trauma-informed
Aware of suffering
Trauma-informed refers to practices and frameworks that integrate an understanding of how trauma affects individuals’ behavior, emotions, and cognition.
It emphasizes creating environments that minimize re-traumatization and promote safety, trust, and empowerment.
Trauma-informed approaches often involve specialized techniques, such as forensic interviewing designed to avoid triggering distress, or testimonial aids like comfort items or modified questioning for vulnerable witnesses.
It incorporates concepts like affect regulation and neuroplasticity to support healing and resilience.
Trauma-informed care is foundational in fields like mental health, child advocacy, and legal proceedings involving adverse childhood experiences.
Attentive regard for others
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- approachWay of handling something
- treatmentCare for an ailment
counseling · intervention · assessment · services · framework · model · screening · psychotherapy
Educational instruction space
- schoolPlace of instruction
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- studentsThose receiving instruction
behavior · learning · discipline · support · educators · ACEs · social-emotional · de-escalation
Employment location
- policyAdopted principle of action
- cultureCollective social practices
- leadershipAbility to direct others
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
staff · employees · human resources · supervision · retention · burnout · compassion fatigue · wellness
Judicial bodies or playing areas
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- reentryComing back in
- diversionRedirection of attention
rehabilitation · restorative justice · corrections · juvenile · sentencing · advocacy · survivors · victims
care
Attentive regard for others
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- approachWay of handling something
treatment · counseling · intervention · assessment · services · framework · model · screening · psychotherapy · clinician
classroom
Educational instruction space
students · behavior · learning · discipline · support · educators · ACEs · social-emotional · de-escalation · triggers
workplace
Employment location
- policyAdopted principle of action
- cultureCollective social practices
- leadershipAbility to direct others
training · staff · employees · human resources · supervision · retention · burnout · compassion fatigue · wellness · boundaries
courts
Judicial bodies or playing areas
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- reentryComing back in
diversion · rehabilitation · restorative justice · corrections · juvenile · sentencing · advocacy · survivors · victims · interrogation
- Inclusive Teachingdifferentiation, scaffolding, accommodations, universal design, accessible materials
- social workcase notes, person-centered, fieldwork, community development, clinical practice
- caseworkcase notes, case file, case review, caseload, case load
trauma-informedahistorical
Ignoring past events
uninformed · one-size-fits-all · unaware · dismissive · conventional
trauma-informedretraumatizing
Triggering past wounds again
traumatizing · harmful · damaging · punitive · coercive
trauma-informedone-size-fits-all
Meant for anybody
rigid · inflexible · rule-bound · bureaucratic · standardized
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