Childhood Trauma Impacts: Selected Resources
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Trauma-Informed Social Services
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The resources listed here are envisioned to be part of an evolving, “living” list.
Please “comment” at the bottom of the page with any questions, suggestions, additions, updates, or errors.
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What is “Trauma-Informed” ? Working Definition:
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A program, organization, or system that is “trauma-informed”
realizes the widespread impact of trauma and understands potential paths for recovery;
recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, families, staff, and others involved with the system; and
responds by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices, and seeks to actively
resists re-traumatization
(SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma-Informed )
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
http://www.samhsa.gov/nctic/trauma-interventions
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4. Trauma-Informed Social Services
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Principles and Standards of Trauma-Informed Care
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Sanctuary Model: Psychobiology in Mental Health and Social Services (Sandra Bloom M.D.)
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Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare Systems
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University (2016)
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/child-welfare-systems/
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SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach
Trauma-Informed Approach: Key Assumptions and Principles followed by Guidance for Implementing.
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Trauma-Informed Child and Family Services (NCTSN)
http://www.nctsn.org/resources/topics/creating-trauma-informed-systems
http://www.nctsn.org/resources/topics/child-welfare-system
http://www.nctsn.org/products/child-welfare-trauma-training-toolkit-2008
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We need to understand how to provide Trauma-Informed care
http://youthtoday.org/2016/07/we-need-to-understand-how-to-provide-trauma-informed-care/
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Why Juvenile Justice Reform needs Child Welfare at the table
http://jjie.org/2017/05/15/why-juvenile-justice-reform-needs-child-welfare-at-the-table/
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Preventing Retraumatization:
A Macro Social Work Approach to Trauma-Informed Practices & Policies
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Home Visits Work: Let’s Make Them Universal
http://www.rwjf.org/en/culture-of-health/2016/11/home-visits-make-them-universal.html
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Models for Developing Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health Systems and Trauma Specific Services
http://www.ct.gov/dmhas/lib/dmhas/trauma/TraumaModels.pdf (page 10 in particular, for one definition)
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National Center for Trauma Informed Care (SAMHSA)
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From Allen K. Nishikawa:
Standards of Practice for Trauma-Informed Care – An agency self-assessment tool. http://traumainformedoregon.or…rauma-informed-care/
Creating Cultures of Trauma-Informed Care (CCTIC): A Self-Assessment and Planning Protocol. http://traumainformedoregon.or…lanning-Protocol.pdf
Standards of Practice for Trauma-Informed Care – Trauma Informed Oregon – Useful checklist for an initial self-assessment of the state of organizational trauma-informed readiness. http://traumainformedoregon.or…ma-Informed-Care.pdf
Human Resources – Practices to Support Trauma Informed Care in Your Organization – Trauma Informed Oregon – Practical review of ways in which human resource programs should begin to consider incorporating trauma-informed practices. http://traumainformedoregon.or…s-to-Support-TIC.pdf
Guide to Trauma-Informed Organizational Development –Thrive – A detailed guide to developing TIC policies, dividing issues into domains and offering examples of best practices. http://thriveinitiative.org/th…al%20Development.pdf
White Paper for Trauma Informed Care – The Trauma Informed Community Initiative (TICI) of Western New York – Good overview of the issue of ACEs and trauma, with some general discussion of broad guidelines and principles for trauma-informed care. https://socialwork.buffalo.edu…C/TIC-whitepaper.pdf
Strengthening Policies to Support Children, Youth, and Families Who Experience Trauma – National Center for Children in Poverty – Specific recommendations for several types of service providers. Includes a fairly comprehensive checklist of trauma-informed administrative practices. http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_737.pdf
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U.S. Department H&HS Child Welfare
https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/responding/trauma/
US Department of HHS’s Child Welfare Services added a legal requirement (2011) to screen children for emotional trauma, then treat and monitor progress, “in order to be eligible for payment.” Sec. 422.[42 U.S.C. 622] at (b)15 ii.
