naming off experiences, asking if I had them in my life, with the goal of educating me about how high my ACE score is and that it makes sense that I got cancer three years

Alok Jha is a science correspondent, so he has been interviewed lots of scientists and psychologists, it brings more authority towards this newspaper article. It reports that how the childhood adversity affects the brain and body functions in adulthood, so it is relevant with the aim of the research question, but the content of the article is more about the human body function rather than psychology. Alok strongly argues that the individual’s previous memory of the adverse childhood experiences will twice as likely to have repeating episodes of depression in adulthood. Therefore, it is not really relevant than Schaffer and Douglas’s articles. Through this article does not provide the reason of the children’s mental

CSA as a traumatic experience affects children in different ways. The majority of the studies in this literature review suggest a possible causal association in which increasing exposure to CSA led to decline in educational achievement of both victims and survivors. Some studies also suggest that the poorer achievement of those exposed to CSA could be influenced by other social, family or individual characteristics. However, findings in some studies suggest that some survivors are fairly resilient and therefore do not demonstrate poor academic outcomes.

The pervasiveness of these correlations is high and suggesting childhood trauma could play a major role in the psychological health of a person later in adulthood, and there have many studies which have been conducted that could support these theories.

The conclusions venture a realistic overview on the aspect of early childhood abuse and its outcomes.

Did you know that being neglected as a child, can lead to diseases like heart or lung disease as an adult. Adverse Childhood Experiences tells us how this is possible. This study was dated back to before 1976 to inform people about a child’s experience, and how it affects them as an adult. Scientists and doctors have been learning about this, now you can, too. Different categories have different effects.

Toxic stress plays a damaging role for children. If there is no one to alleviate this stress, it can be damaging to the children. Ziba Kashef describes that sympathetic nervous system triggers a fight-or-flight response when children are in stress. This toxic stress requires caregivers to relieve it. If it is not relieved, areas of the brain, such as those that involve learning, decision-making can not be completely developed, while stress responses can be too active and too developed. Areas of the brain that involve emotion may be underdeveloped. Adverse childhood experiences causes toxic stress. Furthermore, Kashef describes that children that experienced four or more adverse childhood experiences are more likely to have depression, commit suicide, or become an alcoholic. Kashef explains that factors such as gang activity and violence cause children to feel unsafe. The children remember these experiences, which causes influence them when they grow older. A way to prevent childhood adversity from happening, especially in orphanages, is by establishing nurturing relationships between children. If

Throughout the course of history, millions of children have been victims of physical abuse; it has been shown that the effects of this abuse can profoundly influence ones mental and physical health in the span of his or hers life.

According to the Center of Disease Control, to help prevent the physical harm to a child is