Trauma-Informed Approaches

The purpose of this module is to explore how we can work together to integrate a trauma-informed approach through the following steps.

• View our commitments through a trauma-informed lens.

• Understand the 3 E’s of Trauma: Events, Experiences and Effects.

• Become familiar with the 4 R’s Key Assumptions in a Trauma Informed Approach - Realization, Recognize, Respond, Resist Re-traumatization - and how they can help us build responsive services.

• Understand how the 6 Guiding Principles for integrating a trauma-informed approach can help us build collective and relational capacities.

• Learn how to create collective capacities for all to thrive within a trauma-informed community.

Module Purpose | Revisiting Our Commitments | 3 E’s of Trauma | 4 R’s Key Assumptions | Guiding Principles | Create Conditions for All to Thrive | Final Thoughts