The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Educational Outcomes in Adolescents

Abstract

This paper's purpose is to review past literature on the effect of adverse childhood experiences on the educational outcomes of adolescent learners. Over the past few years, literature pieces through various researchers and writers have identified the great need to sensitize the reasons for the outcomes that adolescents get when they go through school. Most researchers have also focused on the possible solutions that could be used in addressing adolescents' different needs and challenges. One of the challenges that most researchers still need to identify is the early childhood experiences that adolescents go through even before they get to school. In this study, the researcher discussed academic effects related to early childhood adverse experiences. The family background and the different environmental issues that affect the mental state of adolescents as they grow up have been identified in this study as contributing factors to the adverse effects that lead to poor educational outcomes among adolescent learners. In addition, this study has found that adverse childhood experiences affect the students' learning outcomes by impacting different elements of the academic life of the learners. It influences the academic engagement of the learners, their level of achievement, and attendance to their studies in schools.