The Sanctuary Model
Pillars of Sanctuary
Sanctuary Commitments
Community Meeting
ACEs
100

This is a blueprint for organizational change, creates a trauma responsive community, and recognizes that trauma & adversity are pervasive experiences. 

What is The Sanctuary Model?

100

This occurs when an external event overwhelms the individual’s internal resources and external supports for coping with the situation.

What is traumatization?

100

This creates a community where principles and practices mitigate impact of previous trauma and adversity, while future trauma is prevented. 

What is the Sanctuary Commitments?

100

This is used by all members of the community whenever we come together.

What is Community Meeting?

100

This examined the health and social effects of adverse childhood experiences over a person's lifespan.

What is the ACE study?

200

These are the foundations of a trauma-informed, trauma-responsive culture.

What are the four pillars of Sanctuary? 

200
Emotion, loss, future, and safety make up this pillar.

What is S.E.L.F?

200

This commitment is intended to increase safety – physical, psychological, social and moral.

What is non-violence?

200

Community Meeting is part of this pillar.

What is Sanctuary Toolkit?

200

A person is more likely to have higher health risk factors with this ACE score.

What is 4 or more?

300

This doctor and her colleagues founded The Sanctuary Model.

Who is Dr. Sandy Bloom?

300

Social responsibility, emotional intelligence, and growth & change are all examples of this pillar.

What are the Sanctuary Commitments?

300

This commitment encourages collaboration and learning from our mistakes without shame.

What is social learning?

300

Community Meeting usually happens in these spaces.

What are staff meetings, trainings, treatment team, and shift changes?

300

The ACE study was a collaborative effort between these two entities.

What are Kaiser Permanente and The Centers for Disease Control?

400

The Sanctuary Model began in a psychiatric unit in this city.

What is Philadelphia?

400

Psychoeducation, Red Flag Reviews, Core Team, and Community Meeting are all part of this pillar. 

What is the Sanctuary Toolkit?

400

This commitment builds understanding between past experiences and the impact of emotions on current behaviors and thought processes.

What is emotional intelligence?

400

These are the 3 main parts of Community Meeting.

What are, "How are you feeling?", "What is your goal for the day?", "Who will you ask for help if needed?"

400

Psychological abuse, mental illness in the home, and parental separation are examples of this. 

What is childhood adversity?

500

This branch of the Sanctuary Institute was founded in 2015.

What is Sanctuary Institute Australia?

500

This part of the Sanctuary Toolkit is one of the foundational tools of the Sanctuary Model and provides structure, builds connection, promotes healing and recovery.

What is Community Meeting?

500

This commitment encourages all the members of the community to use their voices, even when there are difficult things to be discussed.

What is open communication?

500

These 4 Sanctuary Commitments are reinforced in Community Meeting.

What are emotional intelligence, growth & change, social responsibility, and social learning?

500

This percentage of participants reported exposure to at least one adverse childhood experience.

What is 67%?

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