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
11: Pulling It All Together
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Published:August 2024
R.J. Gillespie, MD, MHPE, FAAP, Amy King, PhD, "Pulling It All Together", 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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R.J.: Early into my journey of implementing resilience interventions in my daily practice, I’m sitting across from the mother of a 9-month-old. I’ve been diligent about teaching the baseball analogy, being a baby observer, bids for attention, and time-ins at each of her previous well-child visits. Mom leans in and asks, “What are we going to learn about today?” The interventions are obviously landing well with this family, so she’s eager to hear more. It’s a reminder that we don’t approach building early relational health (ERH) as a single effort in just one visit; rather, it’s the 100 little doses...