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Psych Central – Mental health & psychology information and support
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Core Competencies for Trauma Informed and Developmentally Appropriate Practice
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Trauma Training Facilitator’s Toolkit
http://www.ciscentraltexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Trauma-Training-Toolkit-8-29-2016.pdf
http://www.ciscentraltexas.org/resources/traumatraining/
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Parenting after Trauma Guide: Foster and Adoptive Parents (American Academy Pediatrics)
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When Child Welfare Systems Embrace Trauma-Informed Care
http://www.aecf.org/blog/when-child-welfare-systems-embrace-trauma-informed-care/
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What does Trauma-Informed Mean to Foster Youth?
http://youthtoday.org/2016/08/what-does-trauma-informed-mean-to-foster-youth/
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Helping Kids in Foster Care Cope with Distress Related to Medical Care
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Helping Children in the Child Welfare System Heal from Trauma: A Systems Integration Approach
http://www.nctsn.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/promising_practices/A_Systems_Integration_Approach.pdf
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Emotional intelligence and stress in social work
https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/-/study-explores-emotional-intelligence-and-stress-in-social-work
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“Safe and Secure”:
“…identifies trauma impacts on the brain, the body, emotions, behaviour and relationships, as well as a section on trauma and loss”
http://www.childhood.org.au/blog/home/2014/november/safe-and-secure
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Developing Trauma-Informed Services for Families Experiencing Homelessness: An Interactive DVD/Guide
http://www.traumacenter.org/products/homelessness_video.php
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Childhood Trauma Looms Large for Older Homeless Adults
https://scienceblog.com/487224/childhood-adversity-looms-large-older-homeless-adults/
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Child Abuse; Let’s Stop the Violence
What is child abuse and what does it look like? https://counselingcsj.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/csj-january-2016-newsletter.pdf (SLIDES 19-23)
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How Childhood Trauma Could Be Mistaken for ADHD
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Is It ADHD or Child Traumatic Stress? Guide for Clinicians
http://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/adhd_and_child_traumatic_stress_final.pdf
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Storytelling to help young clients deal with trauma
http://generocity.org/philly/2016/12/27/meaghan-corrado-storiez/
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*** Research Journal Article Links ***
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INTEGRATION Creating Trauma-Informed Systems: Child Welfare, Education, First Responders, Health Care, Juvenile Justice
http://www.mhcc.org.au/media/25289/berkowitz-ford-ko-2008.pdf
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Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare Systems
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/child-welfare-systems/
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Social Work and Adverse Childhood Experiences Research: Implications for Practice and Health Policy
http://www.aceresponse.org/img/uploads/file/19371918.2011.619433.pdf
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Trauma-informed child welfare systems and children’s well-being: A longitudinal evaluation of KVC’s bridging the way home initiative (Child and Youth Services Review)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740917301342
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KVC’s Bridging the Way Home: An innovative approach to the application of Trauma Systems Therapy in child welfare (Child and Youth Services Review)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740917301445
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Screening and AssessmentTools for Childhood Trauma
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Guidance for Trauma Screening in Schools: A Product of the Defending Childhood State Policy Initiative
http://www.ncmhjj.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screening-Eklund_rossen-FINAL-FORMATTED-1.pdf (September 2106)
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Adopting ACEs Screening and Assessment in in Child Serving Systems
https://del-public-files.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Complex-Trauma-Research-ACE-Screening-and-Assessment-in-Child-Serving-Systems-7-12-final.pdf (Blodgett 2012 Working paper)
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Standardized Measures to Assess Complex Trauma
http://www.nctsn.org/content/standardized-measures-assess-complex-trauma
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Assessing Trauma: Resources for Clinicians
https://www.istss.org/assessing-trauma.aspx
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Trauma Exposure in Elementary School Children: Description of Screening Procedures, Level of Exposure, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12310-015-9167-7 (2016)
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Assessment and Screening Tools for Trauma in Children and Adolescents: A Review
http://tva.sagepub.com/content/6/1/55.abstract
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Adverse childhood experiences: translating knowledge into identification of children at risk for poor outcomes.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23312855
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Medical Professionals’ Clinical Assessment Tools AAP
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/assessment/family-assess/childneeds/trauma/
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Healthcare ToolBox: Tools you can use; assessment
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https://www.healthcaretoolbox.org/tools-and-resources/tools-you-can-use-screening.html (Screening)
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https://www.healthcaretoolbox.org/tools-and-resources/tools-you-can-use-assessment.html (Assessment)
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Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed Organization Assessment – Center on Trauma and Children –
A simple initial organizational self-assessment checklist. http://www.uky.edu/CTAC/STSI-OA
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*** Social Media Links***
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Vicarious Trauma: Portraits of Professional Caregivers: Their Passion, Their Pain (Trailer)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4733434/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt
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TRIGGER Warning:
Part 1. Multiple forms of complex trauma leading to foster care, recalled visually. A dress can be a trigger. Trauma concepts implicit
Part 2, a sequel or extension, is even more powerful.
