What Are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can potentially cause trauma. ACEs aren’t specific. They can include any distressful event between birth and age 17.

Consider Ethan and Kevin (their names are pseudonyms to protect their privacy), two children that I worked with as an educator and researcher of trauma in schools. Ethan was abandoned by his mother at ...

New research published in Aggression and Violent Behavior indicates that a history of childhood trauma may not effectively ...

Childhood trauma is assumed to be something that permanently shapes us, but what if adult relationships play a role in shaping these memories? A recent study explores that question.

Decades after a landmark study showed the lasting health effects of such trauma, researchers are finding ways to guard against enduring harm.

We know that experiences from our childhood, both good and bad, shape who we become as adults. But, understanding what kinds of early experiences have staying power into adulthood and the wide range ...

This expert guide supports clinicians, educators, legal advocates, judges, and mental health professionals in effectively screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). It integrates ...

I picked up my child from the car rider line the other day, and my son began to scream at me for being late. Now, I need to acknowledge that pick-up ends at 3:30 p.m. and I tend to roll in at 3:26 p.m ...

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County opened the ACE Center in Brooklyn, offering trauma-informed evaluation, treatment and prevention services for children facing abuse or neglect.

New research suggests that the path to alcohol dependence may differ depending on when the condition begins. A study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence identifies distinct roles for genetic ...