Resource Library

TOOLKIT: Trauma-Informed Workplaces was produced by C-TIPP (Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice) in 2024, this toolkit provides educational concepts and practical strategies to support team members (I.E., defined in this toolkit as employees, staff, workers, interns, fellows, C-suite leadership, human resources and administrative professionals, volunteers, committee and board members, etc.) in advocating for more trauma-informed …

The 4 Building Blocks of Hope: For Caregivers Who Have Been Incarcerated- published by Tufts Medical Center and Positive Experiences.org. 5 pages including topics such as returning from incarceration, and creating safe and stable …

Short Video – Knowing Your Why. Comedian Michael Jr. illustrates what it means when you connect with your why. Know Your Why | Michael Jr. …

Training and Consultation – CORE – Communities Organizing for Racial Equity About Us | (corenc.org) provides training and coaching for organizations and communities work to create a culture of equity to build stronger communities rooted in collective power, liberating themselves, and transforming their institutions for racial equity through our work in education, community healing, and community …

Website: Center for Child and Family Health through Duke University Home | Center for Child & Family Health (ccfhnc.org) is the home of treatment, prevention, and transformation for families, organizations, funders and …

Introduction to Advocacy: Tools and Tips – a resource and toolkit from NC …

Short video – an 18 minute TED talk by Vernisha Crawford titled “When Work and Wellness Collide, filed at UNC Charlotte.When Work and Wellness Collide | Vernisha Crawford | TEDxUNCCharlotte …

85 second video called “I Am Prevention” that helps communities understand what Primary Prevention …

Data Resource and website – a map with North Carolina county level data on housing. County Profiles – North Carolina Housing Coalition …

Infographic – Diversity-Informed Tenets for Working with Infants, Children and Families (in English and Spanish) 10 Tenets from the Irving Harris …

Guide – Calling In and Calling Out Guide In fostering spaces of inclusion and belonging, the concepts of “calling out” or “calling in” have become popular ways of thinking about how to bring attention to harm being done to marginalized individuals and …

Article – Building Strong, Sustainable Backbone Leadership – A product of Harvard Graduate School of Education and EDREDESIGN, is a study of qualities that make a strong backbone …

Film: Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope, by KPJR Films (2016). This 60-minute documentary has been used by many NC coalitions to educate the community on ACEs and Toxic Stress. This is the KPJR Films website about the film which includes a press kit and other tools for a showing. The film may be viewed (for a small fee) on several …

Film – the 2016 film Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope has been used in many communities to educate about ACEs and Toxic Stress. Watch the Trailer …

Fact Sheet and Infographic – produced by UNC-CH and supported by numerous organizations, this infographic provides supporting documentation for the benefits of passing legislation to provide paid family …

Infographics – from a PowerPoint presentation by Safe Babies – A program of Zero to …

Resource Guide – From RNCCC (Resilient NC Collaborative Coalition) for Advocacy Week. Guide includes different activity ideas for adults and children as well as messaging for Resilience Proclamation Week – Developed 2022 by this volunteer …

Video – Mr. Rogers asks audience to take 10 seconds to remember the person(s) who helped you become the person you …

Assessment – Trauma-Informed Organizational Self-Assessment for Child Abuse Prevention Organizations. There are 117 questions across 5 domains – Supporting Staff Development, Creating a Safe and Supportive Environment, Assessing and Planning Services, Involving Consumers and Adapting …

Assessment – Creating Trauma-Informed Care Environments – a 4-page assessment with a total of 25 questions across 6 domains. Developed by the University of South Florida in …

Assessment – Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. This is an information packet about this assessment, geared primarily towards clinical settings for …

Toolkit and Assessment – Thrive – An implementation guide and assessment to use towards Trauma-Informed Organizational …

Assessment and Toolkit – Trauma-Informed Organizational assessment and toolkit written for those providing homeless services but a good tool for other situations as well. (Certain domains may be omitted – such as sleeping arrangements if not …

Assessment – Organizational Self-Assessment: Trauma-Informed Care in Youth Serving Settings. A 7-page document created and copyrighted by Traumatic Stress Institute of Klingberg Family Centers. Please contact the purveyor before …

