If we’re practicing a trauma informed approach, it makes a change in attention easier for the folks we’re serving.

There's a lot of talk about policies and understanding ACES, but there doesn't seem to be enough talk about how a person behaves in a trauma informed fashion. Like: "What do I have to do to be trauma informed?"

The sixth principle of the Child and Adolescent Service System Program principles is that service selection must be: Least restrictive/least intrusive: Services take place in settings that are the most appropriate and natural for the child and family and are the least restrictive and intrusive available to meet the needs of the child and family. If we look at this from a trauma informed perspective, it comes down to control over one’s own choices. Here are two important considerations: If a...

I was told I have to go to another meeting for me. I’m sick of meetings. I can’t tell you how many meetings I’ve gone to where I’ve seen the same faces talking about the same things (usually how I’m not living up to someone’s expectations or how I’m still displaying some kind of “behavior”). I hate this. My progress is a number on a piece of paper. I’m on some kind of level and I have to be on another level before I can do some things I’d LIKE to do – and I’m told I don’t have a choice...