KNOW YOUR ACES
What does ACE stand for?
What is Adverse Childhood Experiences.
What type of stress can disrupt healthy brain development when it is severe, prolonged, and without supportive relationships?
What is Toxic stress.
According to the Sanctuary Model, behavior often communicates what?
What is an unmet need or a response to trauma.
What is resilience?
What is The ability to adapt and recover from adversity
What is the first commitment of the Sanctuary Model?
Nonviolence (Safety).
How many original Adverse Childhood Experiences were identified in the ACE Study?
What is 10
Which part of the brain is responsible for detecting danger and triggering the fight, flight, or freeze response?
What is The amygdala.
Instead of asking, "What's wrong with you?" what trauma-informed question should we ask?
What is "What happened to you?"
Name one protective factor that helps children build resilience.
Some examples:
The SELF Framework stands for what four words?
Safety
Emotion Management
Loss
Future
The original ACE Study grouped the 10 ACEs into what three major categories?
What is Abuse, Neglect and Household Challenges
True or False:
Trauma can affect a child's ability to learn, remember information, and pay attention.
What is True.
A youth suddenly becomes angry after hearing yelling nearby. What might this behavior communicate?
The yelling may have triggered a traumatic memory or caused the youth to feel unsafe.
True or False:
One caring adult can make a significant difference in a child's recovery from trauma.
True.
Which part of the SELF Framework focuses on helping youth identify and regulate emotions?
Emotion Management.
TRUE OR FALSE:
The higher a person's ACE score, the greater their risk of poor physical & mental health outcomes.
What is TRUE
What stress hormone is released during the body's stress response?
What is Cortisol.
True or False:
Punishment alone teaches children how to regulate their emotions after trauma.
What is False.
Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) can help do what?
Buffer the effects of trauma and promote healthy development.
A youth refuses to participate in group after receiving bad news from home. Which SELF domain should staff consider first?
Loss.
According to the ACE Study, why are ACEs considered a public health issue?
What is because they are common and increase the risk for chronic disease, mental illness, substance use, and other lifelong health and social problems.
Explain why children who have experienced trauma may react strongly to situations that appear harmless to others.
Their brains have become wired to detect danger quickly, making them more sensitive to perceived threats even when no real danger exists.
Name two reasons why a child may display challenging behaviors after experiencing trauma.
According to trauma-informed care, what is one of the strongest predictors of healing after adversity?
Healthy, supportive relationships.
A youth begins yelling after another child accidentally bumps into them. Using Sanctuary principles, what is the BEST first response?
Help restore safety, remain calm, regulate yourself first, and seek to understand what happened before responding with consequences.