ICAAP & IEA host a screening and discussion of Paper Tigers ______________, 2016 _____________, Illinois

ICAAP mission: To promote the right of all children to live happy, safe, and healthy lives, to ensure children receive quality medical care from pediatricians (the most qualified physicians to deliver this care), and to assess and serve the needs of its membership. IEA mission: To effect excellence and equity in public education and to be the advocacy organization for all public education employees.

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Impact on Learning 0 ACEs = 3% learning & behavior problem in school Source: Burke, Scott, Weems & Carrion (June 2011) The impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on an Urban Pediatric Population, Child Abuse and Neglect, 35, No. 6. As ACE scores increase, performance on standardized tests lower and risky behavior increases. “ACEs are more consistent predictor of youth well-being than poverty.” Source: Christopher Blogett, Ph.D. report to Washington Legislature March 2015

Findings of the ACE Study ACE score of 6 and higher – an almost 20-year shortening of lifespan. ACE score of 4 – 260% more likely to have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) than a person with an ACE Score of 0. ACE score of at least 7 increased the likelihood of childhood/adolescent suicide attempts 51-fold and adult suicide attempts 30-fold. ACE scores of 4 or higher increases your chance of having self acknowledged alcoholism as an adult by 500% (with a history of parental alcoholism). ACE scores of 4 or more were 12 times more likely to have attempted suicide, 7 times more likely to be alcoholic, and 10 times more likely to have injected street drugs.

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AAP definition of toxic stress: When a person experiences strong, frequent, or prolonged activation of the body’s stress response systems in the absence of the buffering protection of a supportive, adult relationship.

Abuse and Neglect Child physical abuse Child sexual abuse Child emotional abuse Neglect Indicators of Family Dysfunction Mentally ill, depressed or suicidal person in the home Drug addicted or alcoholic family member Witnessing domestic violence against the mother Parental discord – indicated by divorce, separation, abandonment Incarceration of any family member ACE Score: the number of categories of adverse childhood experience to which a person was exposed.

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