What Happens After ACEs Screening? Effective Clinical Response and Community Partnership Thursday, February 18, 2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (PT)

CALIFORNIA ACES ACADEMY LIVE WEBINAR with FREE CME/CE

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What Happens After ACEs Screening? Effective Clinical Response and Community Partnership

Thursday, February 18, 2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (PT)

This webinar will discuss opportunities for ACEs screening implementation in the medical setting, identify evidence-informed clinical approaches for responding to ACEs within pediatric and family medicine practice, and present effective strategies for responding to ACEs through community partnerships. Time for discussion and Q & A will be included.

What Happens After ACEs Screening: Effective Clinical Response

presented by Rachel Gilgoff, MD

• Describe methods for assessing protective factors and symptoms related to childhood adversity
• Discuss the domains of wellness (sleep, relationships, nutrition, physical activity, nature, mindfulness, and mental health) with patients as interventions for symptoms related to adversity

Dr. Rachel Gilgoff brings over 10 years of experience as a board-certified General Pediatrician and Child Abuse Pediatrician. After ten years of working at the Center for Child Protection at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital & Research Center in Oakland as a child abuse pediatrician, Dr. Gilgoff has transitioned to prevention efforts, program development and research. As a co-investigator with the Bay Area Research Consortium (BARC), she supported the development and implementation of the Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events (PEARLS) study. She was most recently the Medical Director of Clinical Innovation and Research at the Center for Youth Wellness until transitioning to becoming the Chief Medical Officer for Stronger Brains, Inc., a computer-based program to improve executive functioning and social-emotional wellness for children impacted by adversity. Recognizing the importance of healthy relationships, sleep, physical activity, nutrition, mindfulness, access to nature, and multi-disciplinary care in preventing and healing trauma, she is also pursuing a fellowship in Integrative Medicine. She is dedicated to addressing health issues resulting from child traumatic stress and abuse, and moving the field forward to incorporate trauma interventions into routine pediatric clinical practice.

What Happens After ACEs Screening: Effective Clinical Response

presented by Leena Singh, DrPH, MPH

• Identify opportunities for expanding ACE screening and response in the pediatric setting
• Review key considerations for successful ACEs screening implementation and response

Dr. Leena Singh is a public health leader with expertise in program design and strategy, clinical technical assistance, research, evaluation, and training in the areas of adolescent sexual health and childhood trauma. She was previously Program Director for the National Pediatric Practice Community on ACEs at the Center for Youth Wellness, where she led training, technical assistance and clinical innovation focused on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma-informed pediatric medicine in 9 states nationally. She currently serves as a coach and expert advisor for the California ACEs Learning and Quality Improvement Collaborative (CALQIC), a key component of the ACEs Aware initiative to support trauma-informed care and ACEs screening and response for healthcare clinics across California. Dr. Singh received her Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from Columbia University and holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a Bay Area native and resides in San Francisco.

Resilient and Trauma-Informed Community

presented by Victoria Sparks, MD and Lacie Ketelhut, MS, CHES

• Describe the benefits of a relationship-based community change model to encourage collaborative work across community partners
• Outline a framework for mobilizing community partnerships to effectively respond to impact of ACEs through aligned actions

Victoria Sparks, MD, is now caring for patients at the Gundersen La Crescent Clinic. Dr. Sparks provides a full spectrum of care for the entire family.

In addition to general care, Dr. Sparks provides several office procedures including women's health and dermatology procedures, steroid injections and suturing. She also spends time on Adverse Childhood Experiences research.

After growing up near Milwaukee, Wis., in Germantown, she completed her Bachelor of Science degree from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay before earning her Doctor of Medicine from Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

Following medical school, Dr. Sparks moved to La Crosse to perform her residency at Gundersen Health System as a part of Gundersen's Family Medicine Residency Clinic. When not working, Dr. Sparks enjoys spending time with family and friends. She loves the outdoors including water sports such as jet skiing, water skiing and scuba diving. She also likes hiking, biking, running, playing soccer, snow-shoeing and flying in small planes.

Lacie Ketelhut supports as a Senior Consultant – Resilient Trauma-Informed Care in the Population Health Department at Gundersen Health System. Since 2017, Lacie has been leading Gundersen Health System’s strategic ACEs Trauma-Informed Care initiative. In fall 2020, Lacie achieved certification as a Master Change Agent in GE Change Acceleration process. She has extensive experience working on community-level change strategies to support healthy and thriving communities.

She began her career as a health educator in 2007 at Cooperative Educational Service Agency #4 (CESA) in West Salem, Wis., where she led nonviolent crisis intervention training, coordinated a youth substance abuse prevention network and established community relationships to facilitate assessment, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based prevention programming. She joined Gundersen Health System team in 2015 when she accepted the role of Program Coordinator of the Center for Effective Discipline with the Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center. Work with the Center for Effective Discipline included raising awareness, training, advocacy, community outreach and sustainability of organizational systems to support positive parenting.

Lacie holds a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis. She has also obtained her Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

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Joint Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Academy on Violence and Abuse. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. The following credit designations are for each individual webinar.

• Physician Continuing Medical Education: The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• Continuing Psychologist Education: Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.This program offers 1.0 continuing education credits for psychologists.
• Continuing Physician Assistant Education: Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
• Continuing Nursing Education: The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hour. Pharmacotherapy contact hours for Advance Practice Registered Nurses to be determined. California Board of Registered Nursing provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13485, for 1.0 contact hour.
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