Resilience Week VA 2023 | Tuesday
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Today is #TraumaInformedTuesday
Reset, Reconnect, and Recharge today by practicing trauma-informed care.According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, trauma refers to experiences that cause intense physical and psychological stress reactions. It can refer to a single event, multiple events or a set of circumstances that are experienced by an individual as physically and emotionally harmful or threatening. Knowing that trauma has lasting adverse effects on the individual's physical, social, emotional or spiritual well-being, there is an increasing focus on the impact of trauma and how service systems can deliver their services using a trauma-informed approach. Explore 50 ways you can practice trauma-informed care and celebrate resilience on #TraumaInformedTuesday
Resources for Implementing Trauma-Informed Practices
- Resiliency Toolkit and Resources Supervisors to Support their Employees
- Roadmap to Trauma-Informed Care by Trauma-Informed Oregon
- Helping Traumatized Children Learn and Creating and Advocating for Trauma-Sensitive Schools from the Massachusetts Advocates for Children and Harvard Law
- Key Ingredients for Successful Trauma-Informed Care Implementation from the Center for Health Care Strategies
- NCTSN Child Welfare Trauma Toolkit
- SAMHSA Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma Informed Approach
- Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice from the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
- Trauma and Equity Lens from Fairfax TICN
- Trauma Fact Sheet
- Trauma-Sensitive Strategies for Direct Service Staff
- A Guide to Trauma-Informed Approaches for Service Providers
- A Guide to Educating Children, Youth, and Families About Trauma and Resilience
- Trauma and Resilience Tree
- ADHD and Child Traumatic Stress
- Effects of Trauma on Health Fact Sheet
- Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice