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Glad to be at @4nationspPh21 today to talk about our review of evidence on #AdverseChildhoodExperiences & Trauma-informed Care (TIC) & what this may mean for policing & wider public services:
Report: https://www.eif.org.uk/report/adverse-childhood-experiences-what-we-know-what-we-dont-know-and-what-should-happen-next
#earlyintervention #4nationspPh21
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Report: https://www.eif.org.uk/report/adverse-childhood-experiences-what-we-know-what-we-dont-know-and-what-should-happen-next
#earlyintervention #4nationspPh21
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The research on ACEs has powerfully increased awareness about the lifetime impact of adversity in childhood. The growing commitment to preventing child trauma is welcome - but let’s respond in the right way.
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We must not overstate the extent to which experiencing ACEs are predictive of future outcomes. ACE scores are NOT a way of deciding who needs support or what kind of support an individual might need.
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And we can’t assume that raising awareness of ACEs or providing Trauma Informed Care is a sufficient response to childhood trauma & adversity on its own. Currently there is limited UK evidence that TIC improves outcomes for children – need better definition and evaluation.
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Therefore, we should consider whether ‘being trauma informed’ is sufficient as the main element of police prevention work or as a way of delivering their statutory responsibility to prevent crime.
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We would argue being trauma informed is not enough -on its own - to tackle childhood adversity. Tackling ACES requires a comprehensive place based approach based on a set of well-evidenced interventions.
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EIF’s work identified 33 interventions with robust evidence of preventing ACEs or reducing ACE-related trauma. These services are not currently widely available.
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The police have a vital role to play here - they can’t stop or reduce ACEs on their own, but can do an enormous amount to channel the police commitment to tackling trauma & ACEs into a shared endeavour with partners.
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To put in place a comprehensive approach locally which includes a suite of interventions based on the evidence of what works to improve outcomes for children.
#AdverseChildhoodExperiences #earlyintervention #4nationspPh21
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#AdverseChildhoodExperiences #earlyintervention #4nationspPh21
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