A Critical ExpIoration: The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on Children and Young People Cared for by the State.

尽管1989年《儿童法》实施仅30多年，但有充分的证据表明，受照顾儿童（LAC）的状况仍然不如未受照顾的同龄人，只有6%（根据政府数据）的护理离开者在大学接受高等教育。然而，根据我自己对护理系统的生活经验，对耳离开者的采访，并使用诸如创伤后成长理论和自我决定理论等理论框架来支持研究结果，本研究项目批判性地探讨了不良童年经历（ACE）的影响，考虑了这一人口统计中的服从概念。该研究将解构当前围绕LAC的负面叙述，并通过关注公共/私营和志愿部门的积极做法来关注那些经历过护理的人。这项研究还将探讨什么是“成功”，以探索那些有护理经验的人，他们认为自己过着充实的生活，有抱负和实现的愿望，尽管他们的ACE水平表明并非如此。最后一个结论性的声明将试图建议，更多的注意力可能应该支付的政策制定者，专业人士和从业人员一样，“支持因素”，使这似乎沉默的少数人在生活中取得成功，庆祝这些成功在主流/学术媒体，同时实施更多的支持因素在实践中。这项研究的目的是很好地帮助那些在护理系统中的年轻人，他们可能觉得没有希望实现他们的愿望，开始思考其他问题。

Despite being just over 30 years since the implementation of the 1989 Children's Act, it is welldocumented that Looked After Children (LAC's) are still not faring as well as their non Looked After peers,with only (according to government figures) 6% of Care-Leavers seeking higher education at university.The future it seems, for this demographic is still looking bleak. However, drawing upon my own livedexperience of the care system, interviews with eare-leavers, and using theoretical framework such asPost Traumatic Growth Theory and Self Determination theory to support findings, this research projectcritically explores the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's), considering notions of resiliencewithin this demographic. The research will deconstruct current negative narratives surrounding LAC's andthose care-experienced by focussing on positive practice in the public / private and voluntary sector. Theresearch will also explore what it means to be 'successful' in order to explore those care-experiencedwho consider themselves as leading fulfilling lives with aspirations and a desire to achieve despite theirlevels of ACE's suggesting otherwise. Finally a concluding statement will attempt to suggest that moreattention should perhaps be paid by policy makers, professionals and practitioners alike, to 'supportingfactors' which enable this seemingly silent minority to succeed in life, celebrating those successes withinmainstream/academic media, whilst implementing more supporting factors within practice. This researchaims to lend itself well to young people in the care system who may feel there is no hope for achievingtheir aspirations to start thinking otherwise.