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Maryland – A Trauma Informed Approach for Maryland Schools
A Guide to help Maryland's Local School Systems recognize and respond to the behavioral, emotional, relational, and academic impact of stress on those within the school system using trauma-informed approaches.
Published By: The Maryland State Department of Education
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: State Action Plans
Sectors: Education
Maryland – A Trauma Informed Approach for Maryland Schools
A guide to help Maryland’s Local School Systems recognize and respond to the behavioral, emotional, relational, and academic impact of stress on those within the school system using trauma-informed approaches.
Published By: The Maryland State Department of Education
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: State Action Plans
Sectors: Education
Massachusetts – Identifying Childhood Trauma: An Interim Report on Trauma Screening and Referral Practices
A report on the current landscape of child trauma identification practices.
Published By: Massachusetts Childhood Trauma Task Force
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Early Childhood
Massachusetts – Identifying Childhood Trauma: Recommendations on Trauma Identification Practices in Child-Serving Organizations
Report outlining general and sector-specific guidance for selecting and implementing an approach to identify when children have experienced trauma. The report also includes recommendations for how Massachusetts can support child-serving organizations.
Published By: Massachusetts Childhood Trauma Task Force
Published Date: 2022
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Early Childhood, Health
Massachusetts – Trauma-Informed Design Toolkit: Guidelines for Creating Interior Spaces
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
Massachusetts Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma Racial Trauma and Equity Training
Interactive trainings on trauma and resilience to build the skills of adults working with youth in recognizing race-based traumatic stress, including educators, school administrators, and other professionals working with youth in schools or community programs.
Published By: Center on Child Wellbeing & Trauma - Commonwealth Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Published Date: 2022
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Education, Social Services
Massachusetts Framework for Trauma-Informed and Responsive (TIR) Organizations
A framework that provides a vision, direction, shared language, and concrete examples for child-serving organizations and agencies seeking to better serve children and families who may have experienced trauma.
Published By: Massachusetts Childhood Trauma Task Force
Published Date: 2020
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Early Childhood, Social Services
Massachusetts Legislation to Create a Childhood Trauma Task Force
Legislation created a childhood trauma task force responsible for determining how the Commonwealth can better identify and provide services to children who have experienced trauma, with the goal of preventing future juvenile justice system involvement.
Published By: Massachusetts State Legislature
Published Date: 2018
Resource Type: Legislative Action
Sectors: Early Childhood, Justice
Methods and Emerging Strategies to Engage People with Lived Experience: Improving Federal Research, Policy, and Practice
Provides an overview of best practices and methods for agencies to meaningfully engage people with lived experiences in all levels of research, policy, and practice. The audience is federal agencies, but these strategies are applicable to a variety of state and local government offices and organizations.
Published By: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Health, Social Services
Michigan – ACEs State Action Plan
An Action Plan to dismantle intergenerational trauma and transform environments by leveraging community and organizational strengths to create resilient, inclusive, and prosperous environments where children, youth, and families can thrive.
Published By: Central Michigan University, Children’s Trust Fund, Michigan ACE Initiative, Michigan Association of Health Plans Foundation, Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, Michigan Public Health Institute
Published Date: 2020
Resource Type: State Action Plans