{"id":477,"date":"2022-03-29T14:51:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/peersupport\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=477"},"modified":"2022-03-29T14:51:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:51:55","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-be-trauma-informed","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/peersupport\/chapter\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-trauma-informed\/","title":{"raw":"What Does it Mean to be Trauma-Informed?","rendered":"What Does it Mean to be Trauma-Informed?"},"content":{"raw":"<strong>SAFETY<\/strong>: When an organization is trauma-informed, creating a sense of safety for ALL (people served, staff, and stakeholders) is ESSENTIAL.\r\n\r\nTo reiterate, the purpose of this module is to develop a trauma-informed lens and to expand our philosophy to include healing-centered connections. Trauma-informed care involves both honouring and standing up for human rights and social change.\r\n\r\nThe goals of a trauma-informed approach include:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Preventing traumatizing events from happening in the first place<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Preventing situations that can retraumatization people who are already dealing with trauma<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Creating new practices that create healing ecologies, and build on people\u2019s already existing strength and resilience<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>When an organization is trauma-informed it means that all staff and volunteers understand the pervasiveness of trauma, and intentionally create safety for all.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn a post-secondary institution, this includes administrators, professors, teaching assistants, volunteers, service staff, and leadership. Working under the umbrella of peer support\/student services means that you must understand what it means to support people with a trauma-informed lens. Being trauma-informed means not only having a trauma-informed approach with those we serve, but also with and among all team members.\r\n\r\n<strong>When we are trauma-informed, we move away from a worldview that asks, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you?\u201d to one that instead asks, \u201cWhat happened to you?\u201d<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>What are some ideas that a team, such as your peer support team, can do to deal with collective stress, so that you can be present with people? (Examples: open communication, regular meetings, laughter, connection...)<\/em>","rendered":"<p><strong>SAFETY<\/strong>: When an organization is trauma-informed, creating a sense of safety for ALL (people served, staff, and stakeholders) is ESSENTIAL.<\/p>\n<p>To reiterate, the purpose of this module is to develop a trauma-informed lens and to expand our philosophy to include healing-centered connections. Trauma-informed care involves both honouring and standing up for human rights and social change.<\/p>\n<p>The goals of a trauma-informed approach include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preventing traumatizing events from happening in the first place<\/li>\n<li>Preventing situations that can retraumatization people who are already dealing with trauma<\/li>\n<li>Creating new practices that create healing ecologies, and build on people\u2019s already existing strength and resilience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>When an organization is trauma-informed it means that all staff and volunteers understand the pervasiveness of trauma, and intentionally create safety for all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a post-secondary institution, this includes administrators, professors, teaching assistants, volunteers, service staff, and leadership. Working under the umbrella of peer support\/student services means that you must understand what it means to support people with a trauma-informed lens. 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