Trauma Theory
Instead of saying, "What's wrong with you," we could say...
"What happened to you?"
Recognizing and handling feelings in non-harmful ways.
What is "Emotion Management?"
This Commitment means, "shared decision making, making sure that everyone has a voice, which is not the same as everyone having a vote."
What is "Democracy?"
This is when an external event overwhelms a personal internal resources and external supports for coping.
What is "Trauma?"
This is a tool that allows youth and staff to promote feeling identification, focus on the future, and connect to their community.
What is a "Community Meeting?"
This was the study used to learn about the effects of childhood experience over a person's whole lifespan.
What is the "ACEs Study?"
The kind of safety of being safe and free to behave in ways consistent with your conscience, beliefs and values.
What is "moral/ethical safety?"
This Commitment means, "managing our feeling so that we don't hurt ourselves or others."
What is "Emotional Intelligence?"
This is the cumulative transformative effect on helpers of working with, living with, and spending time with survivors of traumatic life events.
What is "vicarious trauma?"
This is a tool that is a visual reminder of emotional management practices listed as activities, techniques or skills to be used in situations that may trigger challenging behaviors.
What is a "Safety Plan?"
Adult experiences of alcoholism, substance abuse, and attempted suicide can be related to this.
What is "adverse childhood experiences (abuse)?"
The kind of safety that include good health practices an an absence of substance abuse.
What is "physical safety?"
This Commitment means, "saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it."
What is "Open Communication?"
A cultural situation in which strong feelings get disconnected from their source and become attached to unrelated events or interactions.
What is a "collective disturbance?"
What is "Self Care Planning?"
Imprisoned family member, Parental separation/divorce and mental illnesses can be this kind of adverse childhood experience.
What are "household adversities?"
Or, "What is Vicarious Trauma?"
This includes choosing trajectories, choosing new attractors and making different choices.
What is "future?"
This Commitment means, "respecting and sharing the ideas of our teams, learning from one another and sharing our knowledge."
What is "Social Learning?"
The situation where we are personally overwhelmed, and can disconnect from our thoughts and our feelings.
What is "disassociation?"
This is a set of practical and simple interventions that reinforce the language and philosophical underpinnings of the Sanctuary Model.
What is the "Sanctuary Toolkit?"
A list of activities that a person can choose when feeling overwhelmed so that they can avoid engaging in unsafe behavior.
What is a "Safety Plan?"
This includes refraining from reenactment, moving on, and change.
What is "Loss?"
This Commitment means, "creating hope for individuals we serve and for ourselves."
What is "Growth and Change?"
This model contains a "victim," a "persecutor" and a "rescuer."
What is "Karpman's Drama Triangle?"
A kind of team meeting that is in response to a problem, conflict or critical incident that requires a community-wide perspective.
What is a "red flag meeting" or a "problem solving meeting?"