Assessment – Burnout Self Test – a one page, 15-item document. Adapted from MindTools: Essential skills for an excellent …

Assessment – Trauma-Informed Welfare System Assessment by the Children’s Trauma Assessment Center. This tool has 19 …

Guidelines – from NC DHHS on using person-centered language. Published February …

Website – Prenatal to Three Policy Impact …

ACEs-Informed-Courts-Task-Force-Report-11292023 (nccourts.gov) Report – published by the NC ACEs Informed Courts Task Force in November, 2023, this report provides an overview of recommendations and actions taken by this task force led by District Attorney Ben David and Ryan Boyce, Director of NC Office of the …

Infographic – Say This Not That – Provides alternatives to commonly used phrases that are not inclusive or equity-focused. Produced in part by United for a Fair …

Toolkit – This toolkit created by the Office for Victims of Crime includes tools and resources tailored specifically to fields such as Victim Services, EMS, Fire Services and Law Enforcement for organizations to address the vicarious trauma needs of their …

Training – Four different modules (ranging from 60-90 minutes, some with continuing education credits) are …

Policy Report: Published by Nurture Connection in October 2023, this report provides specific examples of policy recommendations to advance early relational health, a building block for creating strong relationships crucial to resilient communities and individuals. Examples from several states (Washington, California, Michigan, Vermont, New Jersey and …

Policy Paper from the American Academy of Pediatrics. A portion of the abstract reads:  An important goal of early childhood education is teaching emotional self-regulation within the context of a safe, stable, nurturing environment. Expulsion of young children ignores underlying emotional and behavioral concerns, disproportionately affects children of color (Black or Hispanic), males, children with disabilities, and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and has long-term consequences on educational and life …

Comic Book – This 24 page comic book is geared toward middle schoolers is created by mental health experts, educators, and cartoonists this comic and provides knowledge and resources for students to help them be healthier and more resilient. Copies made be purchased or …

Training – online training about preventing ACEs specifically designed for faith and spiritual …

Podcast – In this new podcast episode, Collective Impact Forum’s Courtney W. Robertson talks with Jamilica Burke and Melody Freeman from Seeding Success, an organization focused on supporting the wellbeing of children and families in Memphis, Tennessee. In this conversation, they discuss how Seeding Success continues to keep equity at the center of their work, even as they navigate uncertainty and turmoil following the rise of opposition against efforts that specifically address equity disparities. We learn how Seeding Success uses these challenges to fuel themselves forward as well as how they have shifted strategies to continue making …

Article – what does hope have to do with the burnout rates of child welfare workers? This article explores the role hope plays in keeping child welfare workers engaged in their important …

Newsletter – Ballad Health Strong Brain Institute – this issue highlights the work happening at Ballad Health to bring trauma-informed educational institutions – from pre-K to higher education in Tennessee. Strategies and programs being implemented are …

Guide – the compelling story of one agency in Waupaca, Wisconsin, as they went on the journey of becoming a trauma-informed organization. Includes step-by-step descriptions of what the Human Services Department of Waupaca did and data that supports why an organization should consider this …

Website – A Family Forward NC Certification designates employers that offer policies and practices that support the health and well-being of working families and …

Website – A website with policies, resources and tools to create family-friendly workplaces. Includes a workplace guide, sample policies, case studies and how to achieve employer certification, …

Guide – Building a Trauma-Informed System of Care is a 115-page guide to creating a trauma-informed system of care based on the Johnston City Model in Tennessee. Building Strong Brains TN is the backbone organization of the statewide work in …

Guide – from the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, this guide provides a directions on how to create a human-designed workplace where workers can thrive and realize their full …

Video – Chad’s Story  This powerful 5-minute video shows how ONE caring adult can make all the difference in the world to a young person who is struggling with trauma, building their resilience and sense of being …

Assessment – Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale is available in 2, 10, and 25 item questionnaires and are a validated instrument to measure resilience. There is a minimal cost to use this …

Blueprint for a Vicarious Trauma-Informed Organization | The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit | Where Do We Begin? (ojp.gov) Toolkit – this toolkit was developed by the Office for Victims of Crime, and provides a toolkit for how to develop an organization which is aware of and responsive to vicarious trauma. …

