{"id":769,"date":"2018-09-05T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phwwhocc.co.uk\/ih\/?p=769"},"modified":"2022-10-05T08:48:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T08:48:49","slug":"new-report-highlights-harmful-impact-of-childhood-trauma-on-education-and-what-protects-some-children-from-those-harms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phwwhocc.co.uk\/ih\/2018\/09\/05\/new-report-highlights-harmful-impact-of-childhood-trauma-on-education-and-what-protects-some-children-from-those-harms\/","title":{"rendered":"New report highlights harmful impact of childhood trauma on education \u2013 and what protects some children from those harms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the next school year begins, a new study has identified the impact that early trauma has on a child\u2019s education and prospects for good future health.Published in the journal BMC Public Health, the study talked to adults in Wales about their exposure to childhood maltreatment and other early traumas such as domestic violence in the household where they grew up. The traumas are collectively known as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Report author Professor Mark Bellis of Bangor University and Public Health Wales said:\u201cWe have already shown how childhood trauma can lead to poor health as adults, but this research shows how children suffering more ACEs also experience poorer health as children and higher levels of common health problems such as headaches, asthma and digestives problems. \u201cSuch conditions are typically not life threatening, but can still have major impacts on children\u2019s physical, social and educational development. Critically, we found children with high levels of childhood adversity were seven times more likely to be absent from school more than 20 days a year.\u201d Overall compared to individuals with no ACEs in their childhood those with four or more ACEs were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n