{"id":3532,"date":"2018-01-12T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T11:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/parentingculturestudies\/?page_id=3532"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:31:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T10:31:06","slug":"aces-adverse-childhood-experiences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/parentingculturestudies\/research-themes\/early-intervention\/aces-adverse-childhood-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"ACEs: \u2018Adverse Childhood Experiences\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In December 2017, the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/science-and-technology-committee\/news-parliament-2017\/evidence-based-early-years-inquiry-launched-17-19\/\">an Inquiry<\/a> into the evidence-base for early years intervention, with a particular focus on programmes influenced by the concept of \u2018Adverse Childhood Experiences\u2019 or ACEs.<\/p>\n<p>CPCS associates and social policy specialists from a number of universities were concerned that the inquiry\u2019s remit was open to considering contributions that were more circumspect about the ACEs approach. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/socsci\/about\/staff\/rse1u09.page\">Professor Rosalind Edwards<\/a>, University of Southampton; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/about-us\/our-people\/directory\/gillies-val\">Professor Val Gillies<\/a>, University of Westminster; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/sspssr\/staff\/academic\/l-m\/lee-ellie.html\">Professor Ellie Lee<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/sspssr\/staff\/visiting\/profiles\/macvarish-jan.html\">Dr Jan Macvarish<\/a>, University of Kent; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/socstudies\/staff\/staff-profiles\/sue-white\">Professor Susan White<\/a>, University of Sheffield and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/business\/people\/lizdgw.html\">Professor David Wastell<\/a>, University of Nottingham therefore collaborated to produce a submission which sets out some grounds on which the claims made about ACEs might be questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliamentlive.tv\/Event\/Index\/730b9508-5ff6-4464-a7b8-2bbb6f709ef5\">Committee Session<\/a> with Professors Sue White and Ros Edwards giving evidence<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/parentingculturestudies\/files\/2018\/01\/The-Problem-with-ACEs-EY10039-Edwards-et-al.-2017-1.pdf\">written contribution<\/a> here<\/p>\n<p>After the submission was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/science-and-technology-committee\/inquiries\/parliament-2017\/evidence-based-early-years-intervention-17-19\/publications\/\">published<\/a> by the Committee, it was circulated to fellow academics similarly concerned about the limitations of the ACEs approach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respondents listed below. Read commentary here: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/parentingculturestudies\/files\/2018\/01\/Discussing-the-Problem-with-ACEs.pdf\">Discussing the Problem with ACEs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Subsequent work has also included the publication of a special themed section of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/social-policy-and-society\/issue\/424134A6B7E07A64A88A0ABAE3DAE1C0\"><em> Social Policy and Society, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) \u2013 Implications and Challenges<\/em><\/a>\u00a0with article commissioning led by Professors Ros Edwards, Val Gillies and Sue White. CPCS\u2019 Ellie Lee and Jan Macvarish contributed a paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/social-policy-and-society\/article\/constructions-of-parents-in-adverse-childhood-experiences-discourse\/4ADDC540EBF2421EAF3D52080FF6EABD\">\u2018Constructions of Parents in Adverse Childhood Experiences Discourse\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December 2017, the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee launched an Inquiry into the evidence-base for early years intervention, with a particular focus on programmes influenced by the concept of \u2018Adverse Childhood Experiences\u2019 or ACEs. 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