Acronyms

AAE - adverse adult experiences

AAI - adult attachment interview

AAP - American Academy of Pediatrics

ACA - Affordable Care Act (USA)

ACC - adverse childhood circumstances (Sweden)

ACE - adverse childhood experiences

ACF - Administration for Children & Families (USA: agency within HHS)

ADD - attention deficit disorder

ADHD - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

AIAN - American Indian/Alaska Native (USA)

AIR - American Institutes for Research

ALE - adverse life experiences

AOD - alcohol and other drugs

ARC - Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency model

ASD - autism spectrum disorders

ASCA - Adults Surviving Child Abuse (Australia)

ASPD - antisocial personality disorder

ATRIUM - Addiction and Trauma Recovery Integration Model

BRFSS - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (USA)

CAC - Child Advocacy Center (USA. See also: CUA, MDIT)

CARE - Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education

CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)

CDV - childhood domestic violence

CEV - children exposed to violence

CM - child maltreatment

CMS - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (USA: agency within HHS)

COTS - Committee on the Shelterless

CPS - child protective services (USA)

CPTSD - complex post-traumatic stress disorder

CSA - child sexual abuse

CSE - child sexual exploitation (UK)

CSTS - Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (USA: entity of the DOD)

CTR - colonial trauma response

CUA - community umbrella agency (USA. See also: CAC, MDIT; See MASH for UK+)

DOD - U.S. Dept. of Defense

DOJ - U.S. Dept. of Justice

DSM - Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

DTD - developmental trauma disorder [not in the current DSM]

DV - domestic violence

EBD - Eco-Bio-Developmental Model of human health and disease

EBP- evidence-based practice

EBM - evidence-based medicine

ECD - early childhood development

ECE - early childhood education

ELS - early life stress

FASD - fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

FSO - Family Support Officer (Corrections pgm. UK)

FSP - Family Support Project (Corrections pgm. UK)

HHS - U.S. Dept. of Health & Humans Services

h/t - "heard through" -- a Twitter term

HT - historical trauma

ICD - International Classification of Diseases

IGT - intergenerational trauma

IPV- intimate partner violence, interpersonal violence

ISSTD - International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (USA)

ISTSS - International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (USA)

LGBTQ - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning one's sexual identity

LYLES - Linköping Youth Life Event Scale (Sweden)

MASH - Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (UK+; See CUA for USA)

MAYSI - Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument

MBSR - Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction

MDIT - Multidisciplinary Investigative Teams (USA. See also: CAC, CUA; See MASH for UK+)

MH - mental health

MHCC - Mental Health Coordinating Council (Australia)

MST - military sexual trauma

M-TREM - Men's Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (gender-specific; see TREM)

NASMHPD - National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (USA)

NCDVTMH - National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health (USA)

NCTIC - National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (USA: agency within SAMHSA)

NCTSN - National Child Traumatic Stress Network (USA)

NFP - Nurse-Family Partnership

NHS - National Health Service (UK)

NIC - National Institute of Corrections (USA; agency within DOJ)

NIH - National Institutes of Health (USA: agency within HHS)

NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health (USA: entity within NIH)

OAH - Office of Adolescent Health (USA: agency within HHS)

OCD - obsessive compulsive disorder

OJJDP - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (USA: agency within DOJ)

OSI - occupational stress injury

POC - people of color

PBIS - Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports

PEACH - Physical and Emotional Awareness for Children Who Are Homeless

PFA - psychological first aid

PPD - parental psychological distress

PREA - Prison Rape Elimination Act

PTE - potentially traumatic events

PTSD - post-traumatic stress disorder

PTSI - post-traumatic stress injury

RAD - reactive attachment disorder

RTI - Response to Intervention

SAMHSA - Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (USA: agency within HHS)

SEFEL - Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning

SEL - social emotional learning

SEM - social ecological model

SES - socio-economic status

SILP - Suprevised Independent Living Placement

SIV - self-inflicted violence

SMI - severe mental illness

SSNR - Safe Stable Nurturing Relationships

SUD- substance use disorders

TAMAR - Trauma, Addictions, Mental Health, and Recovery

TAP - Trauma Assessment Pathway (TAP) model

TARGET - Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy

TDV - teen dating violence

TFC - therapeutic or treatment foster care

TIA - trauma-informed approach

TIC - trauma-informed care

TIGT - trauma-informed guide team

TINSOC - Trauma Informed Nonviolent Standards of Care (1st use: domestic violence field)

TISC - trauma-informed system of care

TREM - Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (gender-specific for women; see M-TREM)

VAW - violence against women

VAWA - Violence Against Women Act

WRAP - Wellness Recovery Action Plan

Wraparound - California service model for children in state custody