SSW312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, Risk Assessment, Jargon
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Adverse childhood experiences study: https://acestoohigh. com/2016/04/05/five-minute-video-primer-about-adverse- childhood-experiences-study, the study found a link between childhood trauma and a host of problems people face as adults including physical, social and emotional problems. It explains how these negative effects are encoded into body through neurobiology. In other words, toxic stress can damage the structure and function of a child"s developing brain. It suggests that traumatized people can heal when they enter into safe relationships with those who can validate the pain of their overwhelming experiences: therefore, a secure early childhood is helpful, but not necessary. Robert"s seven stage crisis intervention model (r-sscim: *most of the time, many people begin with stage 2 instead of stage 1, 1. Assessment: empathize and validate the individual"s current distress, look for risk factors and protective factors, level of lethality: asking the question directly, plan, date, access, 2. On the days you are not feeling an 8, what would you be doing/happening: 5.
