Adverse Childhood Experiences (Parent Education)

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  Hello. I'm Cory Duncan.

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  And today we're going to discuss understanding adverse childhood experiences.

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  This is a brief outline of what we'll cover today.

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  We're going to discuss what trauma is We are going.

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  Thio talk about adverse childhood experiences, also known as ASIS.

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  Then I discuss what are included in ASIS.

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  Um what Ace exposure could increase the risk of later

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  in life?

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  Gonna briefly discuss the original a study on what the

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  data shows going to talk about how the brain and

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  body are affected by those traumatic experiences.

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  We're gonna talk about the commonality of ASIS briefly discussed

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  the Ace pyramid, and we're also going to discuss resilience,

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  an event or series of events that causes moderate to

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  severe stress reactions is called and traumatic event.

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  Traumatic events are characterized by a sense of horror, helplessness,

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  serious injury or the threat of serious injury or death.

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  This definition is from the Centers for Disease Control and

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  Prevention 2010.

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  So what are adverse childhood experiences, adverse childhood experiences or

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  aces our traumatic events that occur before age 18.

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  Aces include all types of abuse and neglect, as well

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  as parental mental illness, substance use, divorce, incarceration, and domestic

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  violence. A landmark study in the 19 nineties found a

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  significant relationship between the number of ASIS a person experienced

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  and a variety of negative outcomes in adulthood, including or

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  physical and mental health, substance abuse and risky behaviors.

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  The more aces experienced, the greater the risk for these

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  outcomes. By definition, Children in the child welfare system have

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  suffered at least one ace.

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  Recent studies have shown that in comparison, general population these

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  Children are far more likely to have experienced at least

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  four aces.

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  Yeah, adverse childhood experiences can include emotional abuse, physical abuse,

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  sexual abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect, exposure to domestic violence,

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  household substance abuse, household mental illness, parental separation or divorce

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  and incarcerated household member bully by another child or adult

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  witnessing violence outside the home, witnessing a brother or sister

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  being abused, racism, sexism or any other form of discrimination

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  being homeless and natural disasters and war.

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  Yeah, exposure to childhood ASIS can increase the risk of

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  adolescent pregnancy, alcoholism and alcohol abuse, depression until illness elicit

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  drug use, heart disease, liver disease, multiple sexual partners, intimate

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  partner violence, sexually transmitted diseases, smoking, suicide attempts and unintended

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  pregnancies. Next, we have brief information on the original ACE

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  data, the CDC, Kaiser Permanente at first childhood experience a

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  study is one of the largest investigations of childhood abuse

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  and neglect and household challenges and later, life, health and

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  well being.

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  The original A study was conducted at Kaiser Permanente from

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  1995 to 1997 with two waves of data collection.

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  Over 17,000 Health maintenance organization members from Southern California receiving

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  physical exams completed confidential surveys regarding their childhood experiences and

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  current health status and behaviors.

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  It's important to note that participants in this study represented

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  a cross section of middle class American adults.

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  Yeah, yeah.

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  So next we're gonna discuss how do aces affect health

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  or what are the consequences?

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  So aces have a lasting negative effect on health?

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  Well, being an opportunity, these experiences can increase the risk

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  of injury, sexually transmitted infections, maternal and child health problems,

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  teen pregnancy, um, involving involvement in sex trafficking in a

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  wide range of chronic diseases and leading causes of death

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  such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and suicide aces and

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  associated conditions such as living in under resourced or racially

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  segregated neighborhoods.

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  Frequently moving and experiencing food, insecurity can cause toxic stress.

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  Toxic stress from ASIS can change brain development and affect

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  such things as attention, decision making, learning and response to

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  stress. Children growing up with toxic stress may have difficulty

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  forming healthy and stable relationships.

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  They may also have unstable work histories as adults and

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  struggled with finances, jobs and depression throughout life.

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  These effects can also be passed on to their own

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  Children. Some Children may face further exposure to toxic stress

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  from historical and ongoing trauma due to systematic racism or

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  other or the other impacts of poverty resulting from limited

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  educational and economic opportunities.

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  Yeah, by now, you're probably wondering if aces, air common

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  or how common aces are.

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  The truth is, aces are common across all populations.

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  Almost two thirds of study participants reported at least one

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  ace, and more than one in five reported three or

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  more aces.

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  Some populations worm or vulnerable to experiencing aces because of

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  the social and economic conditions in which they live, learn,

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  work and play.

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  The ace score is a total some of the different

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  categories of aces reported by participants.

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  Study finding sure graded dose response relationship between aces and

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  negative health and well being outcomes In other words, as

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  the number of aces increases, so does the risk for

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  negative outcomes.

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  Yeah, what you see here is called the Ace Pyramid.

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  This pyramid represents the conceptual framework for the study.

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  In the mid nineties, when this study was initiated, there

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  was lots of information available about risk factors for disease.

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  Something that was becoming evident during this time was that

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  risk factors were not the same for everyone in the

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  population. It was found that risk factors tended to cluster,

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  meaning that a person with one risk factor was mawr

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  likely to have other risk factors.

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  To address this issue, the A study was designed to

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  excess scientific gaps about the origin of risk factors.

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  These gaps are represented by the two arrows linking adverse

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  childhood experiences to the health and social issues higher up

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  in the pyramid.

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  We've talked about ASIS and how a person's brain, body

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  and potentially entire life can be affected.

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  Next, we're going to talk about resilience.

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  The good news is resilience.

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  Kenbrell nbac, health and hope.

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  So what is resilience?

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  Resilience is the ability to return to being healthy and

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  hopeful after bad things happen.

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  Research shows that parents provide a safe environment for their

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  Children and teach them how Toby Resilient that helps produce

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  the effects of ASIS.

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  Parents, teachers and caregivers can help Children by gaining an

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  understanding of ASIS.

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  Open Children identify feelings and manage emotions, creating safe physical

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  and emotional environments at home, in school, in the neighborhoods.

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  So what does resilience look like?

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  Number one.

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  Having resilient parents?

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  So parents who know how to solve problems, who have

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  healthy relationships with other adults and who build healthy relationships

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  with their Children.

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  Number two is building attachment and nurturing relationships.

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  Adults who listen and respond patiently to a child in

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  a supportive way and pay attention to a child's physical

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  and emotional needs.

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  Number three.

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  Building social connections.

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  Having family, friends and our neighbors who support help and

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  listen to Children.

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  Number four.

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  Meeting basic needs.

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  Providing Children with safe housing, nutritious food, appropriate clothing and

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  access to healthcare and good education.

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  Number five is learning about parenting and how Children grow,

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  understanding how parents can help their Children grow in a

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  healthy way and what to expect from Children as they

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  grow. And number six is building social and emotional skills,

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  helping Children interact in a healthy way with others, manage

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  their emotions and communicate their feelings and needs.

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  This has been understanding adverse childhood experiences.

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  Part one Part two is a video, a short video

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  and resilience.

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  Please watch part two as well.

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  Thank you.