Taking Action: Building Resilience

There are many ways to take action to become trauma responsive and build resiliency.  Here are few examples to point you in the right direction:

• Attend the Raising Resilience Summit on January 9th, 2018
• Join the Consortium on Trauma, Illness, and Grief In Schools (TIG)
• Learn more about Mental Health First Aid
• Visit TraumaSenstiveSchools.org

Trauma Informed Care training offers the entire staff an opportunity to look deeply into an organization's culture in order to build a resilient staff and community. Some local resources include:

• Coordinated Care Services Inc.
• The Institute on Trauma and Trauma Informed Care at University of Buffalo
• Mt. Hope Family Center

Consider conducting an organizational self assessment  – it includes a process and tools to addressing organizational practices, policies, and culture of the entire organization. 

• Trauma-Informed Care – Organizational Self-Assessment Tool (TIC-OSAT)
• TICOMETER
• ARTIC
• Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed Organization Assessment Tool (STSI-OA)