Drs. Stephanie Covington and Sandra Bloom are foremost experts on this topic. We at Hazelden Publishing can help coordinate training sessions with them.
Another option is the training program that they co-authored; Moving from Trauma-informed to Trauma-responsive: A Training Program for Organizational Change. It provides program administrators and clinical directors with key resources needed to train staff and make organizational changes to become trauma-responsive. This comprehensive training program involves all staff, ensuring clients are served with a trauma-responsive approach.
This training program describes the ten-step process of becoming trauma-responsive:
- Gain knowledge of stress, adversity, and trauma
- Understand the impact of organizational stress and trauma
- Understand the concept and structure of a Guide Team
- Assess and improve clients first experience with your organization
- Assess and improve your organizations physical space
- Assess and improve your organizations sense of safety
- Understand the leadership qualities and skills needed to initiate trauma-responsive organizational change
- Create a shared language and tools to address trauma
- Implement evidence-based, trauma-specific curricula
- Have each staff person create a personal self-care plan
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Alice