Magellan of Virginia invites you to attend ….
Transforming the cards Dealt: Adversity and Resiliency from theory to Practice
Taught By: Dr. Allison Jackson, LCSW, CSOTP | System of Care Director
Purpose:
This foundational trauma perspective course introduces Anda & Felitti’s Adverse Childhood
Experiences (ACE) study. The findings of this study revolutionized understanding the link
between traumatic childhood experiences and adult well-being. It demonstrated trauma
(ACEs) as the prime determinant of health and a critical public health issue facing us as a
nation.
In this two-part series, come prepared to:
1) Enhance your professional knowledge regarding the impact of ACEs on the children,
youth, families, and adult members you serve.
2) Understand how to implement the Whole Child Assessment (C-ACEs) by Marie-Mitchell
and O’Connor or the CYW ACE-Q by Dr. Nadine Harris’s Center for Youth Wellness and
the Bayview Child Health Center.
3) Interpret key resiliency skills to be engaged in the case and treatment planning process
utilizing work developed by Walla Walla Washington and the Children Resilience Initiative
(ResilienceTrumpsACEs.org)
Course Description:
This foundational trauma perspective course introduces the Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACE) study. In a collaborative effort between Kaiser Permanente’s Department of
Preventative Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control, a cohort of over 17,000 middle
class individuals from the United States with access to good health participated in this
study looking at the impact of ten (10) categories of adverse childhood experiences
(childhood trauma) and the risk for physical and mental illness in adulthood. Over the
course of a decade, the results demonstrated a strong, graded relationship between the level
of traumatic stress in childhood and poor physical, mental and behavioral outcomes later in
life. The ACE Study offers strong evidence that trauma is indeed a national public health
issue, in fact it is the number one public health issue as it is the common link between so
many of the leading health concerns of our nation including:
 Cardiovascular disease
 Cancer
 Heart attacks
 High blood pressure
Research indicates the more ACEs in the hands and experiences of our clients, the more
risk factors they face and the more access to resources they will need to meet these
challenges. With the raising awareness of the ACE studies, mental health professionals
1— *In Virginia, Magellan contracts as Magellan Healthcare, Inc., f/k/a Magellan Behavioral Health, Inc.,
which is a subsidiary of Magellan Health, Inc.
have an opportunity to stay on the cutting edge of leading research that directly impacts
not only their clients, but themselves. Seventy percent of ALL persons are impacted by at
least one adverse child experience … and if you have one ACE in your hand, you are 80
percent more likely to have another. It is critical then for our own health and that of our
clients to educate ourselves to our risks and resources for improving our overall well-being.
This course will review the major findings of the ACE study and what they mean for our
consumers and their family members. Participants will have the opportunity to review the
Whole Child Assessment (C-ACEs only) and discuss how to integrate the use of this
screening tool into their behavioral health practice and consumer education programming.
Additionally, for use by physicians, nurse practitioners or physician assistants, the CYWACE-Q will be reviewed as well. Finally the course will explore the question of “so what”?
Together we will look at practices that can enhance the well-being of our consumers and
their communities. Utilizing the exciting work completed in Walla Walla
(ResilienceTrumpsACEs.org) and across the state of Washington via Healthy Generations’
NEAR Science (Neuroscience, Epigenetics, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Resilience),
we will review a case/treatment planning tool that helps therapeutic professionals co-create
resiliency objectives with consumers that are based on the latest resiliency science from
Washington State.
Learning Objectives –
Participants will be able to:
1) Verbalize 5 of the 10 Adverse Childhood Experience categories and how they relate
to risk factors for physical well-being.
2) Verbalize 3-4 key medical conditions that are more likely to exist among individuals
with higher ACE scores.
3) Verbalize how the Whole Child Assessment (C-ACEs only) can be utilized with
caregivers, children and teens to enhance historical knowledge of physical and
behavioral health risk factors.
4) Reflectively appraise 2 ways they might incorporate ACE understanding into their
practices with members utilizing Resiliency Science.
Course Agenda:
 Overview of ACEs Research
Session 1:
Session 2:
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b.
c.
d.
e.
ACEs Study
Impact on population health (attributable risk)
Potential Disruption to Brain Development
Impact on Behavior
3 basic needs for individuals coping with complex
forms of trauma
 ACEs Screening and Resiliency Case/Treatment Planning
a. Educating Consumers about ACEs and Resilience
b. Review of ACEs and Resilience Case/Treatment
Planning Tool
c. Interviewing for Resilience
d. Utilizing Whole Child Assessment (C-ACEs only)
e. Review of CYW ACE-Q for use by physicians, nurse
practitioners or a physician assistants
f. How ACEs can guide Resiliency Planning
g. Creating a Resilience Oriented Treatment or Case
Plan
2—*In Virginia, Magellan contracts as Magellan Healthcare, Inc., f/k/a Magellan Behavioral Health, Inc.,
which is a subsidiary of Magellan Health, Inc.
Resources:
ACEs Too High
https://acestoohigh.com/
Link to Register to Use the CYW ACE-Q
http://www.centerforyouthwellness.org/healthcare-professionals/how-we-screen-for-aces/
Walla Walla Work and Resilience
http://resiliencetrumpsaces.org/
NEAR Science and Healthy Generations
http://www.healthygen.org/resources/laura-porter-keynote-address-near-science-wa-stateresilience-findings
Self-Healing Communities
http://www.aceinterface.com/index.html
Instructor:
Allison Jackson, PhD, LCSW, CSOTP is Director, System of Care for Magellan of Virginia.
Dr. Jackson joined the Magellan team in September of 2016 and is responsible for leading
the strategy and planning efforts in system transformation, helping behavioral health
systems evolve and expand using a resiliency informed, strengths based, regionally focused,
multi-year approach.
Prior to her current role, Dr. Allison Jackson worked independently as the CEO
of Integration Solutions, providing trauma informed care consultation, education and
technical assistance to human service systems looking to further their integration of NEAR
science (neuroscience, epigenetic, adverse childhood experiences, and resiliency) within
their organizational practices, service models and overall professional partnerships with
consumers. Dr. Jackson is a person of lived experience as well as being a professional who
has provided services to “at-promise” youth and their families via the Department of Social
Services, Public Mental Health Clinics, as well as within Juvenile Detention and
Correctional facilities. For 13 years, Dr. Jackson worked within an international human
service organization where she moved from working with children and families as a mentor
and therapist to serving as a Vice President of Clinical Operations and the National
Trauma Informed Service Line Leader. In her final years with this organization, she co-led
17 National Trauma Informed Teams through the National Council of Behavioral
Healthcare’s Trauma Informed Learning Collaborative.
Dr. Jackson is passionate about ensuring all consumers have access to high quality
evidence informed therapeutic services. She strives to bring the best known evidence about
recovery forward to all systems of care so that they can partner effectively with those they
serve. Dr. Jackson lives in Chesterfield, VA and enjoys horseback riding and spending time
with her daughters and husband.
3—*In Virginia, Magellan contracts as Magellan Healthcare, Inc., f/k/a Magellan Behavioral Health, Inc.,
which is a subsidiary of Magellan Health, Inc.