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Business
These resources are relevant for leaders in the business industry, professionals in human resources and management-level professionals interested in improving or maintaining positive work environments.
These resources are relevant for leaders in the business industry, professionals in human resources and management-level professionals interested in improving or maintaining positive work environments.
- Trauma Informed Care Project
- Workplace wellness
- Mental Health First Aid
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Sanctuary model
- North Carolina’s 2,000 Days Campaign: Making the Case for Investing Early in Children’s Lives
Child Welfare
The links included in this section are intended to inform human service professionals, foster and adoptive parents, and other professionals and individuals working in or involved with the child welfare system.
The links included in this section are intended to inform human service professionals, foster and adoptive parents, and other professionals and individuals working in or involved with the child welfare system.
- Implementation of a Workforce Initiative to Build Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice and Services: Findings from the Massachusetts Child Trauma Project
- Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parent Association Trauma Informed Care
- Iowa Training Source Child Welfare Provider Training Academy: Understanding Trauma
- The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Healthy Foster Care America Trauma Guide
- National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network's Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit
- Birth Parents with Trauma Histories and the Child Welfare System: A Guide for Parents
- Birth Parents with Trauma Histories and the Child Welfare System: A Guide for Child Welfare Staff
Criminal Justice and Judicial
The resources in this section are for professionals involved in the criminal justice system.
The resources in this section are for professionals involved in the criminal justice system.
- 2014 Developing Brain; Developing Accountability Conference, Juvenile Justice-Related Resources
- Essential components of trauma informed judicial practice
- Trauma and Resilience: A new look at legal advocacy for youth in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems
- The Safe Babies Court Teams Project: Zero to Three
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Juvenile Justice System page
- National Domestic Violence Pro Bono Directory
- Police-Community Partnerships to Address Domestic Violence
- Law Enforcement Response to Domestic Violence Calls for Service report
- Mental Health First Aid
- Top 10 things every Juvenile Court Judge should know about trauma and delinquency
- Justice Policy Institute
- Non-violent Crisis Intervention Training
- Juvenile Corrections Reform in Hawaii; Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
- Trauma Informed Approaches in Correctional Settings; RSAT Training Tools
- National Institute of Corrections: Creating A Place Of Healing and Forgiveness: The Trauma-Informed Care Initiative at the Women’s Community Correctional Center of Hawaii
- National Resource Center on Justice Involved Women: Using Trauma-Informed Practices to Enhance Safety and Security in Women’s Correctional Facilities
- Washington’s Family Policy Council Interviews with the Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Development, Faith, K-12 Public Education and Public Health Communities
- Integrated Domestic Violence Courts from the Center for Court Innovation
- Birth Parents with Trauma Histories and the Child Welfare System, A Guide for Judges and Attorneys
- Learning About Us, Learning to Help Us; Supporting people with psychiatric disabilities in the criminal justice system
Domestic Violence
The links in this section are for any professional who addresses the topic of domestic violence or who may come in contact with victims of domestic violence in their work.
The links in this section are for any professional who addresses the topic of domestic violence or who may come in contact with victims of domestic violence in their work.
- Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Futures Without Violence
- National Network to End Domestic Violence
- National Domestic Violence Pro Bono Directory
- Police-Community Partnerships to Address Domestic Violence
- Law Enforcement Response to Domestic Violence Calls for Service report
- Hospital-Based Domestic Violence Programs, report from Maryland
- Delphi Instrument for Hospital-based Domestic Violence Programs
- Responding to Multi-Abuse Trauma – A Tool Kit to Help Advocates and Community Partners Better Serve People With Multiple Issues
- University of Northern Iowa’s integrative services project
- Integrated Domestic Violence Courts from the Center for Court Innovation
- National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health, Creating Trauma-Informed Services Tip Sheet Series
Substance Abuse
The resources in this section are for professionals who promote substance abuse prevention or treatment or for professionals who address the impact of substance abuse on individuals, families or communities.
The resources in this section are for professionals who promote substance abuse prevention or treatment or for professionals who address the impact of substance abuse on individuals, families or communities.
