In this issue, the focus is on the examination of trauma-informed practice with children and families involved in the child welfare system. This issue of CW360 from 2013 provides a comprehensive look at child trauma and its impacts, including overviews of traumatic-stress and the impact on children and families, practices to support children and families after a trauma, and perspectives of trauma and trauma treatment from varying populations, such as birth parents, resource parents, and child welfare workers.
This handout provides a practical explanation on how trauma impacts the brain, and tips for caregivers on supporting trauma exposed youth.
This document summarizes what is known about child and adolescent PTSD and trauma, including information on posttraumatic stress symptoms and reactions, evidence-based treatments for youth and families exposed to traumatic-stress, and key elements to help support families impacted by trauma.
This fact sheet details the components of a trauma-informed child and family service system.
This document provides reflective and interview questions to help find a trainer on trauma-informed care
This document provides examples of how you can reframe challenging behaviors through a trauma focused lens.
This article discusses the results of an Organizational Readiness assessment and the impact on sustaining evidence-based trauma treatment implantation efforts for schools of social work partnering with community agencies.
This article reviews efforts to train CW workers in trauma informed practices This article discusses current efforts to train child welfare workers in trauma informed practices and argues that training should transcend case workers and supervisors, and include system leaders and systematic changes.
This document provides strategies for “tuning” in as a supervisor and offers questions you can use to assess how trauma informed the supervision is.
This document provides ideas and questions to help supervisors implement trauma informed care in their supervision practices
This manual lays the groundwork for the implementation and provision of trauma-informed services and describes trauma-informed treatment principles. This manual for behavioral health professionals lays the groundwork for the implementation and provision of trauma-informed services and describes trauma-informed treatment principles.
These guidelines are designed to be a resource for child welfare agencies as they strive to update or articulate their current practice model. The guidelines include concrete strategies and community examples in most areas of a typical child welfare practice model.
This document provides strategies for “tuning” in as a supervisor and offers questions you can use to assess how trauma informed the supervision is.
This document provides ideas and questions to help supervisors implement trauma informed care in their supervision practices
This manual lays the groundwork for the implementation and provision of trauma-informed services and describes trauma-informed treatment principles. This manual for behavioral health professionals lays the groundwork for the implementation and provision of trauma-informed services and describes trauma-informed treatment principles.
These guidelines are designed to be a resource for child welfare agencies as they strive to update or articulate their current practice model. The guidelines include concrete strategies and community examples in most areas of a typical child welfare practice model.
This toolkit teaches basic trauma-informed knowledge, skill, and values about working with children who are trauma exposed and in the child welfare system.
Strategies 2.0, located in San Diego, offers full day trainings on trauma-informed care. Training topics include an overview of trauma-informed care, culturally proficient professionals, reflective supervision and adverse childhood experiences.
This website offers a series of videos that introduce trauma and the impact of trauma on the brain.
This website provides live and archived webinars about the intersection of trauma and domestic violence.
An online resource for professionals and families who want to learn more about child traumatic stress . The Learning Center for Children and Adolescent Trauma offers a compendium of free online educational opportunities (e.g., webinars, E-courses) with topics including understanding traumatic stress, promoting trauma-informed policies and practices, the child welfare trauma training toolkit, and information specific to different trauma exposures and populations. Accessing this resource requires a free registration at https://learn.nctsn.org/. Once you have a registration and are signed on you can either use the link on this page or search the name of the resource on the NCTSN Learning Center website to access this resource.
This E-learning course offered through the Learning Center of the NCTSN goes over ways providers and parents can better support young children as they grow and learn. Topics include understanding a child’s context, attachment and temperament, parenting styles, trauma exposure, mental health concerns, cultural considerations, and self-care tips.
This toolkit teaches basic trauma-informed knowledge, skill, and values about working with children who are trauma exposed and in the child welfare system.
Strategies 2.0, located in San Diego, offers full day trainings on trauma-informed care. Training topics include an overview of trauma-informed care, culturally proficient professionals, reflective supervision and adverse childhood experiences.
This website offers a series of videos that introduce trauma and the impact of trauma on the brain.
This website provides live and archived webinars about the intersection of trauma and domestic violence.
An online resource for professionals and families who want to learn more about child traumatic stress . The Learning Center for Children and Adolescent Trauma offers a compendium of free online educational opportunities (e.g., webinars, E-courses) with topics including understanding traumatic stress, promoting trauma-informed policies and practices, the child welfare trauma training toolkit, and information specific to different trauma exposures and populations. Accessing this resource requires a free registration at https://learn.nctsn.org/. Once you have a registration and are signed on you can either use the link on this page or search the name of the resource on the NCTSN Learning Center website to access this resource.
This E-learning course offered through the Learning Center of the NCTSN goes over ways providers and parents can better support young children as they grow and learn. Topics include understanding a child’s context, attachment and temperament, parenting styles, trauma exposure, mental health concerns, cultural considerations, and self-care tips.