Any elementary school principal has hundreds of stories featuring the actions and activities — both amusing and alarming — of their young students.
These educators will be the first to tell you that kids can do crazy, outlandish and sometimes surprising things — all part of being a typical child.
But Peninsula School District elementary principals noticed a growing trend of extreme behaviors in the last few years among their youngest students, behaviors that are not normal or considered part of the childhood experience, said Assistant Superintendent John Hellwich.
These extreme behaviors are identified as the byproducts of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which are defined as stressful traumatic events in a child’s life, which can include abuse, neglect, incarceration of a parent, domestic violence or a high-conflict parental divorce.
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