Tagged With "Policy Making"

I am adding this discussion to ask you all to help me collate data on States (like Vermont) that are working on writing legislation to require training for  Physicians and other providers to make ACEs screening something Physicians/Mental Health...

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...

Hi Elaine! In response to the ACEs study, multiple partners across Hendricks County (directly west of Indianapolis) have already started offering trauma-informed care and response trainings to schools, churches, businesses, etc. But, we want to connect all our efforts and coordinate to make a bigger impact, so for the past few months we've been meeting monthly and building a strategic plan to launch a new trauma-informed nonprofit organization called the Hendricks County Trauma Resource...

Hi Jessica, I am very interested in having ACES training in LaPorte County. We need to educate the entire community, not just the schools, but the judicial system, the healthcare system, etc. I would love to work with you to make this happen. You can contact me at 219-207-7222 or my cell phone at 219-448-8109 - Stacey