Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach

The guide specifically focuses on tools and strategies for implementing a trauma-informed approach. This guide highlights the need for organizational assessment of readiness and capacity before implementing trauma-informed approach and describes strategies for such assessments.

The guide describes implementation strategies across the following 10 domains:

1. Training and Workforce Development;
2. Governance and Leadership;
3. Cross Sector Collaboration;
4. Financing;
5. Physical Environment;
6. Engagement and Involvement;
7. Screening, Assessment, and Treatment Services;
8. Progress Monitoring and Quality Assurance;
9. Policy;
10. Evaluation.

The guide is intended for anyone involved in organization-level change, including practitioners, state and local officials, policy makers, federal and non-federal funders, peers, and family members.