Principles of Trauma-Informed Care
The acronym SAMHSA stands for this.
What is Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration?
Name one common physiological response to trauma.
What is Fight, flight, freeze, or fawn?
The first priority when responding to a crisis.
What is to ensure safety for all involved
One of the six key principles of a trauma-informed approach.
What is Safety, Trustworthiness & Transparency, Peer Support, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Cultural/Historical/Gender Issues
The part of the brain that is primarily responsible for the fight-or-flight response.
What is the amygdala?
Name one trauma-informed de-escalation technique.
What is regulate before you relate?
*There are other acceptable answers.
The primary goal of a trauma-informed approach in crisis prevention
What is to avoid re-traumatization and promote a sense of safety and empowerment
This might appear as “defiance” or “non-compliance”.
What is a trauma response or survival behavior?
True or False. Choice and empowerment are important during crisis intervention
True.
It restores control and dignity, counteracting feelings of helplessness.
True or False: Trauma-informed care focuses on “What’s wrong with you?” rather than “What happened to you?”
What is False?
*It focuses on "What happened to you?"
Give one behavioral sign that someone may be in a trauma-triggered state.
What is Sudden withdrawal, agitation, dissociation, or hypervigilance.
Offering grounding techniques, deep breathing, or access to a quiet space are ways of _____.
How staff support self-regulation during a potential crisis?
Describe one way an organization can demonstrate trustworthiness and transparency with clients.
What is clearly communicating expectations, boundaries, and processes to build safety and trust?
True or False. Staff can use body language to help a person in crisis feel safe.
True.
Maintain calm tone, open posture, non-threatening distance, avoid sudden movements are all helpful uses of body language.
Realize the impact, Recognize the signs, and Respond appropriately (and resist re-traumatization) are what.
What are the three R’s of trauma-informed response?