As part of its initiative to help organizations and systems supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) move toward trauma-informed care (TIC), the Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) recently held two webinar sessions. Entitled "Is Your IDD Organization or System Ready Yet for Trauma-Informed Care?" the webinars reviewed the benefits of TIC, discussed the progress of its 2021 pilot learning collaborative, and provided a framework for readiness assessment.
Over 350 IDD professionals attended one of our two sessions, but if you were unable to join us, the recording is now accessible below and on our website, where you can find additional resources including the Readiness Tool.
Risking Connection IDD Basic Training
In addition, TSI is offering a Risking Connection IDD Basic training on June 14-15, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. that is open to all. This is a foundational trauma training adapted to professionals that support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The Risking Connection curriculum provides a philosophy for providing services to trauma survivor clients, helping professionals to understand how extreme behaviors in the present relate to traumatic events of the past.
Rooted in the notion that relationships are a critical agent of change for survivors, it holds that attention must be paid to both sides of that relationship in order for it to be healing. Therefore, it stresses addressing compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction in support professionals.
Click here to get more information or to register.
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