I use the original ACE Questionaire as a screen and a teaching opportunity.
Though not all inclusive it opens many conversations and immediately individuals feel relieved to know that it is not what is wrong with them but what happened to them.
It also initiates a relationship in which both parties have the opportunity to create trust and security.
Adrenergia, whether triggered by loneliness, violence,poverty, or racism is the etiology of the personal and community pathologies.
That reality calls a PACE aware caregiver or organization to the opportunity of creating trust,safety,apprioriate social interventions, and inclusiveness in all interactions.
Now that we know,anything less is simply less than and unacceptable.