Safety
This principle of Trauma-Informed Care ensures that both physical and emotional well-being are prioritized.
What is Safety?
This principle of Trauma-Informed Care emphasizes clear and consistent communication to build relationships.
What is Trustworthiness?
This principle of Trauma-Informed Care helps individuals build confidence in their own abilities and strengths.
What is Empowerment?
This principle ensures that power differences between staff and clients are minimized to promote healing.
What is Collaboration?
Trauma-informed care prioritizes providing individuals with this, rather than making decisions for them.
What is choice?
In trauma-informed settings, staff members can help create a sense of safety by doing this before touching a client.
What is asking for consent?
Trauma-informed organizations build trust by clearly explaining policies and doing this with expectations.
What is setting clear boundaries?
Instead of focusing on deficits, trauma-informed approaches emphasize these in individuals
What are strengths?
Allowing individuals to choose between different treatment options supports this principle of trauma-informed care.
What is autonomy?
To help people feel physically safe in a space, trauma-informed organizations often do this to their environment.
What is Reduce Triggers
A key part of transparency in trauma-informed care is explaining the purpose of these before asking personal questions.
What are assessments?
Encouraging people to set and work toward their own goals fosters this important feeling.
What is self-efficacy?
Collaboration with individuals affected by trauma helps them feel this, instead of powerless.
What is involved in their own care?
When trauma survivors have control over their own decisions, it helps rebuild this important feeling.
What is trust in themselves?
When working with trauma survivors, avoiding sudden loud noises or unexpected actions helps maintain this.
What is a sense of safety?
When a staff member follows through on their commitments, they demonstrate this key aspect of trauma-informed care.
What is reliability?
Trauma survivors often feel powerless, so it’s important to give them opportunities to do this in their healing journey.
What is take control?
Mutual respect and decision-making create a sense of this between service providers and clients.
What is mutuality?
The ability to make choices in a trauma-informed setting helps individuals develop this essential life skill.
What is decision-making?
Feeling safe involves both the external environment and this internal experience of calm and control.
What is emotional regulation?
In trauma-informed settings, this process involves being honest about power dynamics and decision-making.
What is collaborative decision-making?
Organizations that support empowerment often provide these to help individuals advocate for themselves.
What are resources and skills training?
When trauma-informed workplaces encourage all staff members to contribute ideas, they foster this type of culture.
What is an inclusive culture?
Offering choices in care plans and services helps prevent this common reaction to trauma, in which individuals feel trapped or helpless.
What is re-traumatization?