Free, self-paced, online course is designed to educate professionals and volunteers on the impact of trauma on health, aging, and service delivery.
Published By: Jewish Federations of North America’s Center on Aging, Trauma, and Holocaust Survivor Care
Published Date: March 2025
Resource Type: Trainings
Sectors: Education, Health, Social Services

This practical guide updates and expands the discussion presented in SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach Resource from 2014. The primary goal of this guide is to provide implementation strategies across multiple domains based on the original publication.
Published By: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Published Date: 2023
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Early Childhood, Education, Health, Justice, Social Services, Workforce

Learn about how policymakers, community leaders, and advocates are working to prevent violence and provide trauma-responsive services to individuals and communities affected by violence to support the healing process in this Pathways Learning Network session held June 13, 2023. Abigail Hurst, Director of Trauma-Informed Programs at Everytown for Gun Safety, explores recent research on the far-reaching impacts of gun violence on individuals, families, and communities. Andrew Woods, CEO of Hartford Communities That Care, discusses hospital-based violence intervention programs and actions state Medicaid programs can take to address violence. And Nannette Dix, Program Manager at the Louisville Office for Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods, shares how her office provides community-based programming and trauma-informed services and referrals to build more resilient communities.
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Resource Type: Videos
Sectors: Health, Justice, Social Services

On March 9, the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Office of Human Service Policy in the federal Department of Health and Human Services released findings from their 2022 convening on primary prevention. The Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Convening Findings highlights the importance of moving from tertiary and secondary prevention strategies – like crisis management and escalation prevention – to primary and primordial prevention strategies, including programs and policies that prevent adverse outcomes from occurring, such as providing families with economic and/or housing supports, programs to support healthy family relationships, and positive school culture efforts. This approach is designed to reduce risk factors and strengthen protective factors while also addressing social, economic, and structural policies that affect health and well-being. The report suggests that shifting from crisis response to crisis prevention is a critical step in the pursuit of a healthy, resilient nation.
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Resource Type: Publications
Sectors: Early Childhood, Education, Health, Social Services

Professional Quality of Life (proQOL) is intended for any helper - health care professionals, social service workers, teachers, attorneys, emergency response, etc. - to guide understanding of the positive and negative aspects of helping those who experience trauma and suffering I order to can improve your ability to help them and your ability to keep your own balance.
Published By: The Center for Victims of Torture
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Health, Social Services, Workforce

A factsheet about children in the juvenile justice system and AAP policy recommendations. The lead author is Pathways to Resilience Expert Advisory Committee member, Dr. Mikah Owen.
Published By: American Academy of Pediatrics
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Justice

California’s ACEs Aware initiative – authorized by a series of legislative and policy actions (AB 340 and Proposition 56) – leverages state and federal Medicaid funding to support a multi-faceted approach to educating the health care community about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress. The focus of the initiative is to encourage primary care providers to screen their patients for ACEs, use the knowledge they have gained to provide trauma-informed care, and follow-up with evidence-based interventions and connections to needed supports.
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Resource Type: Publications
Sectors: Early Childhood, Education, Health

This guide is intended to provide an introduction to the topic of trauma, a discussion of why understanding and addressing trauma is important for human services programs, and a “road map” to find relevant resources.
Published By: Administration for Children & Families
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Health, Social Services

This guide provides an introduction to the topic of trauma, a discussion of why understanding and addressing trauma is important for human service programs, and relevant resources for implementing trauma-informed policies and practices for leaders at the local, state, tribal, and territorial levels. Topics include ACEs, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and historical trauma; providing trauma-informed services; building staff capacity and resilience; and addressing compassion fatigue, toxic stress, and executive functioning of staff.
Published By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
Published Date: 2022
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Early Childhood, Health, Social Services

This report discusses school restorative justice practices as a potential protective factor and an alternative to exclusionary discipline policies in K-12 school settings.
Published By: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Education