- Curriculum-Based Support Group (CBSG®) Program
- Children of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (COSA)
- Community-Based Substance Abuse Prevention
- National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
- Responding to Multi-Abuse Trauma – A Tool Kit to Help Advocates and Community Partners Better Serve People With Multiple Issues
- University of Northern Iowa’s integrative services project
- Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: Strengthening hope and resilience everyday (SHARE)
- Employee and Family Resources
Child Abuse Prevention
The links in this section are for professionals who promote child abuse prevention or who work to prevent child abuse in families, communities or society.
The links in this section are for professionals who promote child abuse prevention or who work to prevent child abuse in families, communities or society.
- Iowa ACE Presentation and Interactive Online Learning Modules
- Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
- CDC’s Essentials for Childhood Framework: Steps to Create Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships and Environments for all Children
- Talking About child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
- Now What? Campaign
- Making a Public Case for Prevention Webinar
- Developing an Effective Child Abuse Prevention Message, Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Prevent Child Abuse America, Making the Case: Why Prevention Matters
Community Development
The resources in this section focus on the development of community-wide systems to prevent and mitigate the impact of adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress.
The resources in this section focus on the development of community-wide systems to prevent and mitigate the impact of adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress.
- Building a Resilient Community -- United Way of East Central Iowa
- Strategies for community change and improvement
- Compassionate Seattle - Awakening compassion in our children, ourselves and our world
- Creating Compassionate Communities, Idaho
- Resilience Trumps ACEs
- Communities that Care
- Community Resiliency Cookbook
- Maine Resilience Building Network
- Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: Strengthening hope and resilience everyday (SHARE)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach
- Eastern Iowa-Western Illinois Trauma Informed Care Consortium
Cultural Awareness
This section includes resources that acknowledge cultural groups and highlight the need for cultural sensitivity when working with diverse groups or communities on topics related to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress.
This section includes resources that acknowledge cultural groups and highlight the need for cultural sensitivity when working with diverse groups or communities on topics related to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress.
- Refugee Services Toolkit
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network resources in Spanish
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Understanding Historical Trauma When Responding to an Event in Indian Country
- A conceptual model of historical trauma: Implications for public health practice and research
- Indian Country Diaries: Historical trauma may be causing today’s health crisis
- Wisdom of the elders: Transcending historical trauma
- Engaging women in trauma-informed peer support
- Commission on the impact of trauma and violence on the health of African American me
- African American Historical Trauma, Healing Brothers video
- National Black Child Development Institute: Being black is not a risk factor
Social Determinants of Health
The links in this section describe the influence of social factors such as poverty, race and socioeconomics, on health equity and lifelong health outcomes.
The links in this section describe the influence of social factors such as poverty, race and socioeconomics, on health equity and lifelong health outcomes.
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Social Determinants of Health
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: A new way to talk about the social determinants of health document
- Association of Academic Health Centers and the Social Determinants of Health: A toolkit for collaboration
- CDC social determinants of health page
- Prevention Institute
- Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health
- Commission on the impact of trauma and violence on the health of African American men
- The Parenting Gap: justification for policy that wraps around and supports parents
Trauma Informed Care
The links in this section describe the framework of Trauma Informed Care, which calls for a cultural shift that can be applied in any setting. Trauma Informed Care is not a specific intervention or a clinical response. Rather, it highlights the need for a broader understanding of the impact trauma has on everyone.
The links in this section describe the framework of Trauma Informed Care, which calls for a cultural shift that can be applied in any setting. Trauma Informed Care is not a specific intervention or a clinical response. Rather, it highlights the need for a broader understanding of the impact trauma has on everyone.
Trauma-Informed Interventions
This section includes links to examples of specific interventions created through a trauma-informed lens.
This section includes links to examples of specific interventions created through a trauma-informed lens.
- The Trauma Toolkit, Second Edition by the Public Health Agency of Canada
- Trauma Center Attachment Self-Regulation and Competency (ARC) Mode
- Sanctuary model
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach
- Engaging women in trauma-informed peer support
- Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parent Association trauma informed care
- Essential components of trauma informed judicial practice
- Eastern Iowa-Western Illinois Trauma Informed Care Consortium
- Trauma-informed approaches in correctional settings: Residential substance abuse treatment (RSAT) training tools