Hi all,
I am giving a presentation on the effects of ACE on work performance. How employees with higher ACE are more likely to go on temporary or permanent disability, etc. This is a presentation to a rehabilitation center for workers on disability and they are interested in learning more about how ACE can explain some of why people end of "dropping out" of the workforce.
Any information you could help with would be much appreciated.
Gyda Eyjolfsdottir, Psychologist, Iceland
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Hi Gyoa:
A good contact for you would be
Chris Soderquist
Pontifex Consulting
PontifexConsult@gmail.com
He is a consultant with large corporations, and does a lot of presentations about how ACEs affect their workforce.
I wish this article was mandatory reading for my state Vocational Rehabilitation service employees... For as long as I've been a client of Vocational Rehabilitation, no one employed by the agency, or providing contracted services for the agency, has ever asked if I experienced any ACEs. Apparently, there is a cap on Vocational Rehabilitation expenditures for clients throughout their lifetime. Had this information been known, when I first applied for vocational rehabilitation services, I might have had a "successful career", and not needed their services intermittently, for over forty years. In fairness, the ACE study results have only been available for just under twenty years. I sincerely hope it does not take another twenty years before Vocational Rehabilitation services, everywhere, begin asking clients if they experienced ACEs. Sometimes I was even able to work two jobs simultaneously. Now, I am about to be cut off from services, eight months before I'd be eligible to retire anyway--if Congress doesn't raise the age for retirement, again. I applaud the Icelandic focus noted here in the comments.
Gyda, In Alaska we have some data comparing ACE score and being unable to work, lower educational achievement and unemployment rates if you are interested. Let me know and I can send it along or you can explore our website at http://dhss.alaska.gov/abada/a...k/Pages/default.aspx . It might take some time to find it there.
Pat
I am giving a presentation on the effects of ACE on work performance. How employees with higher ACE are more likely to go on temporary or permanent disability, etc. This is a presentation to a rehabilitation center for workers on disability and they are interested in learning more about how ACE can explain some of why people end of "dropping out" of the workforce.
Any information you could help with would be much appreciated.
Gyda Eyjolfsdottir, Psychologist, Iceland
You might find this of some use:
file:///Users/vincentfelitti/Documents/ACE%20Study/ACE%20Publications/Oc%20Med/TPJ%20Oc%20Med%20article.pdf
If this doesn't open, send me your regular e-address and I'll try again.
Great article! It could help us expand our network of ACES informed partners as we move forward with our MARC efforts! Thank you very much for sharing! Karen
Thank you for this thread, and especially your article, Dr. Felitti.
My ACE score is 8 and I need to better understand how this affects worker performance and even employability.
Hello! I am new to this forum. I work at the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability (I am a social worker) and I am working with a team to write a brief for workforce development and vocational rehabilitation professionals on the impact of trauma on youth and young adults with disabilities, with a focus on promising practices in their field in response to trauma. I was just reading this thread and was wondering if anyone can point me to additional research related to trauma-informed care initiatives launched by VR agencies or within the Department of Labor. I am having difficulty finding examples of trauma-informed initiatives taken in response to COVID within VR or workforce systems. Has anyone seen anything or could you point me to a state model that is doing this? Much appreciated!
