Class 8: Organizational Trauma & Implementing Trauma-Informed Principles in Agency Contexts
Section outline
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It is common practice to believe that trauma occurs primarily at the individual and community level, without thought given to the topic of organizational trauma. Today we will discuss
- The impact of trauma on organizations
- Signs and symptoms of trauma in organizations
- Trauma-informed organizations: Guiding principles
- How to assess organizational health/traumatization
- Implementation of trauma-informed principles
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Students mustMark as done
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Create a 3–5 page reflection paper grounded in your experiences at your field setting. This assignment will be graded using the rubric provided in Moodle. Paper #1 is due June 10, 2022, at 11:59pm EDT. In the paper, discuss the following elements:
- How do the mission and goals of your agency reflect an understanding of trauma?
- Describe individual and group level sources of traumatic stress for clients.
- How does the organization seek to acknowledge the impact of trauma on clients and clinicians, and what practices, if any, are put forward to address these impacts?
- In what ways do the practices and procedures within your organization reflect an awareness of diversity, difference, and/or structural inequities that shape clients’ experiences?
- What challenges do they experience in addressing these multiple layers of trauma?
- What steps can your organization take in implementing trauma-informed practices?
- Are there policies, either within your agency, or at the local, state or Federal level that are impacting the provision of services in your field setting?
- How do the mission and goals of your agency reflect an understanding of trauma?
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