Understanding Trauma-Informed Approaches

Trauma-informed approaches involve understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma. A trauma-informed organization prioritizes and adapts:

The Six Principles of Trauma-Informed Care

  1. Safety: Ensuring physical and emotional safety for everyone.

  2. Trustworthiness and Transparency: Building trust through transparency and consistency.

  3. Peer Support: Utilizing peer-based support to enhance recovery and healing.

  4. Collaboration and Mutuality: Fostering a partnership approach at all levels.

  5. Empowerment, Voice, and Choice: Prioritizing empowerment and providing choices.

  6. Cultural, Historical, and Gender Issues: Recognizing and addressing cultural and historical factors.

Explore the Ten Domains of Implementation

A trauma-informed approach is essential for organizations aiming to support individuals who have experienced trauma. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) outlines ten key domains that provide a framework for embedding trauma-awareness and sensitivity within organizational practices. By focusing on these domains, organizations can create environments that promote healing and resilience, ensuring that trauma-informed care becomes a foundational aspect of their mission and operations. Below is the list of domains that guide the implementation of this approach. You can learn more about each domain by viewing the linked webinars.

  1. Governance and Leadership

  2. Policy

  3. Physical Environment

  4. Engagement and Involvement
    You can learn more by following these links about Lived Experience and Authentic Engagement and
    Shared Leadership and Co-design

  5. Cross Sector Collaboration

  6. Screening, Assessment, and Treatment Services

  7. Training and Workforce Development

  8. Progress Monitoring and Quality Assurance

  9. Financing

  10. Evaluation


Governance and Leadership
Policy
Engagement and Involvement
Cross Sector Collaboration
Screening, Assessment, Treatment Services
Training and Workforce Development
Progress Monitoring and Quality Assurance
Evaluation
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