As if it weren't enough to experience abuse, neglect, homelessness, hunger, or some combination of all of those things, many children face a world of adults who don't really understand how to help.
Study after study documents the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on a person's health and brain development. Most recently, research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that the more ACEs people had, the higher their risk of suffering heart disease, diabetes or stroke as an adult — even if the trauma ended decades ago.
For teachers, parents and daycare providers — or anyone else who cares for children with these kinds of experiences — the challenge of helping them just became a little more straightforward through a user-friendly "toolkit" developed by the Spokane Regional Health District that pulls together current research and offers resources and strategies.
[For more of this story, written by Taryn Phaneuf, go to http://www.inlander.com/spokan.../Content?oid=2626986]
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