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Accredited classroom-based ACEs training now available from SEPTEMBER 2020


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Working with ACEs accredited training course OPTIONS

OPTION 1 (OPEN COURSES)

Working  with ACEs

Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences and Understanding the basics of Trauma-Informed Practice and Neuroplasticity.

The course is accredited by OCN (Open College Network) Credit 4 Learning as a Level 2 CPD one-day course through TotalTrain. Equivalent to 6 hrs CPD.

Credit 4 Learning is a long established not for profit educational charity working to improve the quality of education across the UK.

This Course is cited in the 2018 Cumbria Public Health report.

The course is 6 hr OCN Certified. Number CAG031

Each course is personalised to the local area.

This training is for any individual working in NHS, EDUCATION, POLICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILDREN'S SERVICES, ADULT SUPPORT SERVICES or students studying Health and Social Care. Or any person with an interest personally or professionally in Adverse Childhood Experiences. (ACEs)

The training helps the delegate to:

  • Identify the range of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) used in the CDC-Kaiser ACEs Study
  • Know how ACEs affect long-term health
  • Know what can be done to prevent ACEs
  • Know who should be screening for ACEs
  • A Shared Language for Trauma-Informed Practice and Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Know how to support recovery from ACEs including a review of the pentagon model (Prevent, Detect, Protect, Manage, Recover)
  • Know how to build resilience
  • Understand the basics of Trauma-Informed Practice
  • Understand the basics of Neuroplasticity
This training now also includes;   

*World Health Organization Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ) Question-by-Question Guide.  World Health Organization guidelines for interviewers on how to ask the ACE questions.

ACE-IQ should always be integrated into broader health surveys. Although data about adversities on their own may be useful for some purposes, the real value of ACE-IQ lies in demonstrating the associations between early exposures to ACEs and subsequent risk behaviours and health outcomes. It is only by integrating ACE-IQ into broader health surveys that such associations can be measured.

ACEs ARE ABOUT MORE THAN TICKING BOXES

World Health Organization. Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire. In Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ). [website]: Geneva: WHO, 2018.
* The additional World Health Organization information is provided for study reference only and is not intended as an authoritative guide or instruction for ACEs screening to be conducted by non-qualified staff.

The course will include:

  • PowerPoint presentation
  • personal testimony of a CSA survivor
  • ACEs anonymous questionnaire
  • short breaks and Lunch break
  • small group activities
  • large group activities
  • video presentations
  • group discussion
  • Q&As
  • multiple choice test
  • training materials for further study
  • 3 year validated OCN CPD Certificate
  • 3 years ongoing email support
  • FREE copy of the book ACEs in the shadows
  • Tea and Coffee
Payment plan available
  • *Easy payment plan - £50 deposit followed by 4 payments of £17.50
*By arrangement
Ask for details HERE

OPTION 2

(IN-HOUSE STAFF ONLY COURSES)

Working with ACEs

Reduced fees available - quotation upon request.

The IN-HOUSE staff only course is accredited by OCN (Open College Network) Credit 4 Learning as a Level 2 CPD one-day course. Equivalent to 6 hrs CPD.

Credit 4 Learning is a long established not for profit educational charity working to improve the quality of education across the UK.

This Course is cited in the 2018 Cumbria Public Health report.

The course is 6 hr OCN Certified. Number 

Each course is personalised to the local area.

This training is for any individual working in NHS, EDUCATION, POLICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILDREN'S SERVICES, ADULT SUPPORT SERVICES or students studying Health and Social Care. Or any person with an interest personally or professionally in Adverse Childhood Experiences. (ACEs)

The training helps the delegate to:

  • identify the range of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) used in the CDC-Kaiser ACEs Study
  • know how ACEs affect long-term health
  • know what can be done to prevent ACEs
  • know who should be screening for ACEs
  • know how to support recovery from ACEs including a review of the pentagon model (Prevent, Detect, Protect, Manage, Recover)
  • know how to build resilience
  • understand the basics of Trauma-Informed Practice
  • understand the basics of Neuroplasticity
This training now also includes;  

*World Health Organization Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ) Question-by-Question Guide.  World Health Organization guidelines for interviewers on how to ask the ACE questions.

ACE-IQ should always be integrated into broader health surveys. Although data about adversities on their own may be useful for some purposes, the real value of ACE-IQ lies in demonstrating the associations between early exposures to ACEs and subsequent risk behaviours and health outcomes. It is only by integrating ACE-IQ into broader health surveys that such associations can be measured.

ACEs ARE ABOUT MORE THAN TICKING BOXES

World Health Organization. Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire. In Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ). [website]: Geneva: WHO, 2018.
* The additional World Health Organization information is provided for study reference only and is not intended as an authoritative guide or instruction for ACEs screening to be conducted by non-qualified staff.

The  course will include:

  • PowerPoint presentation
  • personal testimony of a CSA survivor
  • ACEs anonymous questionnaire
  • short breaks and Lunch break
  • small group activities
  • large group activities
  • video presentations
  • group discussion
  • Q&As
  • multiple choice test
  • training materials for further study
  • 3 year validated OCN CPD Certificate
  • 3 years ongoing email support
  • FREE copy of the book ACEs in the shadows

OPTION 3

ACEs Awareness 3 hrs CPD

An introduction to the CDC study of ACEs, the potential mental, physical health outcomes and behaviours ACEs can cause. A review of actions that can be initiated to mitigate the effect of ACEs over the lifespan.

The course is a 3 hr CPD  Certified. Number A015564

This training is an ideal initial introduction for any person who wants to work in/or already working in; NHS, EDUCATION, POLICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILDREN'S SERVICES, ADULT SUPPORT SERVICES, or students studying Health and Social Care, or any person with an interest personally or professionally in Adverse Childhood Experiences. (ACEs)

The training includes video presentation, ACEs survivor testimonies, and group learning activity.

The fee is £35 and this includes a 3 hr CPD Certificate, Refreshments, and a £15 Gift Certificate that can be used if you attend the full OCN Working with ACEs training. (See option 1)

CPD certificate of attendance is issued by: CEL&T

*Minimum of 15 student’s 
Ask for details HERE

*Per student.

World Health Organization

Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ)

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) refer to some of the most intensive and frequently occurring sources of stress that children may suffer early in life. Such experiences include multiple types of abuse; neglect; violence between parents or caregivers; other kinds of serious household dysfunction such as alcohol and substance abuse; and peer, community and collective violence.

It has been shown that considerable and prolonged stress in childhood has life-long consequences for a person's health and well-being. It can disrupt early brain development and compromise functioning of the nervous and immune systems. In addition because of the behaviours adopted by some people who have faced ACEs, such stress can lead to serious problems such as alcoholism, depression, eating disorders, unsafe sex, HIV/AIDS, heart disease, cancer, and other chronic diseases.

The ACE International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ) is intended to measure ACEs in all countries, and the association between them and risk behaviours in later life. ACE-IQ is designed for administration to people aged 18 years and older. Questions cover family dysfunction; physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect by parents or caregivers; peer violence; witnessing community violence, and exposure to collective violence.

Findings from ACE-IQ surveys can be of great value in advocating for increased investments to reduce childhood adversities, and to inform the design of prevention programmes.

Source: https://www.who.int
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