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Maricopa Family Support Alliance ACEs in the School Setting Marcia Stanton, MSW August 11, 2017

Maricopa Family Support Alliance ACEs in the School Setting Marcia Stanton, MSW August 11, 2017. Scientific Advances. Are driving a paradigm shift in understanding how child development impacts human health and disease across the lifespan. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study.

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Maricopa Family Support Alliance ACEs in the School Setting Marcia Stanton, MSW August 11, 2017

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  1. Maricopa Family Support AllianceACEs in the School Setting Marcia Stanton, MSW August 11, 2017

  2. Scientific Advances Are driving a paradigm shift in understanding how child development impacts human health and disease across the lifespan

  3. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study • “Probably the most important public health study you never heard of.” • ACEs sometimes referred to as toxic stress or childhood trauma

  4. - No Knowledge of ACE Research - Some Knowledge - More Than Most - Expert Your Awareness of ACE Study?

  5. ACEs Primer Videohttps://vimeo.com/139998006

  6. Many Other Types of Trauma • New Research is Examining: • Bullying • Homelessness • Growing Up in Foster Care • Extreme Illness or Injury • Historical Trauma • Community Violence

  7. National Survey of Children’s Health • Telephone survey • Tracks parent report of their • children’s ACEs (does not include child maltreatment or neglect) • 2011/12 data • http://www.childhealthdata.org

  8. Arizona Children • Ethnic minority children have disproportionately higher share of 6+ ACEs • Estimated 69,213 have 5+ ACEs

  9. Arizona Children, 0 – 17(2011/2012 National Survey of Children’s Health) • No ACEs - 42 % • One ACE - 26 % • Two + ACEs - 31 % (Natl. average: 22 %)

  10. Arizona Children ages 12 – 17(2011/2012 National Survey of Children’s Health) • 44% have experienced two or more ACEs (Natl. average 30%)

  11. ACEs in AZ Kids Estimated AZ kids with 5 or more ACEs

  12. AZ Kids with 5+ ACES Would Fill University of Phoenix Stadium

  13. Or, Equal Population of Flagstaff

  14. Presence of Emotional, Behavioral or Developmental Needs

  15. AZ Children Overweight or Obese

  16. Missed 11 or More Days of School

  17. Repeated 1 or More Grades

  18. 2016 Arizona Youth Surveyhttp://www.azcjc.gov/ACJC.Web/pubs/2016_Arizona_Youth_Survey_State_Report.pdf • 8th, 10th & 12th Graders • All Counties • Over 57,000 Responses • 249 Schools

  19. 2016 AZ Youth Surveyhttp://www.azcjc.gov/ACJC.Web/pubs/2016_Arizona_Youth_Survey_State_Report.pdf • Adults Insulted You – 53% • Parents Separated or Divorced – 47% • Alcoholic – 25% • Incarceration - 23% • Adults Who Fought – 23% • Drug User – 17%

  20. ACEs in AZ Adults(BRFSS) 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

  21. AZ ACEs by County

  22. Impact of Stress on Children • Flight, fight or freeze response • Short attention span • Struggle learning; fall behind in school • Respond to world as constant danger • Distrustful of adults • Unable to develop healthy peer relationships • Feel failure, despair

  23. ACEs in the Classroom • Greatest single predictor for health, attendance and behavior • Second strongest predictor, (after special education status), for academic failure

  24. “Dropouts Cost AZ $7.6 Billion”The Arizona Republic, June 26, 2014 • AZ Dept. of Education: 22 percent of Arizona 9th graders will notfinish high school • By 2018, more than 60 percent of jobs in AZ will require some post-secondary education

  25. ACEs are a Pipeline to Prison Childhood and Adult Trauma Experiences of Incarcerated Persons and Their Relationship to Adult Behavioral Health Problems and Treatment) Intl. Journal of Environ Res Public Health. 2012 May; 9(5): 1908–1926. Published online 2012 May 18. Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense.

  26. Children exposed to 5+ significant adversities in first 3 years face a 76% likelihood of having one or more delays in development.

  27. ACEs in Foster Care • More than half of kids reported for child abuse experienced 4 or more ACEs by time of contact with child welfare • More than 90% referred to child welfare have experienced multiple ACEs (Nat’l Survey Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), No. 20: Adverse Child Experiences in NSCAW, 2013)

  28. Children who have experienced 4 or more ACEs are three times as likely to take ADHD medication when compared with children with less than four ACEs (Ruiz "How Childhood Trauma Could Be Mistaken for ADHD", The Atlantic, 7 July 2014)

  29. Trauma in the Classroom • Classrooms are Designed for Regulated Kids • 1/3 of Kids have Trauma • Can’t Teach Kids in Dysregulation • Kids Can’t Reflect on Their Behaviors Until They are Regulated • “Universal Precautions”

  30. Federal Class Action Lawsuit • Peter. P. vs. Compton Unified School District • Alleges District failed to recognize and address trauma-induced disabilities • Therefore denied legal right to equal education

  31. Compassionate Schools Movementhttp://traumasensitiveschools.org/why-trauma-sensitive-school/ • School-wide Policies & Practices • Classroom Strategies • Links to Mental Health Services • Family Partnerships • Community Links

  32. Moving Towards Healing TRAUMA ORGANIZED TRAUMA INFORMED HEALING ORGANIZATION Reactive Shared Language Reflective Reliving/Retelling Foundational Collaborative Avoiding/Numbing Understanding of Trauma Culture of Learning Fragmentation Understanding of the Making Meaning out of Nature and Impact of Trauma the Past Growth and Prevention Oriented From TRAUMA INDUCING to TRAUMA REDUCING

  33. ACEs Connection Networkhttp://www.acesconnection.com/

  34. Free Online Learning Modules • Trauma-Sensitive Schools: http://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/mental-health/trauma/modules • Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Students: https://pll.asu.edu/p/class/understandingtheimpactoftraumaonstudents • Supporting Trauma-Exposed Students: https://pll.asu.edu/p/node/212320

  35. Changing Minds Campaignhttps://changingmindsnow.org/ • Inspire • Celebrate • Comfort • Listen • Collaborate

  36. Promoting Resilience Tipping the Scale

  37. Resilience

  38. At Least 1 Stable, Caring and Supportive Relationship

  39. Building Sense of Mastery over Their Life Circumstances

  40. Strong Executive Function and Self-Regulation Skills

  41. Affirming Faith or Cultural Traditions

  42. 6 Things Research Shows Effective Dealing with Effects of Stress • Sleep • Exercise • Nutrition • Mindfulness • Mental Health Interventions • Healthy Relationships

  43. Creating Trauma Sensitive Arizona Schools

  44. If She Only Knew (3 min. 43 seconds) https://youtu.be/4bqYOksLRQM

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