The KIDS COUNT Data Book mentions, “exposure to violence, family stress, inadequate housing, lack of preventive health care, poor nutrition, poverty and substance abuse” as direct factors in undermining a child's health. When a child has good health, they are likely to have better outcomes in school and beyond.
Genetics, environmental influences, parenting styles, friends, teachers, schools, and the culture at large are just some of the major factors that combine in unique ways to determine how a child develops and the person they will one day become.
Adverse childhood experiences are described as: stressful or traumatic situations, including, abuse, maltreatment, parental abandonment, substance abuse by parents, poverty and exposure to crime. Overly and prolonged exposure to these conditions result in disruption of neurodevelopment in children.
ACEs such as childhood trauma, family breakdown, parental death or being placed into care or adoption, can seriously impact a child's life, even from an incredibly early age. Children who have experienced any trauma like this will need significant levels of understanding and support from us as professionals.
One study published in the journal Pediatrics found that children with learning disabilities often experienced behavior problems related to reduced self-confidence and increased anxiety and stress. 1 Other symptoms such as aggressive behavior and social isolation were also common.
(sɜːʳkəmstæns ) plural noun [usually with poss] Your circumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have.
Shame, guilt, low self-esteem, and a poor self-image are common among children with complex trauma histories. To plan for the future with a sense of hope and purpose, a child needs to value him- or herself.
A study of young adults found that childhood trauma was significantly correlated with elevated psychological distress, increased sleep disturbances, reduced emotional well-being, and lower perceived social support.
Examples of ACEs:
Sexual Abuse. Emotional Abuse. Living with someone who abused drugs. Living with someone who abused alcohol.
Five main factors identified in contributing to growth and developments at early childhood are nutrition, parent's behaviours, parenting, social and cultural practices, and environment.
Child growth and development are affected by 4 major types of environmental factors: biological, physical, psychosocial, and familial.
Early childhood experiences from birth to age 8 affect the development of the brain's architecture, which provides the foundation for all future learning, behavior and health. A strong foundation helps children develop the skills they need to become well-functioning adults.
The biodevelopmental impact of exposure to severe forms of stress and trauma is not immediately visible. But abuse, neglect, poverty and related stressful exposures can put children at risk for problems with healthy cognitive, social and emotional development, which can interfere with learning.
Healthy Development
Having a safe and loving home and spending time with family―playing, singing, reading, and talking―are very important. Proper nutrition, exercise, and sleep also can make a big difference.
In univariate analyses, all 5 forms of childhood trauma in this study (ie, witnessing violence, physical neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse) demonstrated statistically significant relationships with the number of different aggressive behaviors reported in adulthood.
So, as discussed in the definition, there are three parts to trauma: event, experience of the event, and effect.
“Five are personal — physical abuse, verbal abuse, sexual abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect,” according to ACESTooHigh News.
Initial reactions to trauma can include exhaustion, confusion, sadness, anxiety, agitation, numbness, dissociation, confusion, physical arousal, and blunted affect.
The four trauma responses most commonly recognized are fight, flight, freeze, fawn, sometimes called the 4 Fs of trauma.
Life Circumstances are the circumstances in which people live which impact directly on their health both mentally and physically (Scottish Public Health Observatory). These circumstances can include: Living conditions e.g. secure housing, locality, overcrowding, green space, traffic. Income e.g. having enough to live ...
A circumstance is the condition in which something happens. Say you were at a business luncheon and you had to suddenly leave because you started feeling sick, your boss might excuse your sudden departure, given the circumstance. Circumstance comes from the Latin meaning the conditions around something.
The most common types of circumstance such as location (including time and space), manner, extent, cause, contingency, accompaniment and role have been well investigated under different theoretical frameworks.