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
6: Understanding Early Relational Health
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Published:August 2024
R.J. Gillespie, MD, MHPE, FAAP, "Understanding Early Relational Health", 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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Years ago, I had a colleague say that he wanted to “specialize in infant mental health.” It was a joke; he was implying that infant mental health (IMH) was a simple, maybe nonexistent, field and that it was easier than anything else we do in practice. After all, infants don’t have thoughts; they’re either awake or asleep, being fed or being changed. Simple, right?
Of course not.
When thinking about trauma and its effects on health and wellness, we spend a lot of time connecting trauma with early childhood. This is not only because the effects of trauma on the...