Handout from ACEs Aware grantee the Kyer Group that uses scuba diving as a useful metaphor for practicing and building resiliency.
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Background information and examples of motivational interviewing.
A brief describing the importance of safe, stable, nurturing relationships, written for a lay audience.
“How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime.”
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.
Motivational techniques and skills for health and mental health coaching/counseling, published in 2013. Also see detailed examples and rationales for motivational interviewing strategies and techniques (2008).
Article about applying the principles of motivational interviewing to everyday patient interactions to elicit “behavior change” that contributes to positive health outcomes and improved patient–physician communication.