The Missouri Model: A Developmental Framework for Trauma-Informed Approaches | dmh.mo.gov   Toolkit – this toolkit provides a step-by-step guide to how to take an organization on its journey towards becoming …

Toolkit – this framework for implementing trauma-informed approaches in the school setting provides a step-by-step guide on how to move from trauma-aware to …

Video – 51-minute interview with Momma Kai, an unhoused mother of an 8 year-old child. She talks about her own situation with tremendous eloquence, deep insights, and positivity, as well as grounded solutions to the homelessness/unhoused crisis in …

Video – This 3 minute video showcases an example of a small non-profit (Conservation Trust for NC) who has become a Family Forward NC Certified Employer, highlighting the small changes made to make their organization more family friendly. …

Assessment – The ARTIC Scale is a validated tool to measure professional and para-professional attitudes towards trauma-informed work. The ARTIC Scale was co-developed by Dr. Courtney Baker  of Tulane University and the Traumatic Stress Institute. It has been administered globally to more than 150,000 professionals in human service agencies, school systems, state agencies and more. There is a fee to use this …

Webinar – this Powerpoint from a webinar held in August 2023 provides information about why economic supports to families are a critical strategy in reducing child abuse and neglect. Data and justification are provided to support this …

website – Office of Indigent Defense Services. The Office of the Parent Defender provides and promotes high quality legal representation for parents affected by the child welfare system (DSS) and parents facing contempt in child support and other civil …

Article – The findings of this study suggest SNAP policy options that increase the generosity and stability of household resources may yield valuable population health returns by preventing child maltreatment and the need for costly child welfare …

KU research finds association between a state’s generosity with food benefits, child welfare – Kansas Reflector Article – this publication finds a correlation between an increase in food benefits and the reduction of child abuse and the amount of funds spent on foster …

A broad range of developmental and criminological research is drawn upon to provide frameworks for implementing trauma-informed care as a systemic intervention aimed at minimizing retraumatization and using every interaction that juveniles have with the criminal legal system to contribute to recovery and prevent …

Article – Can Art Really Heal Trauma? | ARTSMH (artsmentalhealth.org) For some individuals talking therapies might not be efficient in releasing traumatic stress. Traumatized individuals often face an impossibility to speak and find themselves in a state of ‘speechless terror’ when trying to explain traumatic sensations (van der Kolk, 1994). Art therapy differs from other therapy forms due to the incorporation of nonverbal elements – the use of art means including drawing, painting, collage, and sculpting to process traumatic experiences. Therapeutic art interventions provide the possibility to reach, express and later comment on feelings, and memories related to the traumatic event. Art enables the individual to externalize the memories and emotionally disengage from …

Workshop – Thrive Architects facilitates policy education workshops to teach students, communities, and advocates how to enact federal policy changes. All workshops are facilitated by an experienced DC-based policy …

Website – Thrive Architects works with organizations to implement strategic policy and advocacy initiatives before Congress. We help to organize coalitions, advise on policy-related work products, and address organizational capacity …

Blog – How employers can play a role in keeping families safe from violence 

Report – Family-Friendly Business Policies Help Lower Child Abuse, Neglect Rates

Blog – How employers can support employees who have experience harrassment, assault

Film – a 56-minute film produced by Wisconsin PBS that explains the results of childhood trauma (ACEs) following several children’s stories and those who provide services to …

Training – This trauma training helps staff gain awareness of trauma and resilience, improving understanding of trauma’s impacts and modifying approaches with clients. Training is offered in 2-, 4-, 8-, or 16-hour …

In April 2023, the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) sponsored a statewide summit, “Leveraging North Carolina’s Assets to Prevent Child Trauma.” Findings from this event are summarized …

Publication – produced by Trauma Matters Delaware, this white paper provides a rationale and framework for a trauma-informed higher education institution.

Website – Our Children’s Place is a statewide resource committed to the children of incarcerated and returning parents and focused on creating communities where the children are acknowledged, supported, and encouraged to share their stories.

