Ensuring youth workforce system providers understand the impacts of trauma on the young people they serve is critical to achieving positive outcomes. Integrating trauma-informed practices into service delivery can help youth feel safe, supported, and engaged while participating in education, training and employment. Below are a number of resources to assist practitioners in better understanding and integrating trauma-informed care in their work.
Fact Sheets and Resource Guides
- How COVID-19 Affects Mental Health Disparities for Vulnerable Youth
- Advancing Trauma-informed Care Within and Across Child-Serving Systems
- Ten Core Competencies for Youth and Young Adult Centered Mental Health Systems
- Youth Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Trauma Responsiveness in an Integrated Workforce Service Delivery System
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Trauma Informed Approaches from Youth.gov
- Ten Things to Know About Trauma and Learning
- Understanding PTSD
- Resource Guide to Trauma-Informed Human Services
- Resources on Child Trauma
- First Step: A Youth Practitioner’s Resource Guide to Supportive Services
- Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling (WIOA Program Element)
- Education Policy Approaches to Trauma-Informed Practices
- National Dropout Prevention Center’s Trauma-Skilled Schools Model
Learning Modules
- Building Trauma-Informed Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Programs
Implementation Strategies and Curriculum
- Strategies for Implementing Trauma-Informed Care in a YouthBuild Program
- Substance Use, Trauma, and Other Challenges: Effective Case Management Strategies
Webinars & Videos
- Lessons for Supportive Adults on Youth Isolation
- Enough is Known for Action: System-Involved Youth: Understanding Trauma-Informed Practice
- Our Journey Together: A Trauma-Informed Approach for Youth and the Workforce System
- Substance Use, Trauma and Other Challenges
- Telling the Story of Trauma and Resilience: A Thought Leader Conversation with Keith Hefner
- Developing Trauma Informed Partnerships with Schools and Other CAC Partners - Part 1 & Part 2
Evidence