Building a Trauma Informed System of Care Toolkit

Building a Trauma Informed System of Care Trauma I formed Care Trai the Trainer

Rev. 5/2019

An Effective TIC Trainer

SAMHSA NCTIC Trauma-Informed Care Key Principles Train the Trainer Course

∗ Trauma-Informed Care training is not “taught” but it’s “caught.” It needs to be shared with passion. Are you contagious? Do you have “stories”? ∗ Consider training with a teammember and even possibly trauma survivor (or use video clips) ∗ Keys to effective training ∗ Compassion ∗ Empathy ∗ Recognize ALL people have value and communicate this

Know Your Audience

Resources To Prepare

∗ Aces Too High https://acestoohigh.com/ ∗ Aces Connection http://www.acesconnection.com/g/northeast-tennessee-aces connection ∗ SAMHSA National Center for Trauma-Informed Care http://www.samhsa.gov/nctic ∗ National Child Traumatic Stress Network http://www.nctsnet.org/ ∗ ETSU Psychology https://www.etsu.edu/cas/psychology/tic_coalition.php

∗ This training is intended for a wide range of potential audiences, including direct supervisors, administrators, service providers and interested community members. ∗ Prior to training, think about your audience, their backgrounds, level of experience, work settings and roles at work. ∗ Think about ways to tailor the basic information that relates to the actual services and settings represented by your audience.

Model Trauma-Informed Practices While Training

Provide Program Ideas

∗ The goal of Trauma-Informed Care training is not only to educate participants on what trauma is, how it affects brain development, and its prevalence, but also to provide program ideas specific to their services. ∗ We will highlight effective programs that we have found that participants may be able to adapt. ∗ Participants should leave trainings with new tools to use in offering services.

∗ Create safety – explaining to participants the nature of the training content might remind them of their own experienced traumas. ∗ Maximize opportunities for choice and control – Let participants know they are free to choose not to participate in any activity or to leave the room at anytime. ∗ Trainers must be practical – Help participants see how this training will be useful to them. ∗ Don’t overcomplicate information – simplify concepts. ∗ Show respect to those you train by allowing input and ideas to be shared from the group as you go.

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