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Eight Tips for Becoming Trauma-Informed in Practice
Author(s): Laura Winn, Elizabeth K. Hopper, Jeffrey Olivet, Ellen L. Bassuk
Organization: SAMHSA
Publication Date: 2011
There are very high rates of trauma among people experiencing homelessness. Ensuring that agencies provide trauma-informed homeless services is crucial to supporting recovery from trauma and homelessness. SAMHSA’s HRC offers a large number of resources to help agencies become trauma-informed. This article offers eight tips to help move your agency toward being trauma-informed. This article is adapted from “Shelter from the Storm: Trauma-Informed...
Trauma-Informed Care: What Do We Know?
Author(s): Laura Winn, Elizabeth K. Hopper, Jeffrey Olivet, Ellen L. Bassuk
Organization: SAMHSA
Publication Date: 2011
Trauma-informed care is recognized as an important approach to serve trauma survivors who are experiencing homelessness. But what does the research say about the effectiveness of trauma-informed care? This article offers a summary of research findings related to trauma-informed care. Research shows that people who are homeless have experienced high rates of trauma. Many who enter the homeless services system have experienced violence, loss, and d...