Toolkit – This toolkit created by Prevent Child Abuse NC provides help on how to raise awareness and engage in advocacy activities to work upstream to create environments which reduce stress on parents which often leads to child abuse and neglect.

Training – Free training available in English and Spanish on how to recognize and respond to child abuse.

Graphic – this graphic displays the variety of ways power and privilege is expressed.

Training – Key Components of Trauma informed Care – We will move from awareness to action to examine 6-core principles of trauma informed care and what it “looks like” to integrate these concepts into action in our work environments.  

Training – Behind the Mask – This program is designed to facilitate discussion on the importance of assessing trauma in children, with a focus on various types of trauma assessments that can (and should) be weaved into your assessment battery. We will discuss best practices when assessing trauma to get the best information without inadvertently retraumatizing the child.  Tips, tools, and resources will be provided that move toward a trauma-informed assessment practices that are easy to use and effective.  

Training – Applying Trauma-Informed Approaches in Shelter Settings – This workshop provides practical tips and tools around implementing trauma-informed practices within shelter and housing settings. 

Training – Trauma-Informed Care in the Justice System – This workshop provides practical tips and tools around implementing trauma-informed practices within the court system.

Training – Effective Providers for Victimized Children – This workshop increases the capacity and effectiveness of mental health professions providing services to children victimized by violence.  

Training – Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Settings – An understanding of trauma and an awareness of the impact it can have across settings, services, and populations is critical to trauma-informed care in behavioral health settings. It involves thinking about trauma in different ways and altering service practices to create a therapeutic environment that provides opportunities for survivors to rebuild a sense of control, empowerment, and balance in their lives.  

Training – Trauma-Informed Care in the Schools – This training Introduces the concepts of trauma-informed classrooms and assists with implementation steps of trauma-informed schools as a method to improving school success among youth, teachers, and school communitites.

Training – This program is designed to introduce practitioners to the concepts and implementation of trauma, trauma informed care, and the links between trauma and substance abuse.

Training – Applications of Trauma. This workshop provides practical tips and tools around implementing trauma-informed approaches within first responder settings.

Training – Building Provider Resilience and Preventing Burnout – This training will help professionals to understand the difference between compassion fatigue, burnout, moral distress, and vicarious trauma.  We will build an individualized plan focused on self-compassion, self-care, professional coping, and action-based resiliency so that we can be best prepared to help others.  

Training – Training and technical assistance provided to organizations and systems working toward becoming more trauma informed by utilizing Kellin’s research-based, 6-step process.

Training – Teens Gotta Talk is designed to teach coping skills which will help to enable high schoolers to manage stressors impacting their personal life, school performance, and attendance. Teens Gotta Talk consists of three evidence-based modules incorporating lessons and activities offered, including Stress Management, Self-Esteem, and Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention.

Training – Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) helps participants explore their own personal symptoms, triggers, strategies to promote wellness, and hopes.

Training – Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)-Youth is an eight-hour training certification course that teaches participants a five-step action plan to assess a situation, select and implement interventions and secure appropriate care for youth. Offered through multiple NC organizations including Kellin Foundation, System of Care Locations and others.

Training – Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an eight-hour training certification course that teaches participants a five-step action plan to assess a situation, select and implement interventions and secure appropriate care for the individual. Offered through multiple NC organizations including System of Care Sites, Kellin Foundation and others.

Training – QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer), a nationally recognized best-practices program offering training in suicide/ crisis aversion.

Prevention Program – Prevention Program- The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® trains community members to not only help themselves but to help others within their wider social network. The primary focus of this skills-based, stabilization program is to re-set the natural balance of the nervous system. Available through numerous NC organizations including the Kellin Foundation, Benchmarks, Change Often, Coastal Horizons, New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force, and many others. A comprehensive list of CRM training providers is under development.

Prevention Program- Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) uses ideas and skills derived from evidence-based, positive parenting programs for any adult working with children or teens to improve relationships and reduce mild-to-moderate behavior challenges. Through a positive relationship, a child’s social-emotional development and learning potential are enhanced.

Prevention Program- Triple P: PECE is a research based intervention for early childhood teachers, diretors and policy makers. PECE allows online self-paced learning modules paired with technical support to bring a trauma-informed lens to the classroom with concrete strategies and solutions for individualized needs.

