Updating the ACE Test: School Trauma

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) test is a tool used to predict negative health outcomes in adulthood based on childhood trauma incurred in the home. While the study which lead up to this test was comprehensive, I believe there is a portion of a child's life that is not being captured. Children spend seven hours a day, five days a week at school. This is a significant portion of their lives and opens up opportunities for adverse experiences that can significantly affect them and their physical and psychological health. Take a listen to this podcast to hear my research proposal.

Take the ACE Test here: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/02/387007941/take-the-ace-quiz-and-learn-what-it-does-and-doesnt-mean

Check out this week's YouTube video expanding on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT2Vb8tFTAs&feature=youtu.be

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References for this episode:
ACE. (2018). Got Your ACE Score? ACES Too High News. Retrieved from: https://acestoohigh.com/got-your-ace-score/ 

Fact Sheet. (2017). Bullying as an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE). Stop Bullying. Retrieved from: https://www.stopbullying.gov/sites/default/files/2017-10/bullying-as-an-ace-fact-sheet.pdf 

Felitti, V., Anda, R., Nordenberg, D., Williamson, D., Spitz, A., Edwards, V., Koss, M., Marks, J. (1998). Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 14(4), 245-258. 

Garbarino, J., Bradshaw, C., Vorrasi, J. (2002). Mitigating the Effects of Gun Violence on Children and Youth. The Future of Children, p 73-83. 

Harris, N. (2014). How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime [video file]. TED.com. Retrieved from: https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime/transcript 

Henderson, R. (2016). Psychosomatic Disorders. Patient. Retrieved from: https://patient.info/health/psychosomatic-disorders 

Rouse, M. (2018). Cyberbullying. Whatls. Retrieved from: https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/cyberbullying 

Student Bullying. (2018). School Bullying Affects us All. Stop Bullying Now Foundation. Retrieved from: http://stopbullyingnowfoundation.org/main/
Van Der Kolk, B. (2014). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. New York, NY: Penguin Books.