Trauma-Responsive Care & Practice

EXPLORING: Participants will broaden their understanding of how trauma works in personal, interpersonal, and collective aspects. PREPARING: Participants will acquire knowledge and develop skills to practice trauma-responsive presence and engagement. INTEGRATING: Participants will connect and apply knowledge and skills to their personal and professional lives. VOCATION: Participants will discern how their unique talents, education, experience, and responsibility can be leveraged to benefit others and bring them a sense of fulfillment. SECURITY: Participants operate from an understanding of how trauma impacts self-worth and understand the need for creating a culture of security that communicates “I see you and hear you.” SUPPORT: Participants operate from an understanding of how trauma impacts self-regulation and are equipped with the skills to partner with their circles of influence to implement an “I see you, I hear you, and I am with you and together we will find solutions” culture. VOICE: Participants operate from an understanding of how to create opportunities and spaces where their power, privilege and position is recognized and leveraged for the good of others. CHOICE: Participants operate from an understanding of how to create a culture of permission where all are welcome to contribute.