CLDDV 103: Child Growth and Development Laffranchini, Professor Article Assignment Spring, 2015 Read the following attached articles: 1. http://acestoohigh.com/got-your-ace-score/ Got Your ACE Score? 2. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/03/02/387007941/take-the-ace-quiz-and-learn-what-itdoes-and-doesnt-mean “Take the ACE Quiz – And Learn What it Does and Doesn’t Mean” Summarize the first article in PARAGRAPHS. Identify your ACE score       Identify your Resiliency score What does your ACE score and Resiliency score mean to you? Commonness of adverse experiences Relationship of adverse experiences to: o Alcoholism o Chronic depression o Antidepressant prescriptions o Risk of perpetuating domestic violence o Liver disease (why do you think this is a risk factor?) o Smoking as an adult o Later being raped o Suicide attempts o Teen sexual behaviors o Impaired worker performance o COPD (why do you think this is a factor?) o What causes these? o Consequences of lifetime exposure to violence and abuse What can you do about your score and resiliency? Why do you think the factors in the resiliency score actually create a buffer from lifetime effects of high ACE scores? Your opinion of the ACE score and Resiliency score Read the second article online at npr.org and summarize in ONE PARAGRAPH.   What are the three types of aces? Why does your score not necessarily mean what the first article states? Reflect: What does this mean to you?