Adopting Trauma Informed Services to address the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) - ON-LINE LEARNING DAY - access flexibly over 3 days (8/9/10 March 2022). Real time Q&A with the presenter - 1.30pm on 10 March.
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8/9/10 March 2022
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Dr Sheena Webb
About the learning day
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events or experiences which impact children while growing up, in particular:
emotional abuse by parent
physical abuse by parent
emotional neglect by parent
physical neglect by parent
loss of, or abandonment by, a parent
witnessing abuse in the household
drug/alcohol misuse in the household
mental illness in the household
close family member imprisoned
These ACEs have the potential to damage both mental and physical health across the life course. The more ACEs a child lives through, the higher the likelihood of health and social problems in later life.
Chemical changes can occur following ACEs, which leave children in a long term heightened state of stress, making it difficult for them to think rationally or absorb information in school. There is now supporting evidence which confirms that ACEs can also impact physical health in a fundamental way, by impeding the development of organs and the immune system, resulting in a higher predisposition to certain diseases and conditions.
Negative outcomes rise significantly with the number of ACEs experienced. Blackburn with Darwen, for example, which has mainstreamed ACE-informed services, undertook a study in 2012 which showed that an individual who had experienced 4 or more ACEs was 30 times more likely to have had a sexually transmitted infection (STI), 10 times more likely to be addicted to crack or heroin and 9 times more likely to spend time in prison.
Across UK studies, approximately 55% of adults have had no ACEs, while 10% have had four or more.
Complex trauma arising from ACEs poses a challenge to many service providers, where repeated contact with service users yields little or no satisfactory outcome. Adopting a Trauma Informed approach can significantly assist in making services a more 'comfortable fit' for service users, and can consequently improve engagement, length and quality of contact, and outcomes. It is not a treatment model, rather a shift in culture which makes it more likely that a service can create a good outcome for the service user.
There is an increased awareness of ACEs across a range of sectors, which has helped to encourage the growth of trauma informed practice across a range of sectors. However, there have also been some criticisms of the way in which the ACEs approach has been implemented.
This on-line learning day will address the key questions around ACEs and Trauma Informed services:
What does it mean for services to become 'ACE aware'?
How does this fit with making services Trauma Informed?
Do professionals need new skills?
Is organisational change needed?
What positive outcomes for service users have been identified?
How valid are recent criticisms of the ACEs approach?
Delegates will be offered the opportunity to participate in a one-hour live Q&A session on 10 March.
"A compassionate approach starts to open a window in these shut down minds, and once the window is open many things are possible that were not possible before."
FamilyLaw.co.uk, article on FDAC National Unit, by Dr Sheena Webb, London FDAC team manager and consultant clinical child psychologist and Tom Borro, Social Worker in the Coventry FDAC team, 15 February 2017
"A growing body of research identifies the harmful effects that adverse childhood experiences have on health throughout life."
The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Prof Karen Hughes, Prof Mark Bellis, Katherine Hardcastle, Dinesh Sethi, Alexander Butchart, Christopher Mikton, Lisa Jones, Prof Michael Dunne. Published in The Lancet Public Health, August 2017 Volume 2, No. 8, e356–e366
Complex trauma arising from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) poses a challenge to many service providers, where repeated contact with service users yields little or no satisfactory outcome.
A Trauma Informed approach can significantly assist in making services a more 'comfortable fit' for service users, and can consequently improve engagement, length and quality of contact, and outcomes. It is not a treatment model, rather a shift in culture which makes it more likely that a service can create a good outcome for the service user.
There is an increased awareness of ACEs across a range of sectors, which has helped to encourage the growth of trauma informed practice across a range of sectors. However, there have also been some recent criticisms of the way in which the ACEs approach has been implemented.
Agenda (subject to change)
Accessing the training and delegate information –
The on-line training sessions will be available for the period of three days in October (12/13/14).
Delegates will be sent an individual link to access the sessions for a three day period. This will be sent two working days prior to the beginning of this three day period.
Materials which support the sessions will be e-mailed to delegates two weeks before their access period begins.
Trauma, Complex Trauma and service delivery
Our evolving understanding of trauma and adversity
How complex trauma manifests in our services
Psychological processes that impact on engagement
Principles of Trauma Informed Care
The rationale for Trauma Informed Care
Core principles of Trauma Informed Care
Critical evaluation of ACEs and Trauma Informed Care
Trauma Informed Care at the organisational level
Implementing Trauma Informed Care
Examples of implementation
Barriers, pitfalls and considerations
Trauma Informed Care at the practitioner level
The importance of communication in creating safety
Practitioner biases, assumptions and reactions
Secondary trauma, trauma-informed supervision and practitioner support
Q&A SESSION (approximately one hour)
Q&A session, up to one hour long:
– 1.30pm 10 March
A link will be sent to access the Q&A. You can submit a question via e-mail prior to this date, which will be sent through to the presenter. There will also be direct questions to the presenter on the day, the number subject to availability of time.
Parent and family support workers
Children's social workers
Specialist family support professionals in schools
Children's charities including those that work with young carers
Troubled families' services
Successive removals specialist services
Adult services professionals
Drug and alcohol specialists
Services which work with victims of domestic and sexual abuse
Midwives, health visitors, and other community health professionals
Probation staff
Other women's services working with vulnerable women including female offenders
Services working with sex workers and modern slavery
Support services within social housing
Anyone attending from Scotland or Northern Ireland should be aware that any legal & guidance references are generally English and Welsh policy.
Delegate fee:
£99 + VAT = £118.80
*Team of 3 £275 + VAT = £330
For any queries, including requesting a fee for a larger group, please telephone 0115 9163104
Delegates will not be able to cancel their places after materials have been e-mailed out (two weeks before they are able to access the sessions)
Places must be paid for prior to materials being e-mailed to the delegate
Delegates may cancel their booking prior to materials being e-mailed out, less an administration fee of 25%
Substitutions will be accepted but these must be notified in writing
Due to the significant discounts offered, team bookings are non-cancellable
Cancellations should be made in writing to CCClimited@aol.com and will be acknowledged by return
Confirmation of booking:
Your booking will be confirmed (and invoiced) by e-mail.
The on-line training sessions will be available for a period of three days in October (12/13/14 October 2021).
If you do not receive such acknowledgement, please contact Central Conference Consultants Ltd on 0115 916 3104.
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