The TiD Society announces the release of Trauma-informed Design: A Framework for Designers, Architects, and Other Practitioners!

Lazy days of summer? Not around here! At Cowart Trauma Informed Partnership, we've been busy laying the groundwork for the exciting season ahead! We're announcing upcoming courses, scheduling professional development sessions, planning a roadshow, and offering new opportunities for individuals interested in joining our research team!

The Trauma-informed Design Society is pleased to announce the new TiDEvalK12 tool ! This tool is the first of its kind--an evidence-based tool to facilitate interior design renovations and new builds of K-12 schools! It can be used to evaluate the physical space and identify changes that can lower the stress levels of students and staff. The tool is grounded in the Substance and Mental Health Services Administrations' guidance for a trauma-informed approach, the Trauma-informed Design (TiD)...

Announcing upcoming courses for educators! Kick of your school year with Trauma-Informed Education or Supporting Marginalized Students!

Announcing upcoming courses for educators! Join Trauma-informed Education or Supporting Marginalized Students this summer!

Cowart Trauma Informed Partnership is named as trauma-informed design consultants for a new transitional residence for women and children affective by domestic violence.

In response to the current war in Ukraine, the Trauma-informed Design Society and Cowart Trauma Informed Partnership are pleased to announce a new resource for responding to collective trauma. Grounded in the knowledge that we can interrupt the possible negative effects of trauma, the pamphlet is available in three languages and provides an overview of resilience and how we can help develop a sense of safety that will lower the stress levels of survivors.

Are you looking for ways to support students from marginalized communities, but don't have time to take a class? Then check out our new trainings, created to help you develop a better understanding of your students, and provide supportive strategies grounded in a trauma-informed approach! The series includes a detailed look into the experiences of children from several marginalized communities, and offers techniques designed to help students feel safe, empowered, and able to focus on their...

Spring registration is now open for Trauma-Informed Education & Supporting Marginalized Students courses! NYC teachers may earn A+ credits.

Intro to Trauma Informed Care is for YOU! Designed to help you implement a trauma-informed approach throughout your organization, this live webinar provides an introductory understanding, and will equip you with tools you can use right away.

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Foundation has awarded the Trauma-informed Design Society a $30,000 grant to conduct a pilot project culminating in the creation of a tool schools can use to evaluate their physical space and identify changes that can lower the stress levels of students and staff! PROJECT OVERVIEW The space in which students learn can communicate safety and promote secure attachments with teachers, or it can symbolize lack of dignity and agency, encouraging...

This truly is a special time for many of us, but let's also acknowledge that this is a very busy, stressful, and sometimes overwhelming time. This blog post imagines a new kind of holiday tradition, grounded in all the kinds of things that help us in stressful times. We also share newly available resources and exciting news about what's to come in the new year, including a grant-funded project to help lower stress levels in schools!

Did you know that societal inequities can impact a person's long-term health outcomes? Marginalization is the exclusion of a disadvantaged person or group to the fringe of society. It results in individuals being overlooked when laws, policies, and practices are established that protect the privileged class, and leads to adverse community environments--such as poverty, poor housing, and lack of mobility--that promote fertile ground for structural violence and harm, including racism and...

Cowart Trauma Informed Partnership is pleased to announce an upcoming course for educators. This is 5-week, 45-hour course goes well beyond an introductory understanding, and will equip you with tools you can use in your classroom right away.

Cowart Trauma Informed Partnership and Boston Architectural College faculty to present poster on the implications for design at the ANFA Symposium!

Registration is now open for two summer sessions of this professional development course for educators! Designed to bridge the gap from knowing about trauma to being able to fully implement a trauma-informed approach in the classroom, this course will explore the key principles of a trauma-informed approach, and how they can be applied in an school setting to achieve equitable and just outcomes.

Did you miss our talk on Transforming Correctional Design for Justice Reform? Based in the irrefutable facts of the biological effects of trauma, this talk is now available for you to stream!

Registration is now open for this professional development opportunity in trauma-informed education for New York City Teachers!

Join us on December 8th for this discussion on Transforming Correctional Design for Justice Reform! Work in corrections or youth justice? Engaged in the social justice movement? Are you a designer or architect? This is one talk you can't afford to miss! Christine Cowart, of Cowart Trauma Informed Partnership will join Janet Roche, faculty member and Alumni Council member of Boston Architectural College (BAC), in alive-broadcast event, to discuss the implications of trauma-informed principles...

Cowart Trauma Informed Partnership launches a new course for educators seeking to implement a trauma-informed approach. Register now. Course starts October 17, 2020!

Interested in Trauma-Informed Design concepts, but don't know where to begin? Check out this new website! www.https://traumainformeddesign.org/ Trauma informed design used to be a nicety, now it is a necessity. Businesses now have to deal with the wellbeing of its employees like never before. Seeing a need for a unified location to showcase the amazing work of designers, psychologists, educators, architects, and other professionals in the trauma-informed design world, the website was...

As winter nears, national organization hosts trauma-informed care training for snow sports instructors!

Cowart Trauma Informed Partnership is thrilled to announce new initiative in trauma-informed policing!

Know about ACEs, but wondering how to apply that information? Join Cowart Trauma Informed Partnership for a live webinar that will help you implement trauma informed care throughout your organization: TRAUMA INFORMED CARE Wednesday, July 1st, at 2 p.m. EDT This introductory level course is essential for anyone who works with the public. Participants will learn what trauma is, understand its possible effects, recognize the signs, and learn how to respond appropriately. Designed to address the...

There's a lot happening in the United States right now, and many of us are struggling to process everything in the news and taking place in our communities. Our children are taking in some of these things too! Just as we are struggling with current events, our children are trying to make sense of what they are hearing and the images they see. We need to help them in this process, or they will come up with their own narratives. I came across this great resource today, from Autism Little...

Boston Architectural College hosts "BAC Talks" on Design for the Post-Pandemic Environment Join us at the inaugural BAC Talks Event on June 10, 2020 for Trauma Informed Design: A Look at Educational Environmental Design in a Post-Pandemic Environment Christine Cowart, founder of Cowart Trauma Informed Partnership , will provide a trauma-informed framework for this discussion. The interdisciplinary panel, led by Boston Architectural College faculty, will address the need for a trauma-informed...

(all times above shown in Eastern Daylight Time) You asked, and we listened! Now offering live webinars at times designed to fit YOUR schedule. Two new times added for Into to Trauma Informed Care : Tuesdays at 10 pm EDT/7 pm Pacific Time; and Saturdays at 12 pm EDT/9 am Pacific Time. INTRO TO TRAUMA INFORMED CARE This live webinar is an introductory course designed to help you implement a trauma-informed approach throughout your organization. This course is essential for anyone who works...

Announcing two upcoming live webinars on Trauma Informed Care designed to help YOU implement a trauma informed approach throughout your organization! Join us This introductory level course is essential for anyone who works with the public. Participants will learn what trauma is, understand its possible effects, recognize the signs, and learn how to respond appropriately. Ever timely, due to the increased impact of trauma our society is facing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, this live...