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Positive Childhood Experiences (PCE) & Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
*A child is defined to be under the age of 18.
7 Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs)
adapted from the Child and Youth Resilience Measure in a landmark study published by JAMA pediatrics.7 Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs)
The following are experiences to maximize for our youth:
The child feels like they are able to talk to their family about their feelings.
The child feels like their family stands by them during difficult times.
The child enjoys participating in community traditions.
The child feels a sense of belonging in high school.
The child feels like they are supported by friends.
The child has at least two non-parent adults who take genuine & healthy interest in them.
The child feels like they are safe and protected by an adult in their home.
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The following includes language about physical, mental, and sexual child abuse.
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10 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
defined in the CDC-Kaiser ACE Study10 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
The following are experiences to eliminate for our youth:
A child's parents separating or divorcing.
A child living with anyone who struggles with addiction to alcohol or other drugs, including but not limited to illegal street drugs and prescription drugs such as oxycodone.
A child living with a household member who struggles with depressed or mental illness, or who has a household member attempt suicide.
A member of a child's household going to prison.
A child's mother or stepmother often or very often being pushed, grabbed, slapped, or having something thrown at her. Her sometimes, often, or very often being kicked, bitten, hit with a fist, hit with something hard, repeatedly hit for minutes at a time, or threatened with a gun or knife.
A child often or very often feeling that no one in their family loves them or thinks that they are important or special. The child feels the family doesn't look out for each other, feel close to each other, or support each other.
A child often or very often feeling that they didn’t have enough to eat, they have to wear dirty clothes, and/or they have no one to protect them. The child often or very often feels their parents or caretakers are too drunk or high to take care of them or take them to the doctor if they needed it.
A parent or other adult in the household often or very often swearing, insulting, threatening and/or humiliating their child.
A parent or other adult in the household often or very often pushing, grabbing, slapping, throwing objects, and/or hitting their child with enough force to leave marks or injuries.
An adult or person 5 or more years older than a child touching or fondling them, or having the child touch them in a sexual way including any attempts to have oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse.
Children who endure adversities are NOT doomed!
Children who endure adversities are NOT doomed!
The more frequently children experience the 7 PCE, the less likely toxic behaviors and chronic illnesses will appear in their adulthood. Community coordination and tax funding directed towards accountability, rehabilitation, avenues for instigation of the PCEs, as well as continuous research/implementation of evidence-based practices is needed. Together, your community can support your children's growth into an adult who can identify and attain their happiness!
Share your story so a child enduring adversity can learn what coping mechanisms did or did not work for you!
Share your story so a child enduring adversity can learn what coping mechanisms did or did not work for you!
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