The ACEs Aware initiative is a first-in-the nation effort to screen patients for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to help improve and save lives.

What are the symptoms of ACEs?

The ACE Study identified ten categories of Adverse Childhood Experiences: Abuse: 1) Physical, 2) emotional, and 3) sexual. Neglect: 4) Physical and 5) emotional. Household dysfunction: 6) Parental mental illness, 7) incarcerated relative, 8) mother treated violently, and 9) household substance abuse.

What is the ACE assessment tool?

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Assessment is a ten-question assessment that was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente by collecting health information from more than 17,000 members in Southern California.