Building Trauma-Informed Networks of Care
About
Engaging with partners and resources within and beyond the clinic is key to providing trauma-informed care and a robust response to Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) screening. This webinar will explore the concept of a trauma-informed network of care to support reproductive and sexual care teams’ response to ACE screening. Participants will consider potential collaborators and resources to address immediate stressors and support healing and thriving, including in situations where resources are limited. We will also consider how support for the people doing the work is an essential element of a trauma-informed network of care. Led by Sara Johnson, MD, FACOG, an OB/GYN and adviser to the ACEs Aware initiative, and Nkem Ndefo, MSN, CNM, RN, the founder of Lumos Transforms and creator of The Resilience Toolkit.
Learning Objectives
- Define a trauma-informed network of care
- Identify elements of a trauma-informed network of care in the context of ACE screening and response in a reproductive health care setting
- Describe examples of collaboration between reproductive health care teams and other members of the network of care in the context of ACE screening and response
Professional Credit
- This activity provides the following types of credit: AMA, ANCC, ASWB, ABIM-MOC, ABP-MOC, AAPA, APA.
- 1.0 credits are available.
- Activity document
Featuring
Sara Johnson, MD leads efforts to advance trauma-informed care in reproductive health and translate the science of resilience and adversity into clinical practice and policy. Dr. Johnson serves as an advisor to UCAAN on training and strategy for reproductive health. A practicing obstetrician gynecologist at La Clinica de la Raza in Oakland, she led the organizations California ACEs Learning and Quality Improvement Collaborative (CALQIC) project, which implemented prenatal ACE screening, and with an ACEs Aware grant developed a supplemental training entitled ACE Screening and Trauma-Informed Care in Reproductive Health. She is the lead author of recent recommendations from the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Addressing Adverse Childhood and Adult Experiences During Prenatal Care, published in the June 2023 edition of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Nkem Ndefo, MSN, CNM, RN is the founder of Lumos Transforms and creator of The Resilience Toolkit, a model that promotes embodied self-awareness and self-regulation in an ecologically sensitive framework and social justice context. She brings an abundance of experience as a clinician, educator, researcher, and community strategist to innovative programs that address trauma and inequity, build resilience, and shape liberatory change for individuals and organizations across sectors, both in her home country (US) and internationally, including in reproductive and sexual health and perinatal care settings. Most recently, she led a multi-year embodied diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism initiative for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.