Sentences with phrase «adverse family experiences»

Evaluation of childhood trauma with respect to criminal behavior, dissociative experiences, adverse family experiences and psychiatric backgrounds among prison inmates.

Limited motivation for or ambivalence about treatment, heightened personal stress and exposure to adverse family experiences, poor anger / anxiety management, attributional biases, limited effectiveness of child management and challenging child behavior, poor communication and problem solving, and need for clarification meeting to address a prior incident of abuse or conflict

The young men in the study had high rates of adverse family experiences, poor school experiences, poor social functioning and poor relationships with parents.

Not exact matches

ACEs usually refers to the 10 types of childhood adversity that were measured in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical neglect, emotional neglect, a family member who's an alcoholic or addicted to other drugs, a family member diagnosed with a mental illness, witnessing a mother being abused, a family member in prison, and loss of a parent through separation or divorce.

All families complete a Parent Survey or similar assessment in order to determine the presence of various factors associated with increased risk for child maltreatment or other adverse childhood experiences, as well as identify family strengths and protective factors.

Building on the seminal findings from the Adverse Early Childhood Experiences (ACE) study, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Department of Children and Families (DCF), and Childrens Trust Fund have examined ways to translate this knowledge into policy and practice.

«This study has been difficult for us, because examining the relationship between food insecurity and adverse experiences in childhood may simply add more stigma to families already stigmatized and blamed for the hardships that they face,» said Molly Knowles, a Drexel MPH graduate, research coordinator at the center, and a co-author of the study.

«These findings suggest family and community factors at play that help children in immigrant families buffer the effects of adverse childhood experiences, and that whatever these resiliency factors are, we should work towards protecting and extending them to subsequent nonimmigrant generations,» says

A new study of national survey information gathered on more than 12,000 Hispanic children from immigrant and U.S. - native families found that although they experience more poverty, those from immigrant families reported fewer exposures to such adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as parental divorce and scenes of violence.

«Hispanic children and exposure to adverse experiences: Findings suggest those in immigrant families are more resilient.»

Children who experience family and environmental stressors, and traumatic experiences, such as poverty, mental illness and exposure to violence, are more likely to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), according to new research by investigators at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), titled «Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and ADHD Diagnosis and Severity,» published in Academic experiences, such as poverty, mental illness and exposure to violence, are more likely to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), according to new research by investigators at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), titled «Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and ADHD Diagnosis and Severity,» published in Academic Experiences and ADHD Diagnosis and Severity,» published in Academic Pediatrics.

Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), commonly referred to as family or environmental stressors, such as divorce and familial incarceration, is one way that behaviors similar to those exhibited by children with ADHD, can be triggered.

It turns out that those who have family members who have experienced trauma or adverse life events may have a lower threshold for emotional pain and a higher likelihood of suffering from stress or mood disorders.

Even for a pediatrician like Nadine Burke Harris, who works with children who experience trauma, the data are startling: Nearly two - thirds of adults report having at least one adverse childhood experience, or ACE, such as abuse, neglect, or a family crisis.

Students in classrooms across Southern Illinois face profound obstacles to learning due to «Adverse Childhood Experiences» or ACEs, which include one or more of the following: verbal, physical or sexual abuse; family dysfunction (an incarcerated, mentally ill, or substance - abusing family member); domestic violence; or absence of a parent because of divorce or separation.

Trauma Sensitive Schools The Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative's (TLPI) mission is to ensure that children traumatized by exposure to family violence and other adverse childhood experiences succeed in school.

In «Adverse health effects of industrial wind turbines,» a 2013 paper in the magazine of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, Dr. Roy D. Jeffery, Carmen Krogh, and Brett Horner explained, «People who live or work in close proximity to IWTs have experienced symptoms that include decreased quality of life, annoyance, stress, sleep disturbance, headache, anxiety, depression, and cognitive dysfunction.»

For this reason, as well as the fact that these inconsistencies seemed to have created a higher threshold for family status discrimination, the HRTO advocated for one all - encompassing test for any type of discrimination, where the applicant must establish that he or she (1) is a member of a protected group; (2) has experienced adverse treatment; and that, (3) the discrimination was a factor in the adverse treatment.

In our experience this only makes sense in the rare case you have an adverse health condition or family history, and are able to purchase additional employer life insurance without going through underwriting.

Mental health services are just one of the ways The Family Partnership supports families who have faced damaging adverse experiences that impede success at home, school, or work.

screenings and assessments to determine families at risk for child maltreatment or other adverse childhood experiences;

The more adverse experiences a child has, the greater the impact on their physical and mental health, their behaviour and their relationships in the family, in school and the community generally.

Her work focuses on the role of adverse, protective and promotive factors in families experiencing poverty and among newly immigrated and refugee families, and includes testing promising intervention approaches.

