Priority Kids CEO Newsletter article on Trauma-Informed Understanding

Trauma-Informed Buzzword Requires Understanding
As the details of the Mass Casualty Commission are reported, I have read repeated reference to the term trauma-informed.
What does trauma-informed really mean? How, exactly, are trauma-informed principles influencing this process?
The fact that this term is used repeatedly without description or definition, suggests that it is being treated as a buzzword. If we don’t take time to consider what it means, then we are at risk of making some significant assumptions.
To read further please visit: https://www.prioritykids.ca/blog/trauma-informed-buzzword-requires-understanding
As the details of the Mass Casualty Commission are reported, I have read repeated reference to the term trauma-informed.
What does trauma-informed really mean? How, exactly, are trauma-informed principles influencing this process?
The fact that this term is used repeatedly without description or definition, suggests that it is being treated as a buzzword. If we don’t take time to consider what it means, then we are at risk of making some significant assumptions.
To read further please visit: https://www.prioritykids.ca/blog/trauma-informed-buzzword-requires-understanding
Quote of the Day
“Women are always saying, 'We can do anything that men can do.' But men should be saying, 'We can do anything that women can do’.”
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem