Explains the elements of a trauma-informed child welfare system.
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Building Trauma-Informed Systems and Practices for Children and Families in the Child Welfare System
Offers guidance to help those working with youth involved in multiple systems (YIMS) and their families to use a traumatic stress perspective and provide trauma-informed care.
Outlines practice examples for continuity of care and collaboration across systems, a vital activity for youth involved in multiple service systems.
Increases understanding of the impact that parents’ own unresolved trauma can have on their capacity to engage with child welfare personnel, negotiate different aspects of the child welfare system, and safely parent their children.
Presents the results of a survey conducted among child welfare agencies in a number of states.
Discusses the impact of trauma and the experience of young children in the child welfare system and the signs, symptoms, and consequences of trauma in infants, young children, and their caregivers.
Defines the elements of a trauma-informed child welfare system.
Explores issues of implementation and sustainability of screening and assessment in an already over-burdened child welfare system.
Highlights the importance of understanding the serious consequences that trauma histories can have for birth parents and the subsequent potential impact on their parenting. This fact sheet is for child welfare workers.
Describes what comprehensive care for children in the child welfare system looks like.