Training- The Fundamentals of ACEs and Resilience- Level 1 through East Tennessee State University provides an overview of ACEs and other forms of trauma and stress, including how trauma- and resilience-informed approaches can promote better health and well-being in individuals, workplaces, and the larger community.

Prevention Program- Circle of Security helps parents understand their child’s emotional world by learning to read emotional needs, support their child’s ability to successfully manage emotions, enhance the development of their child’s self esteem and honor the innate wisdom and desire for their child to be secure.

Prevention Program – Incredible Years is guided by developmental theory on the role of multiple interacting risk and protective factors in the development of conduct problems. The programs are designed to work jointly to promote emotional, social, and academic competence and to prevent, reduce, and treat behavioral and emotional problems in young children.

Prevention Program- The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is an evidence-based family skills training program for high-risk and general population families

Prevention Program- The Parents as Teachers approach is to partner, facilitate and reflect. Parents as Teachers is an evidence-based home visiting model that
promotes the optimal early development, learning and health of children
by supporting and engaging their parents and caregivers.

Prevention Program- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a short-term, specialized behavior management program designed for families with young children (2-7) experiencing behavioral and/or emotional difficulties due to a variety of reasons, including trauma. PCIT places an emphasis on strengthening a positive caregiver-child relationship, while teaching caregivers how to appropriately manage their child’s problematic behaviors.

Prevention Program- Triple P’s positive parenting program allows each person doing the program to decide what is important to them. So it’s not telling you how to raise children, but giving you the confidence and skills to build good relationships, set boundaries and rules calmly and in ways that kids understand, and follow up with consequences that are not harmful.

Training- Trauma survivors when seeking services are often involved with multiple agencies. The Creating Trauma Informed Multidisciplinary Teams as Best Practice Presentation explains how each of these need to understand an effective service delivery must use a trauma informed approach.

Training- Using a Trauma Informed Approach in the Justice System is a 3 hour training on why justice professionals need to understand trauma/ACEs and practical strategies to use that promote recidivism and recovery.

Training – Resilient Centered Healthcare is a 2 hour presentation on the basics of trauma/ACEs and strategies for implementing trauma informed care in healthcare settings.

Training- Using a Trauma Informed Approach in Early Childhood Education is a 3 hour presentation on the basics of trauma, ACEs, practicing serve and return in early childhood education settings, and creating healing environments.

Training- Creating Trauma Informed Resilient Schools is a 3-4 hour presentation on the basics of trauma, how trauma impacts learning, ACEs, classroom strategies to help students thrive and steps to attain sustainable school culture shift.

Training- The Basics of Trauma, ACEs, Resilience, and Using a Trauma Informed Approach is a 3.5 hour presentation that focuses on defining trauma, how to identify it and it impacts early brain development, understanding ACEs, building resilience and keys to using a trauma informed approach. There is a 5 hour Train the Trainer model available.

Training- The Building a Trauma Informed Resilient Community is full of compelling reasons why a community should become trauma informed/resilient focused and how to get there by using the steps Advocate, Educate and Collaborate.

Training- Houses of faith are a place where people for help.  Trauma Informed for Faith Based Communities is designed to help leaders understand the basics of trauma and develop skills for restoring trauma survivors within their congregations.

Training- The 3.5 hour Trauma Informed Policing Presentation explores why law enforcement should understand trauma, strategies to reduce trauma on scene, community and officer trauma. There is also a 5 hour train the trainer available.

Training- The Trauma Informed Policing – Leading for Change companion presentation provides police leadership a roadmap for implementing a shift in department culture. Using a trauma informed approach in police work will not occur based on training alone. This session will help guide leadership as they create an action plan for lasting change.

Website: NC First Responder Peer Support. Normalizes the stress encountered by those in the first responder profession, and provides links to immediate support by peers and professional contacts, as well as peer support training information.

Training – Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) for law enforcement officers and first responders. CIT improves communication, identifies mental health resources for those in crisis and ensures officer and community safety.