In 2010, more than 1 in 5 children were reported to be living in poverty.6, 10 Economic disadvantage is among the most potent risks for behavioral and emotional problems due to increased exposure to environmental, familial, and psychosocial risks.11 — 13 In families in which parents are in military service, parental deployment and return has been determined to be a risk factor for behavioral and emotional problems in children.14 Data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health demonstrated a strong linear relationship between increasing number of psychosocial risks and many poor health outcomes, including social - emotional health.15 The Adverse Childhood Experience Study surveyed 17000 adults about early traumatic and stressful experiences.

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Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

Adverse childhood experiences are childhood events, varying in severity and often chronic, occurring within a child's family or social environment that cause harm or distress, thereby disrupting the child's physical or psychological health and development (Kalmakis & Chandler, 2014: p. 1495).

The question, therefore, arises as to whether such effects on children's development and adjustment are the result of institutional upbringing per se, or of previous adverse experiences in the family which led to admission to group care.

Measuring adverse experiences is important for urban economically distressed children, who, in addition to experiencing poverty as an adversity, may be subjected to the experiences of abuse, neglect, and family dysfunction, along with a host of other stressors, including community violence, discrimination, and peer victimization.9, 37 The large percentage of racial minorities comprising low - income urban populations makes having an understanding of cultural norms key to conceptualizing adversity in these communities.

Children and families involved with child welfare have often been exposed to a wide range of adverse experiences that may affect their mental health and well - being and lead to trauma.

Family, environment, and community intervention may have a mediating effect on these adverse childhood experiences.

Domains of adverse experiences included family relationships, community stressors, personal victimization, economic hardship, peer relationships, discrimination, school, health, and child welfare / juvenile justice systems.

• In the pediatric practice of San Francisco's Nadine Burke Harris, MD, children are screened for various types of adverse experiences that increase their risks of long - term health problems associated with ACEs.15 The treatment model is multidisciplinary in the primary care setting and includes home visits to support families where they are.

Dr. Dan Gottlieb, host of Voices in the Family, which airs weekly on Philadelphia NPR station WHYY, discusses the landmark Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES).

The evaluation of the early effects (short - run) of SSLP found mixed effects, with beneficial effects for some groups, but adverse effects for children from families with higher needs and experiencing greater disadvantage.3 Results from the second phase of the evaluation were more positive.

the way in which defensive and relational intra-psychic mechanisms are enacted within «here and now» family dynamics, sometimes linked by neurologically - based chains of association to adverse historical experience

This report includes an overview of home visiting, including scope and funding, and information on the impact of adverse childhood experiences on child health and development; identifies and describes seven evidence - based home - visiting programs; and it discusses the outcomes of home - visiting programs in Texas and the benefits of high - quality home - visiting programs to children, families, and society.

Researchers looked at various Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's include (a) psychological abuse, (b) physical abuse, (c) sexual abuse, (d) substance abuse by a household family member, (e) mental illness of a household family member, (f) spousal or partner violence, and (g) criminal behaviour resulting in the incarceration of a household member) and how they are related to adulthood health risk behaviours and disease outcome.

Why IMH matters to me: «I am a prevention advocate and have spent my professional life supporting children and families and preventing adverse childhood and family experiences.

The assumption that experiences at home affect behavior or adjustment in other contexts also causes researchers to overlook the fact that family misfortunes such as divorce have repercussions on children's lives outside the home and to assume that adverse outcomes are the results of experiences at home.

YMCA Youth & Family Services offers programs for youth and families affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) such as: abuse, neglect, divorce, incarceration, alcohol or drug addictions, mental illness, etc..

I know I'm repeating a theme from last year, but I am again reminded that the Christian tradition invites a focus on a powerful image of parenting - a loving family providing a safe and secure attachment experience for an infant born into adverse circumstances.

Trauma Sensitive Schools The Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative's (TLPI) mission is to ensure that children traumatized by exposure to family violence and other adverse childhood experiences succeed in school.

Visitors» communication styles are the most basic «active ingredient» of home visiting — the main mechanism to motivate, enable and reinforce families to build supports, reduce stressors, practice positive parenting, and protect their children from exposure to early adverse experiences.

These findings suggest that social support plays a positive role to relieve the adverse impact of poor family function on self - esteem of the adolescents with grandparenting experience.

More appropriate policies can promote mental health well - being, prevent adverse experiences from affecting development, and provide eligible infants, young children, and their families with robust access to effective mental health treatment.

Balancing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) with HOPE presents data that reinforces the need and opportunity to support families and communities in the cultivation of relationships and environments that promote healthy childhood... More

«We believe that strengthening and integrating infant and early childhood mental health supports in child - and family - serving systems is fundamental to improving outcomes for all children, particularly those who face adverse experiences during the earliest stages of development.

guidance for home visitors to address the adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) of young at - risk families.

Building on the seminal findings from the Adverse Early Childhood Experiences (ACE) study, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Department of Children and Families (DCF), and Childrens Trust Fund have examined ways to translate this knowledge into policy and practice.