Cassie Naron, BSW, MSOLCenter for Community Resources – Crisis Intervention

Specialist

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

T-I-C (Trauma-Informed Care)

Empathy Exercise Discussion

What is Trauma Informed Care?

Why is it important?

Examples of Trauma & its affects

How to go about providing Trauma-Informed Care

Questions & Answers

TRAUMA-INFORMED CAREhttp://wwwnew.dcf.state.fl.us/service-programs/mental-health/trauma-informed-care

Provides the foundation for a basic understanding of the psychological, neurological, and social impact that trauma and violence have

Incorporates proven to deliver services that acknowledge the role that violence and victimization play

Provides a new paradigm for providing services

What is WRONG with you?

What happened to you?

EMPATHY EXERCISES & DISCUSSION

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE: EXCERPT

…tend to be commitment-phobic and lack the ability to move forward to completion when things become challenging. They are often procrastinators and frequently give up on tasks when they become more difficult. They tend to prefer to have big dreams than act on them in the real, challenging world. A significantly higher percentage of this group had Cesarean birth, and may not have had the benefit of that early experience of struggle and effort being rewarded with accomplishment. This group tends to not take big vacations which would take more effort to plan and implement, and tends to stay close to home or even stay home during time off. Promotions and career moves which are within reach but still require some effort and focus are frequently not fully tried for, although the perception will be they were passed up.  In intimate relationships, this group tends to start out romantic and passionate, but it quickly fades and is replaced by lackadaisicalness and indifference, characterized in part by a sense of feeling it is not worth the effort to continue having a passionate, energized and complete experience during intimacy. There is a tendency to “peter out” both in intimacy and in other aspects of life, and to take the easier road, even if it leads to a less fulfilling life (just)…

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE COMPONENT

“Universal Precautions”

http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/exc_012014.html

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

Shifts how we think of and respond to day-to-day interactions – consider the point of view of each victim.

Recognizes the abuse of power and control experienced by people who have experienced trauma.

Because of the sheer number of people affected by trauma.

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

SO…WHAT IS A “TRAUMATIC EVENT”?

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARERenders victim

helpless by force

Involves threat of life or bodily integrity

Close personal

encounters with

violence

Disrupt a sense of control,

connection, and meaning

Confronts us with the extreme feelings

Evokes the responses of

a catastrophe

TRAUMA INFORMED CARE

Paid Professionals

Community Resources

Family and Friends

“Core Person”

Finances

Sleep

Food & Water

Health

Friends &

Family

Shelter &

Utilities

Time

Life Change

s

Loss

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

Lack of

trust

Sensitivity to loud

noises

Intense

despair

HTTP://WWW.THENATIONALCOUNCIL.ORG

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

NumbingHeightened Emotional

State

Hypervigilence

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE(A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR CREATING TRAUMA-INFORMED DISABILITY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT ORGANIZATIONS)

DIFFICULT / CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR

OR IS IT TRAUMA?

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

(FROM TRAUMA TO HEALING: A SOCIAL WORKER’S GUIDE TO WORKING WITH SURVIVORS PAGE 19)

(VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES & DEAF WOMEN PROJECT OF WISCONSIN – COLLABORATIVE VISION)

Example of a trauma-informed vision statement:

People with (or without) disabilities…

who experience sexual assault and/or domestic violence

will be supported by people who have actively prepared…

and who think about the meaning of respect

one person at a time.

REFERENCEShttp://wwwnew.dcf.state.fl.us/service-programs/mental-health/trauma-informed-care

HTTP://WWW.THENATIONALCOUNCIL.ORG

https://ncwwi.org/files/Evidence_Based_and_Trauma-Informed_Practice/Trauma_Informed_Care_-_top_10_tips.pdf

http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/exc_012014.html

REFERENCES

Fallot & Harris, 2002; Cook et al., 2002, Ford, 2003, Cusack et al., Jennings, 1998, Prescott, 2000

Flannery, Raymond B. (2009). The Violent Person: professional risk managment strategies for safety and care. Riverdale, NY: American Mental Health Foundation, Inc.

Goelitz, Ann & Stewart-Kahn, Abigail (2013). From Trauma to Healing: A Social Worker’s Guide to Working with Survivors. New York, NY: Routledge.

RESOURCESAmerican Psychological Association’s Disaster Response Network Website: http://www.apa.org/practice/programs/drn/index.aspx

American Red Cross Website: http://www.redcross.org/

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Website: http://www.istss.org/Home.htm

National Child Traumatic Stress Network Website: http://www.nctsn.org/

Sidran Institute: Traumatic Stress Education and Advocacy Website: http://www.sidran.org/index.cfm

The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation Website: http://www.isst-d.org/

The Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute Website: http://www.traumacenter.org/index.php

United States Department of Veterans Affairs: National Center for PTSD Website: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/

THANKS FOR COMING!