This document introduces trauma-informed care, which recognizes the high prevalence of trauma and incorporates the survivor's perspective. Trauma-informed care facilitates consumer participation and asks "what happened" rather than "what's wrong". The five key principles of trauma-informed care are safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment. The document provides resources on trauma-informed approaches and considers how it relates to empowerment theory and potential intervention paths for trauma survivors.

1. Trauma Informed Care
An Introduction
Dr. Laura A. Lewis

2. What is Trauma-Informed Care
Read: http://www.samhsa.gov/nctic/trauma.asp
•Recognition of high-prevalence of trauma
•Philosophy of care that includes survivor’s
perspective

3. Trauma-informed Care
• Trauma-informed care facilitates
consumer participation (Harris & Fallot,
2001)
• Instead of asking, “What’s wrong”, we ask
“What happened”.

4. Five Principles
• Safety
• Trustworthiness
• Choice
• Collaboration
• Empowerment

5. Trauma-Informed Care
Information & Resources
Read
•http://www.socialwork.buffalo.edu/facstaff/ti
c_resources.asp

6. A Trauma-Informed Human Rights
Perspectice at UB SSW
http://www.socialwork.buffalo.edu/msw/trau
ma/trauma3_fullscreen.htm

7. Trauma-Informed Care: Listen
• http://shar.es/Kf9k2
Sandra L. Bloom, M.D., co-creator of the Sanctuary Model,
discusses a trauma-informed approach to treatment and
systems change. Dr. Bloom describes the paradigm shift
needed to understand the psychobiology of trauma and
its impact on recovery from mental illness.

8. Questions to Consider
• How does a Trauma-informed Care
perspective related to Empowerment Theory?
• Using a systems perspective, what paths for
intervention might a trauma-informed
perspective suggest for survivors of trauma?
• Is Dr. Mollica’s approach to care consistent
with a Trauma-informed Approach?

9. Reference
• Harris, M. & Fallot, R. D. (2001). Envisioning a trauma-
informed service system: A vital paradigm shift. New
Directions for Mental Health Services, 89, 3-22.
• Episode 10 - Dr. Sandra Bloom: The Sanctuary Model: A
Trauma-Informed Approach to Treatment and Services.
(2008, December 29). inSocialWork Podcast Series.
[Audio Podcast] Retrieved from
http://www.socialwork.buffalo.edu/podcast/episode.asp?
ep=10

10. Living Proof.
WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES.