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ACE Response: The Center for Post-Trauma Wellness
Research shows that over half the middle class population has “adverse childhood experiences” (ACE) in their background, and ACEs are associated with serious later life health and social problems. The Center for Post-Trauma Wellness (CPTW)...
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State Legislative Efforts? Like the Vermont Bill For Example.
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...
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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...
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Re: Improving the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Scale
Kathy, I very much appreciate the clarification of concerns, and objections you noted above. I wish that I had seen it sooner. I've had periodic discussions with one Vermont House member-who's a retired School Principal- and he didn't clarify the concerns as well as your post above. I believe you have articulated a reasonable argument as it applies to both the 2013 Vermont House Bill 762, and use of the ACE questions in the annual State BRFSS (Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Study)-even though...
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Re: Indiana ACEs Groups
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...