Practices Recommendations

Practices Definition:

Practices are espoused activities of institutions, coalitions, networks, and other entities targeted to improving social and environmental progress Also, within the entity, the procedures, guidelines, or informal shared habits that comprise their work.

Practice-Related Think Tank Recommendations:

Total comments 54 (with some duplicated ideas)

Schools systemically educate, empower, and train school staff, understand student and teacher trauma, and the effects of unbuffered toxic stress

Train police on being trauma-informed and the Childhood Baker Act

OB/GYNs need to follow maternal and post-partum depression screenings, provide ACEs education, and ensure service referrals during pregnancy

Inform insurance agencies about pregnancy early

Educate about ACEs and public health in middle school

ACEs screening protocol implementation

Increase in quality services for court to assist with executive functioning for clients to make the most of services

ACEs-driven referral plan

School District educates families at the beginning of the school year on importance of ACEs

Change agency procedure to inform the school on continuing care at discharge

School District child find consents to collaborate and share information

Preschools collaborating with elementary schools to create transition plans, "child to school, family to school, and community to school"

Address community and public health education efforts in those communities where there is the greatest risk, trying to reduce ACEs in the community, as well as building capacity in those areas of greatest need

Embedding services needed to build trust

Global screening at the ER, protective factors built into programs (example: Bridges)

Funders follow through to ensure outcomes are met and fidelity to the program model is being used

Disconnect between highest-risk families and services provided

Pair cultural similarities together

Teachers taking ACEs screening themselves

Survey pediatricians across the county to see what they know Do they have resources to give to parents?

Have a social worker/therapist at the pediatrician's office

ACEs screening for all pregnant women

Screening as a routine part of pediatric visits

Administer ACEs screening to all in school

Organizations commit to train their employees

Collect local data on the economic impact

Higher- ed courses training to include mental health and ACEs training