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
Appendix Q: Beginning Discipline: Full Text
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Published:August 2024
"Beginning Discipline: Full Text", 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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After introducing the subject, I start with drawing a 4-quadrant graph on the exam room paper, and I fill in the parenting styles as I describe them.
Here’s the script.
“There are 4 basic parenting styles, based on expectations (the rules, regulations, and boundaries for the child) and empathy (the love, affection, and warmth we show our kids). Low expectations and low empathy—in other words, ‘We don’t care about our kid, and we don’t care what they do’—make up what I call ‘detached,’ or neglectful, parenting. Obviously, this isn’t a good place to be, since kids need love and guidance...