Overview
Task explanation: This video dives deeper into the impact of domestic violence, child abuse, poverty, and other causes of childhood trauma. This task is particularly important for those of you pursuing careers in child development, education, psychology, and it is crucial for those who wish to better understand themselves, loved ones, and others.
Assignment: Watch the following TED talk and address as many of the following questions as you like through a brief reflection:
1) What exposure was found to have impacts on health and longevity?
2) What was established in Bayview and for what purpose?
3) How many pediatricians were assigned to screen 10,000 kids?
4) What had happened to most of the kids Nadine had been seeing?
5) What is the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study?
6) What is surprising about ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences)?
7) Sociologically speaking, how is it problematic to attribute self-destructive behaviors to "bad behavior"?
8) Why does Nadie tell us high doses of adversity impact you physiologically?
9) How do daily fight or flight experiences also contribute to physical ailments?
10) What is the Center for Youth Wellness for?
11) What did Dr. Block, former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics say about ACEs?
12) What did the original ACEs study show about the population impacted by ACEs and how is this significant?
13) Why does Nadine say we marginalize the issue?
14) What does Nadine say we need to do about this problem?