On November 30, 2022, Pathways to Resilience hosted a Learning Network session highlighting the importance of involving people with lived experience in the design and implementation of policies and programs that impact them. The session featured Cherene Caracao, founder and CEO of Promise Resource Network and Pathways to Resilience Expert Advisory Committee member, and William Kellibrew, international advocate for survivors of trauma. The discussion considered barriers to engaging people with lived experience, highlighted successful policymaking born from the efforts of survivors, and offered strategies for uplifting the voice and choice of people with lived experience.
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Resource Type: Publications
Sectors: Education, Health

This tip sheet features strategies for meaningfully engaging trauma survivors in state and local policymaking and program design. Learn more by watching the corresponding Pathways Learning Network session.
Published By: Pathways to Resilience
Published Date: 2022
Resource Type: State Action Plans
Sectors: Health, Justice, Social Services

The end goal for this study was to build a framework for addressing and mitigating workplace trauma for library staff.
Published By: Urban Librarians Unite
Published Date: 2022
Resource Type: Research

The Building Community Resilience (BCR) model is an innovative, transformative approach that will foster collaboration across child health systems, community-based agencies, and cross-sector partners to address the root causes of toxic stress and childhood adversity, and build community resilience.
Published By: Center for Community Resilience, George Washington University
Published Date: 2017
Resource Type: Research
Sectors: Early Childhood, Health, Social Services

This toolkit is for child welfare staff, supervisors, and administrators who work with and on behalf of children, youth, and families who experience a natural disaster. It provides evidence- and trauma-informed guidance and resources for promoting positive outcomes for children and youth who experience natural disasters.
Published By: ChildTrends
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Early Childhood, Social Services

This toolkit aims to support juvenile justice staff and administrators in their efforts to enhance state, tribal, territory, and county-led efforts to promote healing and resilience among system-involved children and youth who are exposed to a natural disaster. The toolkit is available in English and Spanish.
Published By: ChildTrends
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Justice, Social Services

This guide provides guidance for employers and workforce development organizations to understand trauma and toxic stress and the impacts on employees. It also provides a selection of strategies and practices to promote a trauma-informed approach in employee management.
Published By: National Fund for Workforce Solutions, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Workforce

The purpose of this guide is to help those working with youth involved in multiple systems and their families to use a traumatic stress perspective and provide trauma-informed care.
Published By: The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Published Date: 2022
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Early Childhood, Justice, Social Services

This bench card was developed by the North Carolina Chief Justice's Task Force on ACEs-Informed Courts to help judges and court staff create more trauma-informed courtroom interactions, procedures, and communication.
Published By: North Carolina Judicial Branch
Published Date: 2022
Resource Type: Judicial Action
Sectors: Justice

Summarizes what is known about the impact of trauma on infants and toddlers, and the intervention strategies that could potentially protect them from the adverse consequences of traumatic experiences.
Published By: U.S. Department of Health and Homeland Security Administration for Children and Families
Published Date: 2015
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Early Childhood