Monthly Case Manager Newsletter

… Trauma-Informed Care December 15, 2022 Trauma-Informed Care is an overarching structure and treatment attitude that emphasizes understanding, compassion, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma. Trauma-Informed Care also looks at physical, psychological, and emotional safety for both clients and providers, and provides tools to empower people on the pathway to stability. A trauma-informed approach recognizes that traumatic experiences have ongoing impact on an individual and takes measures to support healing and prevent future re-traumatization. To be most effective, trauma-informed practices need to be implemented at all levels of an organization, for staff and the people they serve. Principles of a Trauma-Informed Approach SAMHSA’s concept of a trauma-informed approach is grounded in a set of four key elements and six principles. A trauma-informed approach reflects adherence to six key principles rather than a prescribed set of practices or procedures. Five Steps Toward Trauma-Informed Care For more ways to incorporate this principle into practice, be sure to also check out Homeless Hub's article on Eight Tips for Becoming Trauma-Informed in Practice. 1) Realize that a lot about who we are, and what we do, are because of things that happen to us and that is the same for our clients. 2) Embrace trauma-informed values for yourself in whatever ways that you control and in your domains. 3) Distribute literature in waiting rooms and in the office about the impact of trauma on health to show your commitment to this issue. 4) Arrange for training ideally for the whole agency about the impact of trauma on health, in developing trauma-informed skills to use with each other and with clients, and screening for interpersonal violence and the impacts of life-long trauma. 5) Assemble a team that is interested in this issue to get educated, collaborate on steps forward, and support one another in the process. Let's Learn More Fact Sheet: What is Trauma-Informed Care? -- Center for Health Care Strategies Trauma-Informed Practices in Homeless Intervention Services -- Family & Children's Trust Fund of Virginia Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Trauma-Informed Care: Building on Our Commitment to Strengths-Based Approaches to Ending Homelessness -- United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Materials and information in this newsletter sourced from the National Coalition for the Homeless, Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance, SAMHSA, and the Center for Health Care Strategies. Submit any newsletter topics or ideas that would be most beneficial to receive to info@oneroofonline.org.