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
1: The ACE Debate and Ethical Considerations
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Published:August 2024
R.J. Gillespie, MD, MHPE, FAAP, "The ACE Debate and Ethical Considerations", 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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I have a heckler.
At this point in my career, I’ve done dozens of conference presentations about my work in assessing caregiver ACEs, but in the early days, I kept running into the same person at a lot of my lectures. They always asked highly critical questions about what I was doing—both in front of the audience and afterward in the post-lecture question and answer sessions. Their tone felt aggressive, sometimes mocking, and always put me on the defensive. Why are you using that tool? How can you think that intervention is helpful? Then the comments started showing up on...