The New York Times reported the killing of Ava and Elise Kirkland in 2021 The year before, the Center for Disease Control reported a 50% increase in gun deaths among children Hello, I'm Bonnie Boswell.

And today is the last in our series about childhood trauma.

The boy you're about to hear was filmed in Chicago years ago, but it could have been yesterday.

I'm scared.

This is like my mom tell me "go in the house" Because she don't want me knowing this stuff but not going to ever stop.

That clip was from an interview Bill Moyers did with my late brother Carl Bell.

Carl was a nationally known psychiatrist who specialized in violence prevention that I think is very important is I think we have to debrief the children that are exposed to violence, either as witness or victim.

My guest is Dr. Denese Shervington.

She's the chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Charles Drew University in Los Angeles.

Denese, California, is supporting a program called ACES or Adverse Childhood Experiences.

80% of some of the health challenges that we see are due to childhood trauma.

There are ten categories of ACES traumas.

Having six of them can shorten your life.

The current surgeon general pediatrician Nadine Burks Harris, has done an amazing amount of work on ACES, trying to get all physicians to screen young people.

We gently help them understand how the traumas have impacted how they think and how they feel.

The great news is it's treatable.

Denese, thank you so much for your expertize during this series.

And thank you at home for joining us.

For KCET I'm Bonnie Boswell.