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 3 Introduction
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Published:August 2024
"Part 3 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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By this point in the book, you’ve already been introduced to some of the interventions that promote early relational health; in this section, we’ll be going more in depth into those interventions. As we discussed in the book Introduction, the primary difference between tolerable and toxic stress is the presence or absence of the support of a nurturing caregiver over the course of time. The presence of safe, stable, nurturing relationships (SSNRs) in a child’s life mitigates the effects of toxic stress by providing the support needed to contextualize and recover from traumatic events, so using these interventions to build...