ACEs and Trauma Informed Care

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Trauma-Informed Care

ACEs are linked to chronic health problems, mental illness, and substance misuse in adulthood, as well as decreased education and employment opportunities. Trauma-Informed Care is characterized by an understanding that problematic behaviors may need to be treated as a result of the ACEs or other traumatic experiences.

Information about ACEs

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: We Can Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Resources for communities working to address the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and help every child have a healthy start in life.
• Harvard University Center on the Developing Child features several articles on ACEs.

Information about Trauma-Informed Care

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • Interagency Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care
  • Trauma and Violence
• Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development: Trauma Informed Care: Perspectives and Resources