The term "adverse childhood experience" refers to a range of negative situations a child may face or witness while growing up. These experiences include emotional, physical, or sexual abuse ...

A recent doctoral dissertation reveals that adverse childhood experiences, such as abuse and neglect, predispose adolescents ...

When children are exposed to very challenging experiences, their health suffers. In our recent study, “Adverse Childhood Experiences and Household Food Insecurity: Findings from the 2016 National ...

The Childhood Stress study investigated the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)—including abuse, neglect, and household instability—and current household food security status ...

Registration for the Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences Workshop is now open to all community members. This FREE, 2.5 hour workshop for caring adults is centered around growing awareness ...

Research indicates that childhood wounds frequently addressed in therapy include trauma-related experiences, as well as adverse childhood experiences. These experiences can lead to challenges in ...

In the original study of childhood experiences, begun in 1995 by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente, two-thirds of the more than 17,000 subjects who filled out ...