Understanding development across life-span
As a person who wants to work with students with special needs, it should come as no surprise that I chose Dr. Nadine Burke Harris' video to discuss. I am currently in a Educational Psychology class and I have briefly discussed these different things within the class. I think it is amazing that over one day, her entire career was changed and viewed in a completely different way. I also think it is really cool that what changed everything is the fact that a colleague brought her a research study over Adverse Childhood Experiences, which is also known as "The ACE Test." ACE is a research that bases children with a trauma or tragedy from their past that effects their life. The things that fall under this topic are, abuse, parental separation, and substance abuse. These all have a huge impact on a child's brain development. Before this, people were just assuming that these children had learning disabilities of some type, but Dr. Burke changed that perspective in a whole different way. This day is significant to Dr. Burke because it has opened up different routs for her career and has influenced greatly the different routs of children health care.
The ACE test is based off of 10 yes or no questions that can be performed at any check-up or physical. This test is used to asses all of the patients because it is usually a good way to know how to treat the student. There are many different things that desipher how to treat the student or the patient. I have heard about the ACE test, but not this deep into it, so it was really interesting to be able to take this test. I scored a 0 and my roommate scored a 0 also. I believe that this is a huge break through for children and their process of growing up.
Sources:
https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime/up-next?referrer=playlist-how_does_my_brain_work
The ACE test is based off of 10 yes or no questions that can be performed at any check-up or physical. This test is used to asses all of the patients because it is usually a good way to know how to treat the student. There are many different things that desipher how to treat the student or the patient. I have heard about the ACE test, but not this deep into it, so it was really interesting to be able to take this test. I scored a 0 and my roommate scored a 0 also. I believe that this is a huge break through for children and their process of growing up.
Sources:
https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime/up-next?referrer=playlist-how_does_my_brain_work
Christina,
ReplyDeleteI think it is so great that you are wanting to work with special needs children. The ACE test seems like an excellent way to assess children along with other techniques. It makes sense that tragedy and trauma would affect the brain development of children. Do you know if the effects are reversible with therapy? Children tend to have more behavioral issues when they are neglected or have had a past trauma. Your blog was over a very interesting topic! Great job!
Christina, I really did enjoy reading this new blog post of yours about the ACE test. Before this week, I really had no idea what exactly the test was, so I was curious to read all about it. Your blog did a very good job of explaining the process and where it came from. I was able to further my knowledge on this test, so it was worth the read. It's crazy how the test changed Dr. Burke's life in such a short time!
ReplyDeleteChristina, I really enjoyed reading this blog. I too want to work with children with special needs. I believe that Dr. Burke was right and she has discovered a breakthrough for children that deal with these difficulties on a daily basis. I look forward to reading more of your blogs!
ReplyDeleteHey Tina! I really liked your view the video about Dr. Harris and the ACE test. I think it's really great that you made a connection in that you want to work with children and that you have already learned about some about this subject. Do you think once you have a professional career(hopefully in what you want to do) you could use the ACE test or something similar to assess different children and their needs?
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