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Trauma-Informed Human Services

What are Trauma-Informed Services?. Trauma-informed vs. trauma-specificCharacteristics of trauma-informed servicesIncorporate knowledge about trauma

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Trauma-Informed Human Services

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    1. Trauma-Informed Human Services Changes in Understanding and Changes in Practice Community Connections Washington, DC

    2. What are Trauma-Informed Services? Trauma-informed vs. trauma-specific Characteristics of trauma-informed services Incorporate knowledge about traumaprevalence, impact, and recoveryin all aspects of service delivery Hospitable and engaging for survivors Minimize revictimization Facilitate recovery and empowerment

    3. Why Trauma-Informed Services? Trauma is pervasive Traumas impact is broad and diverse Traumas impact is deep and life-shaping Trauma, especially interpersonal violence, is often self-perpetuating Trauma is insidious and differentially affects the more vulnerable Trauma affects how people approach services The service system has often been retraumatizing

    4. Comparing Traditional and Trauma-Informed Paradigms Understanding of Trauma Understanding of the Consumer/Survivor Understanding of Services Understanding of the Service Relationship

    5. Traditional Human Services Paradigm Understanding of Trauma PTSD as organizing model The impact of trauma is seen in predictable and obviously related domains of functioning Trauma is viewed as a discrete event The impact of trauma follows a definable course with specifiable time limits

    6. Trauma-Informed Human Services Paradigm Understanding of Trauma Complex PTSD or DESNOS as organizing model The impact of trauma is seen in multiple, apparently unrelated life domains Repeated trauma is viewed as a core life event around which subsequent development organizes Trauma begins a complex pattern of actions and reactions which have a continuing impact over the course of ones life

    7. Adverse Childhood Experiences (www.ACEstudy.org)

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