Implementing Pediatric ACEs Screenings: Lessons Learned
Clinics in San Mateo County - one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties - have been working to identify and provide support to protect against the Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, that our families are facing. ACEs are traumas experienced during childhood and if they are experienced continuously can result in toxic stress which can damage a child’s developing brain and their overall health. In 2020, Fair Oaks Health Center (FOHC) became the latest clinic in San Mateo County to...