Survey: What Makes a Program, Organization, or System Trauma Informed?

Theoretical Basis: SAMHSA: the 4 Rs

(From SAMHSA (July 2014) SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach)

It realizes the widespread impact of trauma and understands potential paths for recovery.
It recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, families, staff, and other involved individuals and group.
It responds by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices.
It resists re-traumatization.

Purpose

Develop a consistent, quantitative approach to assessing local agency trauma preparedness. Can be used to measure local progress, accomplishments.

A Proposed “Trauma-informed” Agency Rating Scale

(Scale = 0-2. for each item. 0 = Not Currently Implementing, 1 = Partially Implementing, 2 = Fully Implementing)

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Realizes:

0 = Not Currently Implementing: Organization and staff are becoming aware of ACES/trauma-informed practices.

1 = Partially Implementing: Organization has dedicated some resources (staff time, training, etc.) towards becoming a more trauma-informed agency. (Increased awareness)

2 = Fully Implementing: Organization is committed to training the majority of staff in the primary aspects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (including but not limited to, identifying trauma, basic brain development, mindfulness, promoting resiliency, local resources, etc.) for the purposes of implementing trauma-informed practices. (Awareness and application)

Recognizes:

0 = Not Currently Implementing: Organization does not currently use trauma-informed assessment or evaluation tools with clients.

1 = Partially Implementing Organization uses some trauma-informed assessment and evaluation tools and provides some trauma-informed services for clients.

2 = Fully Implementing: Organization uses an integrated trauma-informed assessment, service and evaluation process with clients.

Responds:

0 = Not Currently Implementing: Organization has no trauma-informed policies and procedures

1 = Partially Implementing: Organization is developing trauma-informed policies and procedures

2 = Fully Implementing: Organization has adopted a trauma-informed approach, institutionalized through multiple policies and procedures

Resists re-traumatization:

0 = Not Currently Implementing: The organization has not taken an official stand regarding trauma-informed practices. (Some staff may be participating in community efforts as individuals.)

1 = Partially Implementing: The organization has adopted trauma-informed practices which specify the promotion of resilience and the resistance of re-traumatization as goals/outcomes.

2 = Fully Implementing: The organization internally practices and actively participates in community strategies to improve resilience and resist re-traumatization.

Posted by Alicia St. Andrews · 8/31/1512:00 AM