Website/URL: http://www.violencefreeanokaco.../10/ACE-Workshop.pdf
Organized By: Anoka County Child Abuse Prevention Council
Contact Info: 763-422-7047
This workshop provides an overview of Adverse Childhood Effects (ACE) conducted with thou-sands of adults. In these studies, researchers in-quired of adverse childhood experiences including physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and witness-ing violence. This research shows that even one adverse childhood experience can increase the chances of contracting a wide variety of medical and mental health illnesses. By understanding the ACE research, educators, social workers, mental and medical health professionals, and the legal sys-tem can begin to recognize and address childhood trauma at earlier ages in an effort to prevent life-long medical and mental health consequences.
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