Date of Award
8-17-2020
Document Type
Dissertation
Abstract
The prevalence and pervasive impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and more broadly, trauma, are well supported in the extant literature. Despite this evidence, there remains a significant dearth of formal training and educational programs that prepare staff who work with trauma survivors within complex behavioral health systems. Trauma-informed care (TIC) has moved beyond a trend in the mental health field and is gaining momentum as a leading philosophical paradigm that is being infused as an operational framework for agencies that work with survivors. Risking Connection (RC) is a curriculum-based training program that works with agencies interested in becoming trauma-informed. The current study examined the impact of RC on trainee outcomes for knowledge gain, attitude change, and vicarious trauma (VT) on 119 participants who all work for a therapeutic group home system being operated by a provincial government in Atlantic Canada. The findings in this study suggest that RC is effective in improving knowledge gain and attitude change in a favorable direction toward TIC. The study also supported previous findings associated with the improvement of VT.
Recommended Citation
Healey, Michael J., "Beyond trending: using risking connection as a framework for moving agency culture toward trauma-informed care" (2020). Interdisciplinary Studies. 9.
https://ualaska.researchcommons.org/uaf_grad_interdisciplinary_studies/9
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12298