This pamphlet presents findings from interviews with more than 450 residents and staff and 1400 organizational and individual trainings, and provides formative guidance and information about trauma-informed design principles and application.
Published By: Shopworks Architecture, Center for Housing and Homelessness Research at the University of Denver, and Group 14 Engineering
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Design, Social Services

Trauma-responsive Networks of Care are cross-sector collaborations that provide services and supports to help children and families prevent, address, and heal from trauma and toxic stress. They may include government agencies, community organizations, schools, health care providers, community members, and others. The Pathways Learning Network convened to learn how counties in California and Ohio are developing and sustaining trauma-responsive Networks of Care to prevent and address the impacts of adversity and trauma in their communities.
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Resource Type: Videos
Sectors: Design, Education, Health

Pursuing trauma-informed and trauma-responsive approaches across sectors extends to the spaces and settings we inhabit. The Pathways Learning Network convened on May 17, 2023 to learn about advances in the fields of architecture, design, and urban planning that consider the needs of people with lived experiences of trauma to prevent re-traumatization and promote overall well-being, healing, and joy in individuals and communities. This event was held in partnership with the Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma and was also part of the #WeHealUs campaign to raise awareness of strategies to prevent adversity and build resilience and healing.
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Resource Type: Videos
Sectors: Design, Health

This report discusses the benefit of biophilic design, a predecessor and crucial component of the emerging field of trauma-informed design. The report provides a closer look at the incorporation of biophilic design principles in low-income housing.
Published By: Group 14 Engineering
Published Date: 2020
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Design

This publication provides an overview of the ways in which trauma-responsive principles can be incorporated into the design of communal social service spaces to prevent retraumatization and pr omte physical and mental health and well-being.
Published By: Shopworks Architecture
Published Date: 2020
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Design, Social Services

In the second video in our series featuring Steering Committee members, Lauren Baker, the First Lady of Massachusetts, speaks with Erin Murphy Rafferty, CEO of the Wonderfund about how this non-profit organization engaged with the Department of Children and Families to create trauma-responsive programs, and how these efforts that have now expanded across several government agencies in Massachusetts.
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Resource Type: Videos
Sectors: Design, Health

This case study is one component of Preservation of Affordable Housing's Trauma Informed Housing Toolkit. The case study looks at trauma-responsive design renovations made to the largest affordable housing community in Missouri and outlines the process POAH underwent to make these adjustments, including extensive stakeholder engagement.
Published By: Preservation of Affordable Housing
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Design, Social Services, Workforce

This framework outlines the core values driving trauma-responsive design work and provides an overview of trauma-responsive design implememtation, including the four critical steps that ensure that TID is incorporated in each project from the onset.
Published By: Shopworks Architecture
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Design

Pathways to Resilience defines healing-centered, trauma-responsive networks of care as a group of cross-sector organizations that collaborate and coordinate to connect children and families to services and supports to prevent, treat, and heal from the harmful consequences of trauma and toxic stress. Members of a network of care may vary across communities but could include government agencies, health care providers, educators, and community organizations. These entities have a shared goal of mitigating the negative effects of trauma and adversity, developing and strengthening positive relationships, and helping families navigate systems of care through a “no wrong door approach.”
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Resource Type: Publications
Sectors: Design, Early Childhood, Health

Creating child-friendly environments can reduce stress and provide natural opportunities for parent and child bonding. This toolkit, informed directly by conversations with social workers, provides guidelines, suggestions, and examples with a focus on creating trauma-informed child- and family-friendly spaces.
Published By: The Wonderfund
Published Date: April 2023
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Design