ACE Score Reflection
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ACE Score Reflection
An ACE score is a total count of different types of abuse, neglect, and other signs of a rough childhood. According to the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, the rougher your childhood, the higher your score is likely to be and the risk for later health problems is also higher. The ACEs framework identifies discouraging conditions that children may experience, so
that prevention strategies can work to reduce the likelihood of their recurrence and mitigate their effects. The questions on the ACE quiz are called ACEs. These are questions about traumatic events that could occur before a child reaches the age of 18. ACEs include all types of abuse and neglect, such as parental substance use, incarceration, and domestic violence. ACEs can also include situations that may cause trauma for a child, such as having a parent with a mental illness
or being part of a family going through a divorce.
In Early Childhood Education the ACE score of a child could help a teacher understand the child better. If you know the background of your student, it might make it easier to understand their learning styles or why they could be struggling. Knowing the ACEs of a student
could help a teacher recognize if a student is having a problem such as, panic attacks, trauma flare-ups, mood swings, or if they are falling into the same patterns as their guardians. ACEs affect the way that teachers observe their students. They must be aware of any signs or symptoms, as well as being a supportive role model and a constant adult for their students. Exploring the ACE quiz, myself, I realized that there is many things that happens in a child’s homelife that their teachers may not be aware of. You may not be able to tell if a child is experiencing abuse or neglect, because it isn’t always physical or directed towards them. It makes you step back and think about what the child may be witnessing in a home, things that can
mentally scar someone or set them into the same path because it’s all that they know, such as seeing drug usage or abuse in the home. The ACE quiz has impacted my future work in Childhood Education by making me more
aware of the things to watch for in my future students and their families. It made me realize that that with trauma, abuse, and neglect, the signs may not always meet the eye. It made me want to be more observant to everyone in the family, to see if there are signs of abuse or neglect that my student might be witnessing, such as strange bruises on a parent or sibling. One strategy to help combat ACEs is to try to be a light in any child’s life. You may be the only person that makes that child feel loved and cared for, and you might not even know it. Another strategy is to have close relationships with your students to try to help build resilience within them. Show them that life doesn’t have to be like what they grew up in. My last strategy is to be understanding. If a child is acting out, give them a chance to understand why what they did was wrong and help them correct their behavior instead of just getting onto then. Their outburst may be stemming from not knowing how to handle their emotions.
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