Assessment- This website maintains a compendium of valid and reliable surveys, assessments, and scales of school climate that can assist educators in their efforts to identify and assess their conditions for learning.

Website – CTIPP is a national organization that offers information, groups, webinars and resources on the need for implementing trauma informed policy priorities.

Website- It is essential that child protection agencies to become intentionally trauma-informed in their approaches. This website is filled with resources including reports, speeches, policy resources, tools and more.

Toolkit – This toolkit provides information on recognizing and preventing ACEs. There is information to identify, prevent and monitor programs that address trauma with evidence based strategies. PDF

Website – is filled with infographics and educational short videos that explain resilience and trauma, how they affect the brain, how they are built and why they are important. Produced by the Harvard Center on the Developing Child.

Website- Sesame Street provides resources, videos and tools for families and teachers working with young children on tough topics, educational learning and topics related to healthy minds and bodies.

Website – Second Step has engaging Social Emotional Learning curriculum for classes Pre-K through 12, as well as resources for recognizing signs of trauma and abuse, as well as bullying prevention and anti-racism and anti-bias education.

Website- Early trauma can impact lifelong learning, mental and physical health, and development. This website has resoures, webinars, statistics, and information about the ways in which trauma impacts our youngest children.

App – Produced by the National Mass Violence and Victimization Resource Center, this app assists with recovery after mass violence. (TRANSCEND NMVC)

Guide – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed technical packages to help states and communities take advantage of the best available evidence to prevent violence.

Guide – Providing Psychological First Aid for school communities during and after a crisis. Offers teachers a quick resource for using the Core Actions of Psychological First Aid in response to an emergency event on school grounds.

Guide – Providing Psychological First Aid for school communities during and after a crisis. Offers school support staff a quick resource for using the Core Actions of Psychological First Aid in response to an emergency event on school grounds.

Guide – Providing Psychological First Aid for school communities during and after a crisis. Offers principals and administrators a quick resource for using the Core Actions of Psychological First Aid in response to an emergency event on school grounds.

Guide – Providing Psychological First Aid for school communities during and after a crisis. Geared for health-related professionals

Guide, Training: Including the families in defining the issues and designing solutions

Toolkit: Training, preparing, and inspiring those working in the field

Guide: Guiding the development of family strengthening policy and practice

Guide: Disseminating accurate and relevant information

Guide: PDF

Website- NRCCFI is the oldest and largest organization in the U.S. focused on children and families of the incarcerated and programs that serve them. They offer research, resources and policy priorities for individuals.

Website – A statewide resource committed to the children of incarcerated and returning parents and focused on creating communities where the children are acknowledged, supported, and encouraged to share their stories.

The Task Force on ACEs-Informed Courts provide judges and court administrators with practical education on the effects of ACEs.

We are Teachers is a website that provides resources and free mindfulness and resiliency based activities for classrooms.

Responsive Classroom is an evidence-based approach to teaching and discipline that offers professional development and resources for teachers and administrators in incorporate Social Emotional Learning into schools.

Website: The Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative applies a four perspectives approach, including those of students, families, teachers and principles, to provide a framework and resources.

Website: Mindful Schools supports school leaders, teachers, and staff to develop their unique capacity to cultivate thriving school communities by meeting complex needs and being systemic in their approach. Mindful schools provides resources, curriculum and workshops.

Website – The NC Resilience and Learning Project is a whole school, whole child framework working with districts and schools across the state to create trauma-informed learning environments that are safer and more supportive for ALL students.

Video: Resources for Resilience has created a series of practical, science-based tools designed to help people calm down quickly during times of stress called Rapid Reset Tools. This short video explains how to do: Heavy Work & Push a Wall.

Video: Resources for Resilience has created a series of practical, science-based tools designed to help people calm down quickly during times of stress called Rapid Reset Tools. This short video explains how to: Take a Sip and Ground.

Video: Resources for Resilience has created a series of practical, science-based tools designed to help people calm down quickly during times of stress called Rapid Reset Tools. This short video explains how to: Take a Walk & Orient.

Video: Resources for Resilience has created a series of practical, science-based tools designed to help people calm down quickly during times of stress called Rapid Reset Tools. This short video explains how to: Tap Side to Side.

