Trauma-Informed Series

Move toward becoming trauma-informed.

Is your organization or school providing trauma-informed services? The human and social services sectors used to consider trauma common to a relatively limited population—studies now show that a much higher percentage of the general population of the US has experienced trauma sufficient to negatively impact health and well-being across the lifespan. The established prevalence of trauma requires human service professionals to “…presume the clients we serve have a history of traumatic stress and exercise “universal precautions” by creating systems of care that are trauma-informed” (Hodas, 2005). Without strong trauma-informed policies, procedures, environments, and practice in place, well-meaning organizations run the risk of inadvertently re-traumatizing the children, youth, individuals, and families with whom they work.

The Strategies Center offers The Trauma-Informed Series of services to ensure that your organization has a thorough understanding of the deep neurological, biological, psychological, and social effects of trauma.

Understanding Trauma for Schools and Educators Series (separate workshops)

In a classroom setting, trauma symptoms can go unrecognized—they may show up looking like other issues—inability to regulate emotions and behavior, difficulty concentrating, learning challenges, following directions or working productively with peers. For children that have experienced trauma, school and learning can be tough. Teachers can be a lifeline to children that have experienced trauma—through adaptive approaches, coping mechanisms when children are in school, learning as much as possible about children and trauma, and implementing specific classroom environment and structure.

The Strategies Center’s Understanding Trauma for Schools and Educators Series of workshops provides educators with foundational learning about and tips for working with children who have been through or are experiencing trauma.

  • How Trauma Affects Development and Learning

  • Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences

  • Helping Students Cope after a Traumatic Event or Disaster

  • Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom Environment

  • Avoiding Re-Traumatization in a Classroom Setting

Trauma Basics

  • Understanding the Impacts of Trauma

  • Trauma-Informed Practice for Working with Families Exposed to Violence

  • Trauma-Informed Work with Fathers and Caregiving Males

  • Trauma and the Workplace: What Employers and Co-Workers Need to Know

  • Building a Trauma-Informed Home Visiting Program

  • Trauma-Informed Interviewing

  • Acculturation and Trauma

  • Assessing Your Organization for Trauma-Informed Work

  • Compassion Fatigue: Self-Care as a Social Worker

  • Essential Trauma-Informed Work with Youth