Training & Education

Non-Verbal Feedback: Listening to Silent Voices and Decoding Unspoken Narratives

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From Steffannie Roache, MS LPC, Professor of Practice, Trauma Informed Oregon, with Mandy Davis, LCSW, PhD, Director, Trauma Informed Oregon Consider this scenario. A person either says or checks a box on a consent form saying, “Yes, I understand,” or “Yes, I’ll commit to attending [x-y-z]…” However, throughout the interaction, Non-Verbal Feedback: Listening to Silent Voices and Decoding Unspoken Narratives

Re-Imagining Feedback Processes in a Workplace Environment

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From Christy da Rosa, LCSW, Research Assistant, Trauma Informed Oregon When a clinic at which I worked advertised its annual staff survey, a coworker said, “They think they can trick us?” He quickly encouraged the rest of the team not to take the survey, expressing suspicions that anyone who offered Re-Imagining Feedback Processes in a Workplace Environment

Nourishing the Network 2.0 Trauma Informed Care 2023

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We’ve heard the call! Trauma Informed Oregon’s network of supporters, champions, trainers, and community partners have requested that TIO continue to provide a place for gathering, learning & celebration! In line with Trauma Informed Care, we honor that relationships serve as 1) a buffer to the ongoing stressors of life Nourishing the Network 2.0 Trauma Informed Care 2023

2022 Training of Trainers: Overviews of Events with Communities of Color, Spanish Speakers, and a Large Health Care Provider

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In the fall, TIO completed 3 Trainings of Trainers. Two of these were designed specifically for Communities of Color and for Spanish Speaking populations. The third TOT was for a single organization to build internal training capacity. The three TIO staff facilitating these offerings agreed on learning objectives and content, 2022 Training of Trainers: Overviews of Events with Communities of Color, Spanish Speakers, and a Large Health Care Provider

Walking the Walk: How Organizational Climate and Culture Unite Words With Actions

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From Dalia Avello, Psy.M., MA, IMH-E, Professor of Practice, Trauma Informed Oregon What Do English Idioms, Organizational Culture and Trauma Informed Care Have in Common? I take delight in nuances – those subtle details that make something unique. As a bilingual and bicultural person, one of my favorite things to do Walking the Walk: How Organizational Climate and Culture Unite Words With Actions

Opening 2023 with a Focus on Climate and Culture, an Essential Element of Trauma Informed Care

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From Mandy Davis, LCSW, PhD, Director, Trauma Informed Oregon It is 2023 and I hope this year provides the right amount of reflection, laugher, silence, connection, and joy as needed. I am focusing this newsletter on the Essential Element of Climate and Culture. When we envisioned the Four Essential Elements, Opening 2023 with a Focus on Climate and Culture, an Essential Element of Trauma Informed Care

The TRUE Model: A Starting Point for Building a Trauma Informed Organizational Workplace Culture

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From LaFreda Ceasar, MSW, Vice President of Equity and Culture Talent, New Narrative Many organizations and corporations are considering returning their employees to the workplace post-pandemic. Some have decided to keep their employees remote indefinitely. Either way, people in the workforce are navigating the workplace under very different circumstances; whether The TRUE Model: A Starting Point for Building a Trauma Informed Organizational Workplace Culture

988 and Creative Suicide Prevention

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From Diane Kaufman, MD, Child Psychiatrist, Founder-Director of the Arts & Healing Resiliency Center, Mind Matters, PC You can help raise awareness of 988, the new mental health crisis number. The song “Lift You Up” is a wonderful way to spread awareness of 988. Its loving compassion will encourage a 988 and Creative Suicide Prevention

What’s in a Name: Resilience

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From Christy da Rosa, MSW, LICSW, Research Assistant, Trauma Informed Oregon This month marks my first-year anniversary working with the Disaster Resilience Learning Collaborative (DRLC). The DRLC is a pilot program created in partnership with Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and United Way of Columbia-Willamette. It was inspired by and directly What’s in a Name: Resilience

Education and Training: The First Essential Element of Trauma-Informed Care

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From Mandy Davis, LCSW, PhD, Director, Trauma Informed Oregon In December I wrote about the 4 Essential Elements of trauma informed organizations or systems. The next several newsletters will cover a specific Essential Element, beginning with this newsletter’s focus on Education and Training. The ways in which all staff are Education and Training: The First Essential Element of Trauma-Informed Care