ACEs in Social Work Education/Higher Ed?

Jennifer,

Please message me. A small group of us who are working in higher education (I am an adjunct faculty in criminal justice) are looking to  this issue. We are thinking of designing research to lead to future action. I have been offering in-service faculty training to my colleagues and have spoken with classrooms of MSW and Master Counseling students at Western Michigan University and Grand Valley State University- Traverse City, Michigan, campuses.

~ Cathy

I’d love to be involved with research on trauma-informed classrooms in higher education. I have now done several presentations on this topic (and have one scheduled for late March at an international conference in Hawaii J). I oversee two undergraduate majors – psychology and organizational dynamics – and one master’s program – applied family science – plus a post-bachelor’s certificate in Case Management and two post-master’s certificates – mental health counseling, and child and family counseling. We have created a new undergraduate certificate in trauma-informed approaches (TIA) last year which is one of our most popular new initiatives. We’re also working on TIA training for professionals who don’t want to take courses for credit. Plus, we’ve also incorporated content related to trauma and resiliency into all our core PSY courses to better prepare undergraduate PSY majors for entry level human services, etc. So I’m very interested in participating!!!

Hi All,

I am interested in finding out more, too. I teach in addiction studies and social services at a community college. 

Thanks for raising the issue!

 

I can't wait to to see the average number of ACE's in the sw students.  I imagine it will be higher than average for sure.

You're probably aware of this excellent toolkit -- but just in case:

http://www.philadelphiaaces.or...ofessional-curricula

 

Hey, I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for but I thought it would at least be interesting to you: https://drive.google.com/file/...cmpOVm1EaVdYMEE/view

I would love to connect to those interested in this. We have courses on TIC/ACEs and this has brought up the debate re: to screen for ACE/collect this data. There has been good discussion about how, why, who, etc. I am also working on curriculum for CSWE. Lets connect - I am Portland State University, with  Trauma Informed Oregon. 

Great to see how much work is underway with trauma-informed practices in higher ed!  Jennifer (and anyone on this thread), please feel free to contact me for the resources we've thus far put together at MassBay Community College.  I'm at jtietjen@massbay.edu.  There is very little that exists formally directed for best practices within higher education with regards to trauma-informed instruction.  I look forward to hearing from you, and swapping resources. 

Thank You!

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:51 PM, ACEsConnection <
communitymanager@acesconnection.com> wrote:

I am SO encouraged by the work everyone is doing! I am a faculty member at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work and have been fortunate to be a part of the development and implementation of a trauma-informed curriculum for our MSW program. My colleague, Dr. Lisa Butler has done some work looking at ACE scores in students. I recommend reaching out to her. 

Here is a good article written with cautions about trauma education to social work students. http://www.socialjusticesoluti...g/author/elisakawam/.

Lots of issues to consider if you are going to collect ACE scores on SW students.

 

Leslie,

I agree we need to be cautious when thinking about ever surveying anyone regarding their ACE score. As an adjunct faculty I would never survey my students for their ACE scores, instead I never assume a student is intentionally ignoring his/her work or intentionally being disrespectful or intentionally failing my class. Instead I always ask my students what happened and how can I best support you in moving forward with your work in this class. One of the classes I teach is victimology and many students self-reveal their childhood traumas. When this happens during a public discussion I always thank them for sharing their personal story.

I am an Assistant Professor in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. I would love to connect with you on this work. Thank you for reaching out. 

This is great to see! I'm a doctoral student looking at women with GED's in a transition to community college class. Many of them have experienced trauma in their lives, which I believe affects their  self concept and ability to learn, but I haven't found research on this population, yet. Any resources will be appreciated, and I'll also contact Jeanie from MassBay Community College who wrote above. Thanks, 

Hi Jennifer, thank you for reaching out with this question. I would definitely like to be involved and share any resources that might be helpful to you. I am currently doing my dissertation research for my PhD in this area.

Thanks!

Emily