Website- This website gives general information into with things such as infographics, prevention strategies, resources, research, funding opportunities and data.

Article – Suspensions and Expulsions from school are counter to a trauma-informed program that is based on enhancing and building strong relationships. This article talks about one NC community which has eliminated pre-school suspensions

Website – Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina ensures that child maltreatment prevention is a priority for North Carolina and all communities have the knowledge, support and resources to prevent child abuse and neglect.

App – free downloadable app developed by Trauma Resource Institute to help with self-regulation

Book – a book for young children to learn about their emotions and reactions to big feelings

Training, Website- Training for judges, administrators, and attorneys through Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law. The curriculum will help judges, court officers, and court administrators understand the nature of juvenile trauma, the origin and lasting effects of trauma and toxic stress, intergenerational trauma, the connection between trauma and addiction, approaches to mitigating stress and establishing coping strategies, and other essential knowledge.

Article – Say This, Not That: Activating Workplace Diversity Through Inclusive Language Parctice by Jackie Ferguson. Includes a chart of commonly used words and phrases, divided up into “less inclusive,” “more inclusive,” and importantly the why.

Scale – the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (25, 10, and 2 items) are validated scales for measuring individual resilience. Contact this site for access and more information.

Website – Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI) ROI works to build the capacity of rural, majority-Black, communities to support people’s healing from adversity to achieve health, safety, connection, and self-determination.

Website – Sesame Street in Communities – provides tips on how adults can help children overcome difficult experiences

Website –  Trauma-Informed Practice in Child Welfare

Website – North Carolina page on PACEs (Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences) Connection website. A comprehensive resource on PACEs Science and connecting efforts across the country and the world. Several NC Communities have their own page on this site.

NC Organization Website – NC Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative, housed at the NC Partnership for Children provides support to local coalitions to build capacity and learn from them so best practices can be shared across the state.

NC Organization website – Resources for Resilience. Offers Reconnect for Resilience Trainings and other training resources across North Carolina.

Website – National Child Traumatic Stress Network

NC Organization website – NC Infant Mental Health Association

NC Organization website – NC Public School Forum, bringing together individuals and institutions from education and government to study education issues, develop ideas, seek consensus, and ultimately inform and shape education policy.

infographic – Published by  the Harvard Center on the Developing Child, shows how racism can affect child development.

Infographic – A depiction of the 4 Realms of ACEs developed by NC Partnership for Children – Adverse Childhood Experiences, Adverse Community Enviornments, Adverse Climate Events, and Atrocious Cultural Experiences

Guide, Website – Information with links to further resources about ACEs and trauma especially geared to child welfare community

Guide – Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect. Published by the CDC Division of Violence Prevention, includes policies and programmatic recommendations on how to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Infographic – a 2-page flyer explaining what ACEs are, and what we can do about them. Published by the CDC.

Infographic – 2-page infographic highlighting age-specific reactions to traumatic events. Published by National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Infographic – 2-page infographic about the NC School Justice Partnership which seeks to keep kids in school and keep them out of the court system.

Short Video – Spanish is My Superpower. Sesame Street’s Rosita shares a story about a scary encounter at a grocery store when she and her mommy were speaking Spanish. Racial encounters and how to handles it.

Short Video – a 15 minute TED Talk by pediatrician, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris which describes how learning about the ACEs study changed her practice forever.

TED Talk – Inspiring TED Talk by Dr. Thema Bryant titled You Can Heal Intergenerational Trauma

Film – Healing Neen follows the amazing recovery of Tonier ‘Neen’ Cain from a lifetime of abuse and drug addiction to a career as a nationally-known speaker and educator on the devastation of trauma and the hope of recovery. For 19 nightmarish years, she lived on the streets, racking up 66 criminal convictions, until finally treatment for her trauma offered her a way out and up. Her story points to the consequences of untreated trauma to individuals and society at-large, including mental health problems, addiction, homelessness and incarceration.

Podcast – A conversation with Janyne McConnaughey titled Trauma in the Pews about how the church can minister to and work with people who have experienced trauma.

