New study pushes Pa. to embrace trauma-informed education [whyy.org]

Alicia Doktor 4/3/1912:00 PM

Research suggests that about half of the county’s children experience at least one traumatic event before the age of 17.

These adverse childhood experiences — known as ACES — include experiencing or witnessing violence; living in poverty; or having a parent go to jail.

Even as school districts across the country become more aware of how these traumas can affect learning, there’s been little concrete policy on the state or federal level for how schools should prepare.

[For more on this story by Kaity Kline, go to https://whyy.org/articles/new-...-informed-education/]

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