Trauma-Informed Intervention

What is a trauma-informed specialist?

Trauma-informed specialists perform a number of duties, but primarily, they help professionals understand and adopt a new approach of caring and teaching that recognizes the prevalence of personal trauma in many students’ histories.

A trauma-informed specialist helps by:

• Coordinating workshops and faculty conferences to spread understanding about trauma-informed care.
• Collecting and interpreting data to develop plans relevant to the school environment to avoid re-traumatizing survivors.
• Training and coaching professionals at intervals using nationally recognized concepts in trauma-informed mental and emotional healthcare.
• Advocating for students/families in crisis.
• Building students’ social-emotional competencies.