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Using Language to Prevent Re-Traumatization
Language can have a powerful influence on how we understand our relationships to the world and one another, and many people don’t realize that the English language contains many common phrases and metaphors that infer or explicitly reference violence. Invoking violent imagery casually in our daily conversations – whether professional or personal – can cause harm, particularly to individuals who have survived violent or traumatic experiences.
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Resource Type: Publications
Sectors: Cultural Competence, Education, Health
Valuing and Retaining Staff: Understanding and Being Responsive to Trauma Can Benefit Both Organizations and their Workforce
This issue brief provides information about the impact of vicarious and secondary trauma on professionals in organizations serving the health and well-being of others. The brief also provides practices organizations can take to become trauma-responsive, combat compassion fatigue and secondary trauma, and support a healthy, resilient workforce.
Published By: Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma
Published Date: 2023
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Social Services, Workforce
Vermont – An Act Relating to Ensuring a Coordinated Public Health Approach to Addressing Childhood Adversity and Promoting Resilience
An act relating to ensuring a coordinated public health approach to addressing childhood adversity and promoting resilience
Published By: Vermont Legislature
Published Date: 2018
Resource Type: Legislative Action
Sectors: Early Childhood, Health
Vermont Agency of Human Services Trauma Informed System of Care Policy Statement
The VT Agency of Human Services policy on being a trauma-informed and trauma-responsive organization.
Published By: State of Vermont
Published Date: 2017
Resource Type: Executive Action
Sectors: Social Services
Virginia – Community Resource Mapping Facilitation Guide
The purpose of this facilitator’s guide is to support communities through the process of resource mapping without outside assistance. All pre-mapping documents, event handouts, and lists needed to facilitate this process are included in this guide.
Published By: Virginia HEALS
Published Date: 2019
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Early Childhood, Health, Social Services
Virginia – E-Learning Courses
Five e-Learning courses have been developed to support Virginia HEALS' implementation of the Trauma-Informed Model of Service Delivery - including community resource mapping, trauma-informed screening, screening for experiences and strengths, the referral and response protocol, and how to engage families.
Published By: Virginia HEALS
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Early Childhood, Social Services
Virginia – Family Engagement: A Guide to Partnering with Families to Improve Service Outcomes
Provides child, youth, and family serving agencies and organizations with guidance on how and why to meaningfully engage family members into the decision-making process around the content and direction of services, interventions, and/or referrals made in the course of case management and planning.
Published By: Virginia HEALS
Published Date: 2019
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Early Childhood, Education, Social Services
Virginia – Trauma-Informed Screening
This course covers the basics of trauma, how it affects children and youth, and how to help identify a need for resources and support by screening for traumatic experiences.
Published By: Virginia HEALS
Published Date: 2020
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Health, Social Services
Virginia Community Resource Mapping Facilitation Guide
A facilitator's guide for supporting communities through the process of resource mapping to identify assets and resources that can be used for building a system to support and care for children, youth, and families. Can be used with the e-learning course.
Published By: Virginia HEALS
Published Date: 2020
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Social Services
Virginia Grant Application Development Menu for Funders
Offers options for funders to consider while developing or assessing requests for applications or grant guidelines to encourage grantees to provide quality, comprehensive, trauma-informed services for children, youth, and their families.
Published By: Virginia HEALS
Published Date: 2019
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Health