Transitioning to Trauma-Informed Care: One Elementary School Culture Transformation
By Dana Asby, CEI Intern
Low-income urban youth have one of the highest rates of adverse childhood experience (ACE) prevalence, with one study reporting that more than 67% of the population have experienced at least one or more ACE and 12% have experienced 4 or more (Burke, Hellman, Scott, Weems, & Carrion, 2011). ACEs include: physical, emotional, or sexual abuse emotional or physical neglect homelessness or extreme poverty traumatic incidents witnessing violence. Adverse C