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What has changed in Sonoma County around ACEs since 2015?

Friends, have you noticed any changes over the past two years in relationship to childhood adversity and resilience?  Are people talking about ACEs more? Did your employer send you to a training? Is your doctor talking to you about ACEs? Do you work for an agency that is trying to go trauma informed?

We'd like to find out, "What changes occurred in our community related to addressing ACEs and promoting resilience since MARC funding?"

Can you please leave a comment below to tell us how you've seen things change?

Now a word on how we define change:

WHAT IS A CHANGE (OUTCOME)?

A change needs to go beyond awareness.  There could be changes in:

  • Relationships (between individuals, organizations, systems)
  • Practice
  • Policy and Regulations
  • Funding

 

A change can be positive or negative, intended or unintended, direct or indirect.

A change can occur with individuals, organizations, systems, sectors, the community)

There is no “right” number of outcomes or changes that you should list

 Examples of changes/outcomes:

  • a hospital’s public commitment to implementing trauma informed practices (practice);
  • the police department and local high school collaborating in a way that did not previously exist (relationship);
  • the state legislature passing a bill requiring the use of selected trauma-informed principles in schools (policy);
  • a state representative agreeing to introduce a bill in the legislature (policy action).

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Hi Holly - Here are a few examples of changes I've seen: 
At a medical office the conversation shifted to ACEs, which lead to a request for technical information - upon providing the information, the physician stated the materials were shared at their provider meeting and now their administration is seeking ways to delve deeper into ACEs / TIC / Resilience, etc. at their internal provider meetings. 
Visiting the Health Sciences Dept. at SRJC and receiving a request for information for students in English & Spanish.  
Being contacted by the countywide 4H agency for a presention. 
Seeing nearly a dozen representatives from Sonoma County in attendance at the 4CA policymaker day!  
Being asked by March of Dimes to present at their statewide annual meeting (along with Dr. Lund) to discuss the linkage between ACES and adverse birth outcomes. 
Encountering folks who have shifted their career priorities (some in retirement) to generously "talk to anyone, anywhere" on ACEs science.
Learning a local commissioner is actively seeking ways to ensure their priority areas are trauma informed. 
Hearing someone speak about the need to have a guest speaker at a local animal shelter where staff routinely experience vicarious trauma.
I am sure there are many more examples!  

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