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Welcome to Hopeworks Trauma
Training Session
Presented by the Youth Healing Team.
How do our histories affect us?
What are ACES?
This for all different races so tie ya shoelaces,
imma rap
it up about this survey called ACES. all these hurt
faces in all different places this is trauma
team telling you that you could make it. just do
the survey and check off the answers, i know you
been going through things that leave you high like
some standards, maybe ya moms got cancer
maybe she been abused, and you saw it as a
child and it left you amused. i feel
ya pain trauma team got sympathy, i put
myself in ya shoes i got empathy. decisions
in ya past will determined ya future, and
you can't take it back theres no rewinds
or bloopers. But you can change
the way where it won't be no drama, and
you can change the way of how you deal
with your trauma. youll be good, if you
living in the hood don't just do whats regula
but you should do what you should
What is the ACE Survey?
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Did a parent or other adult in the household often or very often… Swear at you, insult you, put you down, or humiliate you? or Act in a way that made
you afraid that you might be physically hurt?
Did a parent or other adult in the household often or very often… Push, grab, slap, or throw something at you? or Ever hit you so hard that you had
marks or were injured?
Did an adult or person at least 5 years older than you ever… Touch or fondle you or have you touch their body in a sexual way? or Attempt or actually
have oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse with you?
Did you often or very often feel that … No one in your family loved you or thought you were important or special? or Your family didn’t look out for
each other, feel close to each other, or support each other?
Did you often or very often feel that … You didn’t have enough to eat, had to wear dirty clothes, and had no one to protect you? or Your parents were
too drunk or high to take care of you or take you to the doctor if you needed it?
Was a biological parent ever lost to you through divorce, abandonment, or other reason ?
Was your mother or stepmother: Often or very often pushed, grabbed, slapped, or had something thrown at her? or Sometimes, often, or very often
kicked, bitten, hit with a fist, or hit with something hard? or Ever repeatedly hit over at least a few minutes or threatened with a gun or knife?
Did you live with anyone who was a problem drinker or alcoholic, or who used street drugs?
Was a household member depressed or mentally ill, or did a household member attempt suicide?
Did a household member go to prison?
Changing the Question
What is trauma?
Trauma is a deeply distressing or disturbing experience.
What are ACES?
ACES stands for:
Adverse
Childhood
Experience
Study
ACES is a survey, a series of 10 questions
that ask you what happened in your childhood to
make you want to do drugs, smoke, drink, and
harm yourself or others.
What are ACES?
A) Adverse Childhood Experience Study?
B) Adverse Childrens Excellent Society?
C) Advanced Child Social Experiment Team?
True or False?
There are a series of 8 questions in the ACES survey?
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or F ?
Thank
You
For
Listening
The Trauma Triangle
Case Studies
● Dwayne and the
college class
● Making the monthly
numbers
● Study Hours
Tool: Safety Plans
Tool: Huddle