The number of children and young people displaying challenging behaviour is forecast to increase by 28.6% by 2030. Why is this well-being objective important? It is obvious that not all children get an equal start in life and many are affected by adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). These children often come into contact with the Education Service, Social Services, Health Service, Police and Voluntary Services during their childhood and beyond, as difficulties and challenges impact negatively on their mental and physical well-being, and invariably leads to increasingly challenging and risky behaviour. As a result, services begin to struggle to meet the increasingly complex demands presented by these vulnerable children. Intervening earlier in the lives of these children has been the ambition of service providers for many years. Not only is there a moral imperative, there is also very much an economic imperative for this approach. Education, Social Services, Health and the Police are increasingly struggling to manage both the volume and complexity of demand emanating from inadequate parenting, inter-family abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health and domestic abuse. The has shown that suffering four or more harmful experiences in childhood increases the risk of vulnerability and harms many aspects of lives. Data reveals that 14% of adults in Wales have experienced four or more children’s Adverse Childhood Experiences during their childhood, making them four times more likely to be subject to alcohol problems, six times more likely to smoke and 14 times more likely to being involved in violence in the last year. The report highlighted the short, medium and long term benefits of prevention and early intervention to support children and their families, illustrating that this methodology is also more cost effective as less cases progress to acute and chronic states.
The number of children and young people displaying challenging behaviour is forecast to increase by 28.6% by 2030. Why is this well-being objective important? It is obvious that not all children get an equal start in life and many are affected by adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). These children often come into contact with the Education Service, Social Services, Health Service, Police and Voluntary Services during their childhood and beyond, as difficulties and challenges impact negatively on their mental and physical well-being, and invariably leads to increasingly challenging and risky behaviour. As a result, services begin to struggle to meet the increasingly complex demands presented by these vulnerable children. Intervening earlier in the lives of these children has been the ambition of service providers for many years. Not only is there a moral imperative, there is also very much an economic imperative for this approach. Education, Social Services, Health and the Police are increasingly struggling to manage both the volume and complexity of demand emanating from inadequate parenting, inter-family abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health and domestic abuse. The has shown that suffering four or more harmful experiences in childhood increases the risk of vulnerability and harms many aspects of children’s lives. Data reveals that 14% of adults in Wales have experienced four or more Adverse Childhood Experiences during their childhood, making them four times more likely to be subject to alcohol problems, six times more likely to smoke and 14 times more likely to being involved in violence in the last year. The report highlighted the short, medium and long term benefits of prevention and early intervention to support children and their families, illustrating that this methodology is also more cost effective as less cases progress to acute and chronic states.
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