ACE Screening Sample Scripts for Pediatric Clinical Teams This ACEs Aware-developed workflow provides tips and sample scripts for approaching conversations with patients about ACEs and toxic stress. It covers how to introduce the ACE screening purpose and tool to patients/caregivers, review screening results and the treatment plan with them, and following up on the treatment plan.
ACEs Aware Clinical Team Toolkit The “ACEs Aware Clinical Team Toolkit: Preventing, Screening, and Responding to the Impact of ACEs and Toxic Stress” offers clinicians and practices comprehensive information and resources. This toolkit is composed of a series of fact sheets that are designed to be read individually.
ACEs Aware Managed Care Plan Resource Guide The purpose of this Resource Guide is to provide strategies and information to help you learn more about how your health plan can be an active part of Trauma-Informed Networks of Care in your service areas.
American Academy of Pediatrics – Trauma Toolbox for Primary Care This 6-part series was designed with the primary care practice in mind – those who may or may not be familiar with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the process of asking families about exposure to ACEs or other traumatic events.
Case Study: FPA Women’s Health This case study describes the experience of FPA Women’s Health in getting multi-clinic ACE screening implementation off the ground and provides an example of how to pilot ACE screening at one clinic and then expand to other clinics over time. This case study reinforces the importance ACEs Aware places on ongoing training and education and giving clinicians and staff the tools and language to discuss sensitive issues with patients.
Case Study: Marin Community Clinics This case study describes the experience of Marin Community Clinics in obtaining buy-in for piloting and designing the implementation process for organization-wide ACE screening. It reinforces the importance ACEs Aware places on developing a robust implementation team, training staff on trauma-informed care and ACE screening, and expanding internal and external resources to respond to ACEs and toxic stress.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Public Health Leadership Initiative The Public Health Leadership (PHL) Initiative believes public health agencies can make great strides in preventing child maltreatment. From 2010-2013, the PHL Initiative worked with national and state public health leaders to better understand successes and challenges of public health efforts to address child maltreatment.
CQC Toolkit: Implement Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Screening in Primary Care Grantee: California Quality Collaborative, a program of Purchaser Business Group on Health This toolkit is a guide for primary care providers and care teams who intend to implement routine screening for ACEs into practice. It offers a framework for planning and implementing these screenings, provides context that is essential to effective implementation, describes change concepts and offers resources to support practice changes.
Guiding Principles and Questions for Integrating ACE Screening and Treatment of Toxic Stress into Organizational Practice: A Systems Perspective for Community-based Clinics and Organizations Grantee: Cardea Services This practice paper provides strategies for planning and implementing ACE screening in community-based clinics and organizations, including practical tools and templates.
National Council for Behavioral Health – Fostering Resilience & Recovery Change Package The National Council is the nation’s voice of mental health and addiction providers who care for 10 million adults and children. To better address trauma in primary care, Kaiser Permanente and the National Council for Behavioral Health (National Council) launched the Trauma-Informed Care Primary Care: Fostering Resilience and Recovery initiative to develop, test, disseminate and scale a field-informed Change Package.
Overview: A Tiered Clinical Response Framework for Addressing Toxic Stress ACEs Aware-developed resource on using a tiered clinical response framework to determine the patient education, level of intervention, and additional supports that may be needed for patients at different levels of risk for toxic stress.
Stage 2 Workbook: Putting It All Together — Your ACE Screening & Clinical Response Approach This resource is a link.
Supporting Small but Mighty Practices in Implementing ACE Screening & Trauma-Informed Care Grantee: Primary Care Development Corporation This paper offers a roadmap to help smaller healthcare practices (those that employ 7 or fewer providers) implement trauma-informed approaches. Smaller practices are well positioned to implement trauma-informed approaches, as they often serve tight-knit populations and can tap into the needs and insights of their community and families.