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
Amy King, PhD, "Building the Case for Resilience", 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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In 2015, a group of pediatricians asked if I would consult with them regarding how to respond to the ACEs study.1 They had a couple of experiences that shaped this request. Many of them had seen Nadine Burke Harris’ TED Talk, which had gone viral, and they’d been to a training from colleagues about the study and its effect on long-term health outcomes. One of R.J.’s colleagues had recently begun training pediatricians about childhood adversity across the state of Oregon and it was both eye opening and overwhelming. Additionally, Robert Block, past American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) president, had...