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Brain Shaping Answers

3. Adverse Childhood Experiences include five directed

specifically on the child and five related to family members.

The adverse experiences directed specifically at the child

include physical, sexual and verbal abuse, emotional

neglect and physical neglect.

Adverse Childhood experiences also include non-direct
experiences related to family members.

These include adults with alcohol and drug use problems,

adults with mental health problems, domestic violence in the

home, adults who have spent time in prison and parental
separation.