Secondary Traumatic Stress in Child Welfare Practice: Trauma-Informed Guidelines for Organizations
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2016-12
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Chadwick Center for Children and Families
Abstract
The Chadwick Trauma-Informed Systems Dissemination and Implementation Project (CTISPDI)
was a Category II Center within the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. CTISP-DI
worked with five Supercommunities across the country to serve as communities of
excellence and lead the transformation of public child welfare agencies into traumainformed
systems within their respective jurisdictions. During the work with the
Supercommunities, a significant need was identified for training, support, and strategies to
approach STS within each of the 5 child welfare jurisdictions.
After developing a workgroup and reviewing Florida’s Continuum of Care for the Child
Welfare Professional: Prevention and Intervention Points with Corresponding Services for
Vicarious Trauma, members of the workgroup suggested adapting this document, digging
deeper, and providing research and practical examples for the concepts developed by the
Florida Department of Children and Families. They focused on developing trauma-informed
guidelines designed to assist child welfare organizations approach the impact of STS on
staff, while acknowledging the limited resources currently available to support the
implementation of ideas and strategies on an organizational level.
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guidelines, trauma informed, secondary traumatic stress, child welfare services
Citation
Chadwick Trauma-Informed Systems Dissemination and Implementation Project. (2016). Secondary traumatic stress in child welfare practice: Trauma-informed guidelines for organizations. San Diego, CA: Chadwick Center for Children and Families.