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Trauma-Informed Practice

‘Trauma is an exceptional experience in which powerful and dangerous events overwhelm a person’s capacity to cope.’

What does trauma look Like ?

Children and young people who have experienced trauma will:

FLIGHT, FRIGHT OR FREEZE

FEAR

ANIEXTY

IRRIATBILITY

HELPLESSNESS

ANGER

SHAME

DEPRESSION

GUILT

Look through a trauma lens

Every person's lens is unique

“Childhood trauma results from the impact of external forces that render a young person temporarily helpless and break ordinary coping and defensive systems. 

This includes not only those conditions marked by intense surprise, but also those marked by prolonged and sickening anticipation.”

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Lenore Terr

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'Behaviour is a Language of Communication'

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What is trauma-informed practice?

WHY USE Trauma informed PRACTICE?

DOES YOUR PROVISION NEED SUPPORT?

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