Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's)
ACE's are stressful events occurring in childhood including:
• domestic violence
• parental abandonment through separation or divorce
• a parent with a mental health condition
• being the victim of abuse (physical, sexual and/or
emotional)
• being the victim of neglect (physical and emotional)
• a member of the household being in prison
• growing up in a household in which there are adults
experiencing alcohol and drug use problems.