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This article describes the possibilities and risks of the using knowledge from the Adverse Childhood Experience Study and suggestions the use of a resilience model and the understanding of how the brain and body work to further the goals of a trauma-informed approach.

A review of attitudes and myth acceptance related to human trafficking

The resources in this toolkit present the current landscape of emergency preparedness planning and response related to disability. These resources can help people with disabilities and their caregivers, emergency managers, first responders, and community-based organizations prepare for emergencies and disasters. They can also help to facilitate further research by federal agencies and promote interagency collaboration related to disability and emergency preparedness.

This article discusses how policy makers can leverage research in ways to promote trauma-informed practices for survivors of human trafficking. This article is not open access. Please contact us for access.

A scholarly journal article about changes in client and organizational outcomes after implementing trauma-informed care. Positive changes in client and organizational outocmes were reported.

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In this essay Dr. Carey discusses perspectives on mattering in social and educational contexts for young Black men and Black boys. It discusses ways in which educators can reimagine the opportunities to recognize and support the mattering of their students.  Contact the Institute for Social Healing to access the article.

This study describes the impact of a mindfulness-based program to expand trauma-informed strategies in the classroom. This is an open access/free article.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a training program that utilized a modified version of a TIC curriculum accessible through the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) among CAC workers in Florida.

This article describes the strengths and limits of the Adverse Childhood Experiences score in the growing Trauma-Informed Care movement. This is an open access, free article.

A scholarly review of the education of health care professionals on human trafficking

Much to Do About Trauma: A Systematic Review of Existing Trauma-Informed Treatments on Youth Violence and Recidivism.

This article reviews research on the use of trauma-informed approaches in juvenile justice settings and provides recommendations for future action.

Report comparing 25 social and emotional learning curriclums

This work offers a conceptual synthesis of several contemporary educational service delivery models that implicitly embed compassionate educational practices into supporting the learning and growth of diverse student populations. This manuscript discusses how such paradigms, such as culturally responsive positive behavior intervention and supports (PBIS) and trauma-informed school models, can inform, complement, and support inclusion- and equity-based practices for diverse learner populations.

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This article summary describes the result of an evaluation of girls in a juvenile detention center.  Most had been the victim of abuse and exploitation.  The article describes the risk girls face in juvenile detention and suggest alternative in the form of wrap around services.

“The Coats That We Can Take Off and the Ones We Can’t”: The Role of Trauma-informed Care on Race and Bias During Agitation in the Emergency Department. This article discusses the potential use of TIC principles on recognizing and addressing racial bias and racial trauma during de-escalation of agitation in the emergency room.

This research article describes the nature of trauma exposure of older adolescents in foster care and describes why that matters for people who work with them.

This study explores professional’s perspective on trauma-informed care with adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Please contact us for information on access to this article.

This paper describes how trauma informed care can improve medical care for all.

This chapter within the Social Work in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems (4th ed) by Sheryl P. Kubaik, Stephani S. Covnington, and Carmen, Hiller describes the nature of trauma and trauma exposure within the youth correctional settings (detention centers) , the benefits of and strategies for trauma-informed approaches.

This research article describes how the principles of trauma-informed care: safety, trustworthiness and transparency, collaboration, empowerment, choice and intersectionality, can be applied to public policy. Contact the Institute for Social Healing if you cannot access the full text.

Tools for K-12 schools in trauma infored practices

Provides short descriptions of research projects on topics related to human trafficking.

In this  paper, the authors examine how researchers applied trauma-informed principles to policy development, discuss the challenges and benefits of using a trauma-informed approach, and provide recommendations for others seeking to create trauma-informed food policy.

Background: Many young people who receive psychiatric care in inpatient or residential settings in North America have experienced various forms of emotional trauma. Moreover, these settings can exacerbate trauma. Common practices, such as seclusion and restraint, put young people at risk of retraumatization, development of comorbid psychopathology, injury, and even death. In response, psychiatric and residential facilities have embraced trauma-informed care (TIC), an organizational change strategy which aligns service delivery with treatment principles and discrete interventions designed to reduce rates of retraumatization through responsive and non-coercive staff-client interactions. After more than two decades, a number of TIC frameworks and approaches have shown favorable results. Largely unexamined, however, are the features that lead to successful implementation of TIC, especially in child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric and residential settings.