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Improving the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Scale
Improving the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Scale Posted by Tina Marie Hahn, MD, FAAP on July 26, 2014 at 3:08pm in Untitled Category View Discussions Posted by Tina Marie Hahn, MD, FAAP on July 26, 2014 at 2:30pm...
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Re: State of CA- Legislative Steering Committee
Hello Kimberly. Sorry for the delay in commenting but I think it is a great time to increase awareness of what is coming out the California ACEs Summit and from other initiatives in the state to address ACEs. I would encourage you to post your comment on the California ACEs Action group since some of the members of that group attended the Summit and will be involved in follow-up activities. As the ACEs Network staff member assigned to the State ACEs Action group, I'll be monitoring the...
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Re: Improving the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Scale
Tina, in Vermont, we are working with our legislature. Elizabeth Prewit did two (?) pieces about the Vermont activity, which I'm sure you can find on the ACEs Connection website. I took issue with them on prescisely this issue - the screening. The ACE study is an incredibly valuable study. It is a watershed moment in the childhood trauma world. It did not, however, develop screening tools, and it is not "trauma informed." The ten-item ACE questionnaire is not a validated screen - it came out...