Trauma 101
What is trauma?
What is a response to a deeply distressing or disturbing experience?
Name one principle of trauma-informed care.
What is safety, trustworthiness, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, or cultural humility?
This term refers to redirecting youth from the justice system towards supportive service instead of formal charges or detention.
What is diversion?
When a youth shuts down during intake, this is a trauma-informed way to respond.
What is one way to build trust with a young person?
What is being consistent and following through?
Name one type of trauma
What is acute trauma, chronic trauma, or complex trauma.
Why is empowerment important in trauma-informed care?
What is helping individuals regain a sense of control?
One primary goal of diversion programs, aiming to support youth and reduce repeat offenses.
What is reducing recidivism?
A youth repeatedly misses sessions. Instead of assuming disinterest, a trauma-informed lens considers these possible barriers.
What is lack of transportation, housing instability, or trust issues?
Why is it important to center youth voice in decision-making?
What is fosters autonomy and engagement?
This part of the brain plays a key role in detecting threats and is affected by trauma.
This principle encourages shared decision-making and transparency.
What is collaboration?
Homeless youth often face justice involvement for survival behaviors; diversion helps by connecting them to these.
A young person reacts with anger when corrected. Trauma-informed care recognizes this may be a result of this survival response.
What is fight or flight response?
What can you do during intake to reduce anxiety for trauma-impacted youth?
What is explain steps, offer choices, and create a calm environment.
True or False: Trauma only affects mental health.
What is False?
This principle ensures that services are responsive to diverse cultural backgrounds.
What is cultural humility?
This is a key reason diversion benefits both youth and communities by keeping young people out of formal justice processes.
What is reducing incarceration and promoting positive development?
During a group session, a teen becomes withdrawn and silent. A supportive response includes this action.
What is checking in privately and offering them a choice to opt out or re-engage?
Give on example of culturally responsive practice.
What is using preferred pronouns/language, involving community, or honoring traditions.
What nervous system response is triggered by trauma?
What is the fight, flight or freeze response.
True or False: Trauma-informed care is only used by mental health professionals.
What is false?
These communities' partners often collaborate in diversion efforts, such as schools, nonprofits, or service providers.
What are case managers or community-based organizations?
A youth shows visible anxiety around police presence. Past experiences with trauma might explain this response.
What is a previous negative or harmful interaction with authority figures?
This approach helps youth feel seen and supported by focusing on what they care about and involving them in planning their path forward.
What is centering youth voice and interest in goal- setting and decision-making?