The Development of Technology for ACEs (part 2)

Jane Stevens posted:

Hi, Trevor -- Ayemind is really interesting. How's it being used? And do you want to add an ACEs science module?

Cheers, Jane Stevens

Hi Jane, thanks for your comments on Aye Mind. We're using in a variety of ways, including have developed a 1-hour intro workshop for local workers on getting the best from the resources, and we're producing a series of "mini-guides" on aspects of the work.  With our partners we've also run a series of workshops on the interactive technology / gif-making aspect of the work with young people. Overall promoting both the resources on the site but also some of the key principles of participatory work with young people and those who work with them on technology for wellbeing.  As part of the resource, we have a "workers' toolkit" available for anyone to use - http://ayemind.com/toolkit/

Interested in your suggestion about an ACES science module - what's the best way to find out more about this? I should add that I was one of the audience for your excellent Glasgow (GCPH) seminar on ACES last year, which was a very useful overview of the territory.

Hello Thomas. Thanks for sharing this beautiful map, and for helping us all use the power of technology in practical ways to prevent and heal ACEs. 

Trevor Lakey posted:

Hi Thomas, really interesting pair of blogposts and very interested in the approach you are progressing in terms of exploring technology options for addressing ACES issues.  Also appreciate your openness to exploring the wider issues and challenges in this territory.  You may be interested in the work we have been doing in Scotland exploring digital approaches to youth mental health.  This programme, called "Aye Mind" (based on earlier phase called Project 99) was European Union funded and you can see our project webspace at www.ayemind.com. We adopted a coproduction approach throughout, with young people involved in designing technology solutions, such as animated gif messages for wellbeing. You can see on the Resources tab some of the digital assets and initiatives that we have curated, and think your Mind Map is a really useful approach to categorising the range of functionality that is available.

Look forward to hearing more of your work. Best wishes

Trevor 

Trevor,

Thanks for your kind words and enlightening comment about Aye Mind which I find really interesting and relevant to my work. I hope to be able to generalize what we create as a living open source framework that can be used for many different domains within the mental health domain (look at oshealth.io for more information). Being located in Denmark myself, perhaps there would be a possibility of doing some sort of collaboration on similar projects within the EU system. 

Nada Yorke posted:

I love how you have mapped out practical applications to use the ACEs information for a client's benefit.  It helps confirm what I designed for my domestic violence batterer intervention program.  I find that simply giving them an ACE questionnaire is just information-sharing, whereas implementing a program designed to help them achieve wellness will more likely break the intergenerational cycle.  Thank you Thomas for your work in making a "workable" tool to bridge the research into application!

Nada,

Thanks very much for your kind comment and for your own work. It would be great if you had the time to participate in one of our upcoming Tech Talks and tell us more about your work. :-)

Hi, Trevor -- Ayemind is really interesting. How's it being used? And do you want to add an ACEs science module?

Cheers, Jane Stevens

Hi Thomas, really interesting pair of blogposts and very interested in the approach you are progressing in terms of exploring technology options for addressing ACES issues.  Also appreciate your openness to exploring the wider issues and challenges in this territory.  You may be interested in the work we have been doing in Scotland exploring digital approaches to youth mental health.  This programme, called "Aye Mind" (based on earlier phase called Project 99) was European Union funded and you can see our project webspace at www.ayemind.com. We adopted a coproduction approach throughout, with young people involved in designing technology solutions, such as animated gif messages for wellbeing. You can see on the Resources tab some of the digital assets and initiatives that we have curated, and think your Mind Map is a really useful approach to categorising the range of functionality that is available.

Look forward to hearing more of your work. Best wishes

Trevor 

I love how you have mapped out practical applications to use the ACEs information for a client's benefit.  It helps confirm what I designed for my domestic violence batterer intervention program.  I find that simply giving them an ACE questionnaire is just information-sharing, whereas implementing a program designed to help them achieve wellness will more likely break the intergenerational cycle.  Thank you Thomas for your work in making a "workable" tool to bridge the research into application!