Building a Trauma Informed System of Care Toolkit

Building a Trauma Informed System of Care Trauma Informed C re 4 Hour General Training

Rev. 5/2019

#6 Cultural, Historical and Gender Issues The organization actively moves past cultural stereotypes and biases.  Treats all people as equally valuable human regardless of cultural, historical, or cultural differences.  Recognizes and addresses historical trauma.  Makes use of traditions, cultural connections, existing supports such as faith communities and social organizations

Day Reporting Center (DRC) Graduation Invitations

The DRC alternative corrections program for high need, high risk felony offenders with addictions. Clients design graduation invitations for each graduation. Topper Academy Students’ Garden Students plant and care for the plants in the garden. A designated person comes and teaches the students about the plants and how to care for them.

Cultural Example: Hawaii Women’s Prison  Used their island custom of refuge to modify the environment

Cultural Example: African American Churches and Mosques  Enlisting trusted leaders in African American pastors and Imams to incorporate health information when preaching and teaching  Have health check ups at churches and mosques rather than clinics where people feel more at ease

 Gardens and outdoor spaces  Floral painting on the walls

Trauma Informed Services are…

What does TIC look like? A four-year-old child, whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old Gentleman's' yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

 Focused on

 Designed to minimize the possibilities of victimization and re-victimization.  Hospitable and engaging for survivors.  Designed to facilitate recovery, growth, resilience, and healing.

understanding the whole individual and context of his or her life experience.  Infused with knowledge about the roles that violence and

When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy just said, 'Nothing, I just Helped him cry.'

victimization play in the lives of survivors.

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