Understanding Development Across Life-Span

I expected Dr. Nadine Burke Harris's event to be much more than it actually was. I mean not that it wasn't a big day for her and the people that shes able to help. But the only thing that happened in the day that changed her ENTIRE career was a colleague bringing her a research study, but it happened to be exactly what she needed. The study was done over Adverse Childhood Experiences and things that fall into that category are abuse, parental separation, and substance abuse and every single one of those things effect a child's brain development. That day was so significant to Dr. Harris because it opened up all new doors for her career and healthcare for children. The initial study was performed by two other doctors on 17.5 thousand adults. They asked them questions about adversity and they later named it The ACE test. The test is fairly simple, it contains 10 yes or no questions, and can be performed at any routine check-up or physical.
Dr. Harris uses the simple test when assessing all of her patients because it gives her a better understanding of them and how to treat them better. When a child scores higher on the ACE test she automatically knows that the child will more than likely suffer from other severe health issues later in life. Health issues that could later be developed include lung cancer and heart disease because of the repeated amount of high stress at young ages caused by adverse experiences.
I had never heard about the ACE test until I watched Dr. Harris talk about it and I truly think its a great thing. It's so easy to use and its proven to be beneficial to children presently as well as in the long run. I took the test and I encourage you all to take it as well. I scored a three out of ten and that doesn't mean that I didn't have a good childhood or that I'm going to get a terrible disease, it just tells me that it could be possible because of adverse experiences I did have as a child. My boyfriend's score was 0 and my mother's score was one. If you guys take the test and you don't mind sharing your score comment and let me know because I'm curious.

Sources:
https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime?referrer=playlist-how_does_my_brain_work#t-268280
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/02/387007941/take-the-ace-quiz-and-learn-what-it-does-and-doesnt-mean