Video- Understanding Racialized and Intergenerational Trauma: A Conversation with Resmaa Menakem, author of My Grandmother’s Hands

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website – Chief Justice Newby’s Task Force for Trauma-Informed Courts. Includes a 3 minute video.

Short Video – A description and a four minute tour of the “circle” from Circle of Security Curriculum

Short Video – Sesame Street video about children and resilience. Elmo learns to ride a pogo stick and is supported by Alan.

Video – Created by the Alberta Family Wellness Institute, Frameworks Institute and the Harvard Center on the Developing Child, this animated video teaches about the science of resilience and the brain. (7 min.)

Short Video – District Attorney Ben David (New Hanover/Pender Counties in NC) provides a TED Talk about how traum shows up in his court room.

Short Video – Features Edgecombe County Pubic Schools’ testimonials of their experience with 2-day Youth Reconnect for Resilience Training (4 min.)

Short Video – 5 minute staff testimonial of Darden Middle School who received support from Rural Opportunity Institute to implement trauma-informed supports for staff and students.

Video – From NC Center for Resilience and Learning Project of NC Public Schools Forum, interviews of staff at schools who have received these services (5 min.)

Film – Documentary Film (2015) In this documentary by KPJR Films, follow six students over the course of a school year as a new trauma-sensitive program is implemented.

Video – What does a Trauma-Informed Elementary School look like? Features a school in Nashville, Tennessee on their journey to create a trauma-informed school.

Video – “What Does a Trauma-Informed Middle or High School Look Like?” Features a charter school in Salem, Oregon’s journey to create a trauma-informed school.

Guide

Guide – For Child Welfare organizatios, Harvard Center for the Developing Child provides information on how to reduce the source of stress, support responsive relationships, and strengthen core life skills.

Article – Provides Background on how trauma manifests on higher education campuses, and offers recommendations for engaging in Traua-informed practices ith Students. Also includes section on cultural considerations. By Dr. Josalin Hunter, 2022

Book by Pediatrician, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, a pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress leads to lifelong health problems and what we can do to break the cycle.

Article – Trauma-Informed Colleges Begin with Trauma-Informed Leaders. By Jason Lynch, 2022

Study, Guide – A detailed description of the ACEs Study, and includes links to the ACEs questionnaire, the ACE Pyramid, ACEs data, fast facts, risk & Protective factors, etc…

Study, Guide – Preventing ACEs- Leveraging the Best Available Evidence. Published by the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) National Center for Injury Prevention & control, Division of Violence Prevention (2019)

Study, Guide – A 20 page groundbreaking document published by SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) that outlines how to respond to the trauma that exists in communities. Concepts in this study are integral to the work that has happened over the last decade.

Book – The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Kolk, (2014). Teaches the ready how to get through difficulties that arise from ones traumatic past and reveals techniquest that help people recover.

Book – My Grandmother’s Hands by therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.

Report –  Resilient NC: Supporting Statewide Efforts to Build Community Resilience by the Kellin Foundation, The Kellin Foundation released November 2021. Summarizes resiliency efforts of 9 states and 17 North Carolina-based resiliency efforts.

Report – Building Healthy and Resilient Communities Across North Carolina: One Community at a Time by NC Healthy & Resilient Communities Initiative at NC Partnership for Children, released July 2021. Summarizes NC resilience building landscape and community initiatives’ needs.

Book – Trauma-Informed Practices for Early Childhood Educators: Relationship-Based Approaches that Support Healing and Build Resilience in Young Children. By Julie urtz, Julie Nicholson, Linda Perez (2018)

Powerpoint Presentation – Practical Strategies for Trauma-Informed Courts. Provided to Judicial College of district Court Judge, at College of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill (2022)

Article – Trauma-Informed Judicial Practice from the Judge’ Perspective. Provides general information aboutt the ACEs study, and practical ideas of how to create a trauma-informed courtroom. Judicature publication of Duke Law School (2022)

Book – Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain – by Zaretta Hammond, Promoting authentic engagement and rigor among culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Article – With Stress in Schools Increasing, Simple Strategies to Stay Calm, October 2020, rapid resets to help teachers & students calm their minds and get back to learning