What Is Trauma?
Trauma-Informed Care
Culture Matters
Structural Factors
Resilience & Practice
100

Trauma is a response to deeply distressing experiences such as violence, abuse, or this.


What is loss?

100

This principle of trauma-informed care helps individuals feel physically and emotionally secure.


What is safety?

100

This factor shapes values, beliefs, and coping mechanisms.


What is religion?

100

This occurs when limited resources contribute to increased trauma exposure.


What is poverty?

100

Family support, spiritual beliefs, cultural traditions, and community networks are examples of this.


What are protective factors?
or
What are sources of resilience?

200

Trauma can affect mental health, physical health, relationships, and this.


What is behavior?

200

Trauma-informed care encourages open communication, shared decision-making, and this working relationship between provider and client.


What is collaboration?

200

Some cultures may express emotional distress through headaches, fatigue, or other physical symptoms. This is an example of what?


What is cultural expression of trauma?
or
What is somatic expression of distress?

200

This structural factor includes racial prejudice that increases vulnerability to traumatic experiences.


What is racism?

200

Without cultural awareness, providers may misunderstand behaviors, incorrectly label trauma, and damage this.


What is trust?

300

This term describes the emotional and psychological challenges that may interfere with daily functioning after distressing experiences.


What is trauma response?

300

Two key principles of trauma-informed care that help build strong helping relationships are trust and this.


What is collaboration?
or
What is safety?

300

These five factors help shape identity in a socio-cultural context: culture, religion, family, community, and this.


What is history?

300

Name two structural factors that may influence trauma.


What are poverty, racism, discrimination, immigration stress, or community violence?

300

This approach helps providers build genuine connections and deliver effective, compassionate care across diverse backgrounds.


What is cultural humility?
or
What is culturally responsive care?