TOPs: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), PTSD, and their effects on college students

Long term exposure to adverse childhood experience such as domestic violence, substance abuse, and child abuse create long-term consequences for adults including PTSD. Many of our students come from backgrounds with these types of experiences and their learning needs can include much more than simple academic instruction. I think it would be good for instructors outside of Human Services to learn about how many of our students have long-term emotional and mental health challenges and how to help the students succeed.

Learning Objectives: 

• Instructors (and staff) will understand what Adverse Childhood Experiences are.
• Attendees will learn the effects of long-term childhood trauma.
• Attendees will understand how they can improve the success rates of their students by understanding their special challenges.