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How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime

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ACEs Consortium | Arizona Adverse Childhood Experiences Consortium

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We have begun to learn the extent to which toxic stress affects the architecture of young children's developing brains. In short, early experiences factor into how children learn, how they cope with stress, how they form friendships and adult relationships, and how they view themselves and their world.

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Exciting News!

The Center for Youth Wellness and Safe & Sound Join Together to Serve Children and Families in San Francisco.
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Childhood adversity literally gets under our skin, changing our brains and bodies.

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Childhood adversity literally gets under our skin, changing our brains and bodies.

Exposure to ACEs, including abuse, neglect, domestic violence and parental mental illness and substance abuse, not only affects brain development, it can change children's hormonal systems, immune systems and even their DNA. This can cause behavioral problems, learning difficulties, and physical health issues.

Toxic stress can lead to chronic disease.

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Toxic stress can lead to chronic disease.

The more ACEs a child is exposed to, the higher the risk of developing chronic illnesses. In children, exposure to ACEs can increase likelihood of chronic diseases such as asthma. In adults, exposure to ACEs dramatically increases the likelihood of 7 out of 10 leading adult causes of death including heart disease and cancer. 2

Early intervention is key.

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Early intervention is key.

Screening for ACEs in children as early as possible and providing children and their families with the support services they need is a critical step to prevent and undo the existing and future harm to children's brains and bodies caused by toxic stress.

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what we believe

Early screening for adversity is a clear way forward.

We believe routine screening for ACEs at pediatric well-child visits should be as common as checking for hearing loss or exposure to lead paint. With early detection, we can help identify and treat children at risk of a lifetime of health issues.
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Advancing Clinical Practice

We are working to change the way pediatric clinics respond to ACEs and prevent and build resistance to toxic stress in children. We use a community-based integrated health model to help us identify, implement and evaluate treatment strategies, provide patients and families with supportive services, and share what we learn with providers across the country.
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Translating ACE Science

We are pushing the science forward to drive clinical innovation and better outcomes in pediatric health care. We contribute to clinical research, develop and disseminate scientific information, and make the science of ACEs and toxic stress accessible to expand knowledge and practice in the field.
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Building a Movement

We are advancing a national movement and action towards universal ACEs screening. We work to build broader awareness among parents about the connection between ACEs and children's physical and behavioral health, build a national network of pediatric clinicians to adopt ACEs and toxic stress innovations into their medical practices, and advance an ACEs policy agenda to change local and national systems.
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Exciting News! The Center for Youth Wellness and Safe & Sound Join Together to Serve Children and Families in San Francisco. Read more Childhood adversity literally gets under our skin, changing our brains and bodies.

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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. CDC works to understand ACEs and prevent them.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Prevention Strategy Plan [3 MB, 20 Pages]
This resource outlines CDC's specific goals and objectives for ACEs prevention and response. The goals and objectives aim to prevent ACEs before they happen, identify those who have experienced ACEs, and respond using trauma-informed approaches in order to create the conditions for strong, thriving families and communities where all children and youth are free from harm and all people can achieve lifelong health and wellbeing.

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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. CDC works to understand ACEs and prevent them. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Prevention Strategy Plan [3 MB, 20 Pages] This resource outlines CDC's specific goals and objectives for ACEs prevention and response.

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What is within my control to ensure that my students experience joy & comfort in my classroom?

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What is within my control to mitigate additional ACEs for my students?

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What personal shifts might I need to make in regards to my own ACEs in order to be there for my students?

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