ACEs are traumatic events occurring in childhood that produce lasting effects on health and life opportunities into adulthood, including education.

Evidence

About Adverse Childhood Experiences (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The decisive psychological traumatism of the colonial child occurs in grammar school — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 573; Childhood trauma is typically rooted in early development and maltreatment, with the school’s role understood mainly as responding to trauma that predates schooling. — Trauma in Schools: A Review of the Impact of Childhood Trauma; Children often experience trauma through ongoing early exposure to abuse, neglect, homelessness or domestic violence, which schools then must detect and respond to in the classroom. — How Trauma Affects Kids in School (+1 more)

Related

• Childhood trauma is typically rooted in early development and maltreatment, with the school’s role understood mainly as responding to trauma that predates schooling. (similarity 0.82)
• Children often experience trauma through ongoing early exposure to abuse, neglect, homelessness or domestic violence, which schools then must detect and respond to in the classroom. (similarity 0.81)
• Bullying and peer conflict rank among the most common sources of trauma in schools, leaving children feeling isolated, unsafe and anxious about attending school. (similarity 0.78)