This guide incorporates the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) six guiding principles for trauma-informed conversations and meetings. It helps facilitators navigate the process and re-establish a healthy space when discussion becomes unfocused, with detailed practical applications and tips.
This is a quick, easy-to-use reference for creating a trauma-informed approach to communication and identifying the qualities of trauma-informed communication.
Discusses impact of trauma on a person’s health and ability for function in society; very comprehensive; provides techniques for creating a healthier workplace.
In this 17-minute YouTube video, Stephanie Sundborg and Chris Wilson from Trauma Informed Oregon explain what trauma-informed care is, the science behind it, and share a few principles for caring communication.
53-minute Podcast presented by Sandra L. Bloom and #transformtrauma, a Campaign for Trauma Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP)
This one-page PDF explores stress journaling as a way to manage stress. It breaks down four prompts to help you tackle what irritates you in your own “thought record” journal.
This is a 3 page pdf that explores time management to improve work wellbeing
3-minute video helping to recognize and address chronic stress in the workplace from The Modern Worker
9-minute video from Dr. Tracey Marks on time management as a stress reducing action.
In this four-minute YouTube video, Rene Godefroy discusses the impacts of stress on leaders and ways to manage stress in the workplace.