Part 2 is linked at the end of Part 1 and here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1fGmEa6WnY
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“ReMoved” Film and training tools
https://www.removedfilm.com/pages/watch
https://www.facebook.com/removedfilm
(Facebook version Free)
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“Remembering Trauma” Facebook Preview
https://www.facebook.com/removedfilm/videos/1494335487305341/
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A series of short vignettes about developmental trauma,“Nowhere to Hide”, on LucidWitness.com .
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“Nowhere to Hide” series overview
click HERE
“Nowhere to Hide” series links
Each separate, individual article in the series focuses on a single component of the workings of developmental trauma, via real life examples in short “60 second” soundbites, akin to “Public Service Announcements” (PSAs). They are designed for sharing in social media networks to grow public awareness.
Trigger warning:
the children’s experiences in the vignettes are unvarnished. Their traumatic responses may trigger painful memories.
Nowhere to Hide: Maria; Fight, flight or freeze
Nowhere to Hide: Andre’s Fear; What are Adverse Childhood Experiences?
Nowhere to Hide: Jamar’s Hyper-arousal
Nowhere to Hide: Roberto’s Dissociation
Nowhere to Hide: Danny’s Memory
Nowhere to Hide: Ashley’s “Normal” Education? Part 1
Nowhere to Hide: Ashley’s “Normal” Education? Part 2
More to come
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“Like” us at “Trauma-Informed Pedagogy” on Facebook
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Please share a PSA link to help grow public awareness of the impacts of developmental trauma. There are so many of us who’ve never heard of the overpowering life-long impacts.
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“Peek Inside a Classroom” series overview
The second original series, “Peek Inside a Classroom”, provides much more detailed looks inside my classroom, primarily focused on specific students: Jasmine, Danny and José.
Other children are captured in broader looks at education reform concepts: “Failing Schools or Failing Paradigm?” and “Effective Education Reform”, co-authored with Sandra L. Bloom, M. D..
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“Peek Inside a Classroom” series links
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Peek Inside a Classroom: Jasmine
Peek Inside a Classroom: Danny
Peek Inside a Classroom: Failing Schools or Failing Paradigm?
Peek Inside a Classroom: Effective Education Reform (with Sandra Bloom, M.D.)
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“Click for Resources…” series overview:
“Click for Resources” posts are the theory and research behind the narrative posts in “Nowhere to Hide” and “Peek Inside a Classroom”.
Each post in “Click for Resources “ is divided in three parts:
1) general press articles,
2) Research Journals or academic papers
3) social media, often with video.
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“Click for Resources” series links:
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1. Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Studies: CLICK HERE
2. Impacts of Childhood Trauma: Overview CLICK HERE
Click for Resources: Social Media on Impacts of Childhood Trauma
Click for Resources: Journal Articles on Impacts of Developmental Trauma
3. Trauma-Informed Schools CLICK HERE
4. Trauma-Informed Social Services CLICK HERE
5. Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice CLICK HERE
6. Trauma-Informed Public Policy CLICK HERE
7. Childhood Trauma Training and Tools CLICK HERE
8. Book and Publication selections CLICK HERE
9. #800 phone numbers CLICK HERE
Developmental trauma, still “the elephant in the [class] room” for many adults.
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