U. instructor: Adverse childhood experiences impact students' learning, health

SANDYNo one is asking Utah schoolteachers to act as therapists.
Nor would state law allow educators to ask young students about adverse childhood experiences such as divorce, witnessing domestic violence or experiencing abuse.
But a University of Utah faculty member who addressed educators attending the Utah Education Association convention Friday urged them to learn how "toxic stress" affects children and to strive to be a trusted adult who can help buffer their students from the effects of adv