Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Assessment

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that occur during childhood (0-17 years). These experiences can have a significant impact on a person's physical, mental, and social health throughout their life.​
​Our relationships and experiences—even those in childhood—can affect our health and well-being. Difficult childhood experiences are very common. Please tell us whether you have had any of the experiences listed below, as they may be affecting your health today or may affect your health in the future. This information will help you and your provider better understand how to work together to support your health and well-being.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Instructions: Below is a list of 10 categories of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). From the list below, please place a checkmark next to each ACE category that you experienced prior to your 18th birthday. Then, please add up the number of categories of ACEs you experienced and put the total number at the bottom. 

    1. Did you feel that you didn’t have enough to eat, had to wear dirty clothes, or had no one to protect or take care of you?

    ​2. Did you lose a parent through divorce, abandonment, death, or other reason?​
    3. Did you live with anyone who was depressed, mentally ill, or attempted suicide?​
    4.Did you live with anyone who had a problem with drinking or using drugs, includingprescription drugs?​​
    5. Did your parents or adults in your home ever hit, punch, beat, or threaten to harm each other?​
    6. Did you live with anyone who went to jail or prison?​
    7. Did a parent or adult in your home ever swear at you, insult you, or put you down?​*
    8. Did a parent or adult in your home ever hit, beat, kick, or physically hurt you in any way?​​
    9. Did you feel that no one in your family loved you or thought you were special?​​
    10.Did you experience unwanted sexual contact (such as fondling or oral/anal/vaginalintercourse/penetration)?​
    Your ACE score is the total number of checked YES responses
    Do you believe that these experiences have affected your health?​
    Please click the submit button below to send the results to Mark Zauss