In this engaging, approachable book, a pediatrician and a psychologist walk step by step through the transformational process of creating a trauma-informed practice. They begin with essential concepts such as the debate over “ACE screening,” then share how to prepare an organization for change, assess risks to relational health, support caregivers, use resilience-based interventions, and finally how to sustain a trauma-responsive practice. Reflecting the authors’ call for interdisciplinary collaboration, the book is presented as a dialogue between two experts, describing how they collaborated on their own practice transformation—including both the pitfalls and the factors that made the process successful. Available for purchase at https://www.aap.org/The-Trauma-Informed-Pediatric-Practice-Paperback
Part 1 Introduction
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Published:August 2024
"Part 1 Introduction", The Trauma-Informed Pediatric Practice: A Resilience-Based Roadmap to Foster Early Relational Health, R.J. Gillespie, MD, MHPE, FAAP, Amy King, PhD
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We’re going to begin our journey into supporting early relational health (ERH) with some background concepts that will help frame the interventions you’ll be learning about throughout this book. These are key areas to explore in depth as a practice. First and foremost, we believe that understanding and inquiring about parent and caregiver trauma is an important component of relational health histories (RHHs); this is likely new work for you and your practice. We’ll start by helping you understand potential pitfalls about assessing trauma in practice, starting with a discussion of the controversy around ACE screening specifically, since components of...