Building a Trauma Informed System of Care Toolkit

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

• Some also reported that some people thing trauma informed care can be taught or implemented as a “one time thing” rather than understanding it is a change in “a way of being.” • Sometimes to convince people that trauma informed care is important, the presenter either overwhelms the listener with data or is so exuberant that people become overwhelmed by the prospect of implementing it. • There was a consensus among system partners that better communication about trainings and events was needed. Lack of a dedicated person to manage communi cations limits the ability to rectify this. • Several groups said after negative responses to the term “trauma,” they changed to use terms such as “building strong brains.” • A few partners said they were hearing their staff members say they were hearing too much about trauma and ACEs felt like making changes added more to their already busy work load.

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