Community Connections offers trainings in helping organizations become trauma-informed. A trauma-informed agency or service center respects the history of trauma and violent victimization experienced by many of its customers. A trauma-informed system provides a welcoming atmosphere in which all staff and clients experience a sense of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment.
Training in designing and implementing trauma-informed systems involves engaging all levels of staff in understanding the basic principles of trauma recovery. Community Connections staff provide on-sight workshops and continuing consultation for organizations learning to become trauma-informed. Programs include assessment and evaluation both before and after the training.
Although the trauma-informed training model (Creating Cultures of Trauma-Informed Care) was designed for behavioral health organizations, it has been applied to other systems serving vulnerable populations, such as homeless shelters, correctional facilities, medical clinics, and schools for high-risk children.
5 Core Values of Trauma-Informed Services:
- Safety: ensuring physical and emotional safety
- Trustworthiness: being reliable, making tasks clear, maintaining appropriate boundaries
- Choice: prioritizing consumer choice and control
- Collaboration: including sharing of power with consumers
- Empowerment: prioritizing consumer empowerment and skill-building
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