Mental Models Recommendations

Mental Models Definition:

Mental models are habits of thought or deeply-held beliefs and assumptions (as well as taken-for-granted ways of operating) that influence how we think, what we do, and how we talk

Mental Model-Related Think Tank Recommendations:

Total comments: 29 (with some duplicated ideas)

ACEs awareness campaign

Positive ACEs messaging/education campaign targeting parents

Normalize mental health with a media and print campaign targeting medical provider locations

Public health campaign about ACEs targeting schools

Work to remove the stigma of accessing mental health services

Campaign to educate churches on ACEs

Implement mental health day throughout the community and bring cultures together

ACEs campaign to educate political and elected officials

Broad-based community campaign about mental wellness

Cross-Sector Opportunities (and Missed Opportunities) for Fighting ACEs in Palm Beach County

There are two categories of recommendations highlighted below: cross-sector and sector-specific. These recommendations come from the Community Readiness Assessment process, the think tank, and the sector leadership meeting, as well as national recommendations from research and best practices

As with any system, the individual sectors that make up the system have to determine the best path forward Individual sectors design, or are mandated to implement, internal processes, procedures, and practices that ultimately shape the way the community connects with that sector, as well as the target audience's experiences with that sector

In order to improve intended collective community outcomes, the first work often has to focus on how a traumainformed approach is operationalized within the systems' constituent organizations Sector-specific change and crosssector change can happen simultaneously; however, cross-sector change without individual sector or organizational change can result in short lived, shallow, and unsustainable efforts

Equity, Trauma-Informed Continuum, Capacity, Community Voice, and Advocacy

Equity

The need to match resources and programming with community need

Recommendations:

Examine Birth to 22 zip code data to prioritize zip codes and indicators that are most in need by geography Utilize resources to target the most in need, most vulnerable as a priority. Provide the most robust services and full-scale programs targeting universal, selected and indicated approaches. The layering of services at various levels of prevention and intervention are necessary in communities fraught with adversity

Reduce barriers to accessing services by co-locating prevention and intervention services to build access where children and families naturally are (Also see number 4) 64