Lecturer’s Nadine Burke Harris and Dante Cicchetti discuss childhood trauma and its effects on children as they continue to develop. Research has proven that trauma including maltreatment and abuse, negatively impacts kids into adulthood both behaviorally and biologically. No matter if a high-risk behavior is present or not, children who suffer from adversity are more likely to have health problems. Studies have found that childhood trauma is linked to triple the risk for heart disease, triple the risk of lung cancer, affects hormones, affects the brains development, and individuals have a 20 year less life expectancies (Harris, 2014). Modern technology has allowed researchers to compare the brains of children exposed to early adversity from …show more content…
Harris’s practice, the Center for Wellness was opened to prevent, screen, and heal the impacts of ACES and toxic shock. They did this by completing routine screenings. Once they know that a child has been exposed they use a multidisciplinary approach to combat the adversity. This includes but is not limited to home visits, medications, mental health care, and holistic healing (Harris, 2014). The issue is that not all health care providers are trained on this matter or are not using the screening tools efficiently in order to help combat adverse effects.
Nadine Burke Harris addressed the macro social level of social environments in terms of their implications for development among children facing maltreatment by calling for change of policies in organizations such as the American Pediatric Association. The APA should be reasonable for adopting ACES screening as a standard of practice. They also need to set guidelines of treatment for children exposed to ACES. Finally, they need to set guidelines on how to aggressively medically treat children exposed to ACES because they are at such high risks for …show more content…
They tend to seek out situations and environments that are comparable to our personalities. For example the article Aspects of Human Behavior: Person, Environment, Time (Hutchison, ) talked about a women named Sina who lived a pleasant life in Cambodia. Sina possessed characteristics such as resilience and knowledge. When Sina and her family were forced to live in a camp to escape a bombing, she knew that she had to be resourceful and leave in order to give her children a better life. Sina was able to carry her children to full term through starvation, illness and a journey through a jungle (Hutchison….). Sina’s persevering personality allowed her to navigate her and her family’s way to safety during this tragic time when most individuals from her country were too scared to leave the camp. Sina’s personality thus influenced her environment in that she was a survivor and was able to seek safety no matter where she ended