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

尽管1989年《儿童法案》实施仅30多年，但有充分的证据表明，受照顾儿童(LAC)的状况仍然不如无人照看的同龄人，只有6%的照顾者(根据政府数据)寻求在大学接受更高的教育。对于这一群体来说，未来似乎仍然黯淡。然而，本研究基于本人对护理系统的亲身体验和对离校者的访谈，并使用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，对不良童年经历(ACE‘s)的影响进行了项目探索，考虑了这一人群中的弹性概念。这项研究将通过关注公共/私营部门和志愿部门的积极做法，解构目前围绕拉丁美洲和加勒比地区和那些护理人员的负面叙述。这项研究还将探索“成功”意味着什么，以便探索那些认为自己过着有抱负和实现愿望的充实生活的护理经历，尽管ACE的水平并非如此。最后，一份总结声明将试图建议，政策制定者、专业人员和从业者或许应该更加重视使这一看似沉默的少数人能够在生活中取得成功的“支持因素”，在主流/学术媒体上庆祝这些成功，同时在实践中实施更多的支持因素。这项研究很适合护理系统中的年轻人，他们可能会觉得没有希望实现他们的抱负，开始进行不同的思考。

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.