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• What is Trauma?

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3 EVENTS

• EVENT
• EXPERIENCE
• EFFECTS

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TRAUMA

• Lack of Sense of Safety
• Disconnected
• Powerlessness

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• We need to presume the clients we serve have a
  history of traumatic stress exercise universal
  precautions.
• Modas, 2004

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• What is a
• Trauma-Informed
• Approach?

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To Heal
CONNECTION
SAFETY
EMPOWERMENT
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Actions
Actions That That Dont Hurt
Hurt
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TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH

• Intake Screening
• Service Planning
• Referrals
• Staff Training
• Training Self-Advocates
• Policies Practices
• Environmental Factors

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Scenario 1

• Sue is at the grocery store with her staff when
  she hears someone say the R word.

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Scenario 2

• Marge has never had the opportunity to make any
  decisions her staff and family have complete
  control over her life.

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Scenario 3

• Staff drive Joan to work every day and they drive
  past the school where Joan was sexually assaulted
  when she was a child.

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Scenario 4

• Lisa doesnt like the way the bus driver looks
  her up and down. When she tells staff, they tell
  her that Bills a nice man and she shouldnt say
  unkind things about him.

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Scenario 5

• Bobbi tells her staff that some of her peers have
  made fun of her. Staff tells her to just ignore
  them.

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• How wonderful it is that no one has to wait a
  single moment before starting to improve the
  world Anne Frank

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• So What Will You do..