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
Conclusion: On Being a Snowflake
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Published:August 2024
"On Being a Snowflake", 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 now, you may be feeling a little overwhelmed. This work is a lot to take in, and the idea of building relational health and changing outcomes for patients and families that have experienced trauma may feel a bit like moving a mountain.
But there is a force in nature that can move a mountain—a glacier (which is about as upstream as you can get!). Glaciers are formed by snowpack, and snowpack is formed very simply by individual snowflakes, falling softly one at a time, in just the right place.
Maybe the snowflake is the one simple step you make...