I don't believe anyone in this forum is saying not to acknowledge and respond to ACES. Understand that screenings are not an intervention, just a tool for whoever is gathering data. Screenings alone don't provide anything in way of an intervention. Addressing the needs of children with ACES comes from actual programs, counseling, relationship building, improving teaching and disciplinary practices - all of which should be in place first because without these, there is no intervention. As one other post alluded to, screenings in and of themselves without these programs does to help children build resilience and skills to deal with trauma. In fact, those trained in trauma-informed practices, do not list "screening" for trauma because they may in fact trigger post traumatic episodes in the individual suffering adverse childhood experiences. There's good reason to understand that while teachers and principals in our schools begin to become trained in trauma-informed practices, they should not assume that the model they use with reading, math and other learning difficulties can or should be applied to trauma. I don't understand the comment "without strong data to support the status quo". The objective is to get educators trained to understand appropriate responses and interventions because the "status quo" does not support or is insufficient to addressing their needs. No one is "not moving out of fear" - the goal is to do what correctly meets the needs of trauma victims and caution against the actions that don't.