Orange County Student Mental Health

In Case You Missed It: Implementing ACE Screenings – How-To Guide and Lessons from the Field

A recording and materials are now available for ACEs Aware’s most recent webinar, “Implementing ACE Screenings: How-To Guide and Lessons from the Field,” which highlights learnings from clinics across California.

The webinar covers:

  • Ways the How-To Guide can help your clinic move forward in its ACE screening journey.
  • How several practices have implemented ACE screening for pediatrics and women’s health.
  • Actionable ideas for clinical teams to implement ACE screening. Panelists
  • Heyman Oo, MD, MPH, Marin Community Clinics
  • Joni Chroman and Rachel Steward, MD, MSc, FACOG, FPA Women’s Health
  • Mikah Owen, MD, MPH, FAAP, UC Davis Health Moderators
  • Dayna Long, MD, FAAP – Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, UCSF; Co-Principal Investigator PEARLS (Pediatric ACEs and Related Life-Events) Screener
  • Tanya Schwartz, MSW, MPP – Principal & Senior Director, Aurrera Health Group

Joint Guidance on Mandated Reporting and ACEs

In August, the California Department of Social Services, the California Department of Health Care Services, and the Office of the California Surgeon General released a set of questions and answers designed to clarify requirements around mandated reporting of child abuse or neglect in the context of ACE screening. The document outlines the state’s mandated reporter law and definitions, and answers specific questions about how the requirements should be applied following an ACE screening. Please share this important information with your colleagues and networks.

Learn About the Collaborative Care Model

The Collaborative Care Model has the most evidence among integration models to demonstrate its effective and efficient integration in terms of controlling costs, improving access, improving clinical outcomes, and increasing patient satisfaction in a variety of primary care settings – rural, urban, and among veterans. Multiple studies show that having a psychiatrist to provide caseload consultation to a care manager who coordinates with patients and a PCP is an essential element of the model and correlates with improved outcomes.

Embedding Mental Health As Schools Change

A cutting edged detailed book: Center for MH in Schools & Student/Learning Supports. One facet of the Center’s work is designed to facilitate discussion of issues, write and share policy and practice analyses and recommendations, and develop prototypes for new directions. Another facet provides guides to and resources for practice.

Learn more here

Mental Health Within a Continuum of Support

Webinar for best practices. 50% of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14. 37% of students with a mental health condition age 14 and older drop out of school.