Building a Trauma Informed System of Care Toolkit

Building a Trauma Informed System of Care Evaluation: Reach, Effectiveness, Successes, & Barriers

Training Evaluations We have assessed the effectiveness of our training by having participants self-report changes in their understanding in both the general trauma informed care training and the train the trainer training. We expected the most change in those who participated in the general training, as this was likely their first exposure to many of the concepts. The format of the questions gives them a chance to rate how much they knew prior to training and after training. Questions on the evaluation assess understanding of the impact of trauma on themselves and service users, knowledge of trauma informed care principles, and perceived ability to implement those principles. As an example, we are only reporting changes in understanding for those trained in the general training (not the train the trainer), though we have collected data on many other variables that could be reported in a similar fashion. Participants overwhelmingly indicated a significant change in their understanding as a result of training (See Figure 4).

Figure 4. Self-Reported Change in Understanding Due to General Trauma Informed Care Training

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