Sierra Tucson & Addiction Professional Webinar

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Topic: What Was Your Childhood Like?” Examining & Targeting the ACE Elephant in the Room and Substance Use

Speaker: Valerie M. Kading, DNP, MSN, PMHNP-BC, Sierra Tucson Chief Operations Officer

Childhood is the canvas on which events are experienced and impact health over the entire life span. Childhood abuse and trauma set the stage for negative health outcomes and early death. Identification of ACEs through screening and assessment are critical to addressing substance use. Through the use of complex and engaging movie protagonists and antagonists and various media platforms, the audience will be challenged to identify who is at risk for substance use and negative health outcomes through ACE assessment and will also be guided to an ACE score through an ACE questionnaire. The audience will be challenged to confront stereotypes of individuals experiencing negative health outcomes by analysis of ACEs and protective factors. Integrative and evidence based treatment modalities will be presented to prepare the clinician and organization to address substance use through the trauma lens.

Objectives:
*List criteria for ACE score and describe how to interpret the ACE score
*Describe the impact of ACEs on negative health outcomes
*Name three trauma focused interventions for individuals exposed to ACEs
*Explain how to identify and capitalize protective factors

Valerie M. Kading, DNP, PMHNP-BC, Chief Operations Officer joined Sierra Tucson in June of 2015, and her contributions to the Medical and Nursing departments have been many. She was promoted to chief medical operations officer in 2016, then held the position of interim chief medical officer before serving in her current role as chief operations officer. Dr. Kading graduated with honors from New Mexico State University in 2016 with a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. Her doctoral studies focused on optimizing health care systems and policies, translational methods and evidence-based practice, health care organization innovation, epigenetics, utilization of informatics in healthcare, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Her dissertation focused on increasing health care provider knowledge on perinatal depression. She created a web-based educational program for health care providers aimed at facilitating evidence-based treatment to perinatal women. She graduated with honors from the University of Arizona in 2004 with a master’s degree in nursing, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2002, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1996. Dr. Kading is also a candidate for a Master of Business Administration at The University of Arizona.  In 2006, she founded the Southern Arizona Advanced Practice Nurse – Nurse Practitioner Society, a professional organization for nurse practitioners with over 200 active members. As chief operations officer, Dr. Kading leads Sierra Tucson’s Nursing team, Behavioral Medicine, Pharmacy and Integrative Services. In addition, she is responsible for Professional Relations and Connect365.

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This is a Sierra Tucson co-hosted webinar with Addiction Professional

Please contact Melissa Pangaro: mpangaro@NACCME.com  with any registration and education credits requests.

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