The American Academy of Pediatrics in 2014 announced the launch of a Center on Healthy, Resilient Children to help pediatricians identify children with toxic stress and help intervene. A screening tool for childhood trauma on the center’s web site has been downloaded 1,100 times. It included 17,000 Kaiser patients who answered a questionnaire about their personal histories with “adverse childhood experiences,” otherwise known as ACES. The researchers, Vincent Felitti from Kaiser and Robert Anda of the CDC, found that adverse childhood experiences were incredibly common. Educators are revising school discipline policies, and offering more mental health support in schools for children dealing with severe stress.

Source: Washington Post October 06, 2016 11:04 UTC