Helps organizations assess their current practices in the context of serving children and families who have experienced trauma. It is an important part of an organizational transformation process to create trauma-informed organizations.
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Explores the rationale for and utility of screening and assessing for trauma in child welfare setting.
Discusses how child-serving systems can improve their response to the needs of youth that cross over from child welfare to juvenile justice.
Offers guidance to help those working with youth involved in multiple systems (YIMS) and their families to use a traumatic stress perspective and provide trauma-informed care.
Provides information for staff in residential treatment centers on how to understand behavior through a trauma lens.
Is designed for those working with youth involved in multiple systems using the Crossover Youth Practice Model. This supplement is a brief version of A Trauma-Informed Guide for Working with Youth Involved in Multiple Systems developed specifically for staff...
Defines the elements of a trauma-informed child welfare system.
Discusses the importance of quality supervision that organizations can provide to staff members at risk for secondary traumatic stress (STS).
Outlines recommendations for how jurisdictions can understand Family First’s policy requirements for trauma-informed approaches and ensure that implementation of the law meets the trauma-related needs of children, youth and families.
Gives supervisors and administrators in the child welfare system the information on the importance of addressing secondary traumatic stress (STS).