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Strengthening Services for Texas Youth & Families

TNOYS' mission is to support Texas youth and families in overcoming challenges and achieving healthy development through a comprehensive systems change approach emphasizing trauma-informed care. Learn about trauma impacts, best practices, and ways to engage young people in service design.

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Strengthening Services for Texas Youth & Families

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  1. TNOYS Mission The mission of TNOYS is to strengthen services and support for Texas youth and families to help them overcome challenges and achieve healthy development.

  2. Policy TNOYS APPROACH Practice Partnership Our work is guided by a comprehensive systems change approach

  3. TNOYS APPROACH

  4. Impromptu Networking • What do you know about Trauma Informed Care? • What inspires or motivates you to work with young adults who have foster care experience?

  5. What is Trauma? Individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances experienced by an individual. It can be physically or emotionally harmful with lasting adverse effects on the individual’s mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual well-being.

  6. Prenatal stress Types of Trauma Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) Abuse – Physical, Sexual, Emotional Neglect Community Violence Domestic Violence Natural Disasters Medical Trauma Complex Trauma

  7. Trauma and Adolescent Behavior Normative: Trauma Impact: • Striving for independence; separation/individuation • Peer group important source of support, information, and reference • Self-conscious; belief in self as focus of attention • Body image, sexual image, self-image all important • Black-and-white view; extremes, judgements • Able to see future but less able to see consequences • Pre-mature separation or age-inappropriate dependence • Risk for negative peer influence and affiliation • Significant risk for high-risk behaviors • Over-control, perfectionism • Ongoing reliance on primitive coping strategies, with failure to develop age-appropriate strategies • Crystallization of negative self-identity Source: http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/ta/presentation-materials/trauma-impact-adolescent.pdf

  8. QUESTIONS • How might trauma impact you? • How might your own history make it easy or difficult to share power with a young person?

  9. So what is Trauma Informed Care?

  10. A trauma informed individual, program,organization, or system: Realizes the widespread impact of trauma and understands potential paths for recovery; Recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, families, staff, and others involved with the system; Responds by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices; Seeks to actively resist re-traumatization."

  11. Six Key Principles of a Trauma-Informed Care Approach Safety Trustworthiness and Transparency Peer support Collaboration and mutuality Empowerment, voice and choice Cultural, Historical, and Gender Issues

  12. Trust-Based Relational Intervention

  13. Misidentification These are NOT Trauma Informed Care Judgement Assuming behavior is a choice Expecting someone to get better in order to receive help Retraumatization

  14. Give as much control and choice as possible Best Practices of Trauma Informed Care Go into detail about procedures and policies. Always check for consent. Remain relaxed and stay straightforward in possible stressful environments. Validate any and all concerns as much as needed. Ask questions!

  15. Why Collaborate with Youth? Research shows Resilience can be fostered through empowerment and supportive relationships. Sources: Khanlou, N. and Wray, R. (2014). A whole community approach toward child and youth resilience promotion: A review of resilience literature. Jain, Buka, Subramanian, Molnar (2012) Protective factors for youth exposed to violence: Role of developmental assets in building emotional resilience. Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice, 10(1), 107-129.

  16. Preventing a Power Struggle As soon as you notice the conversation becoming a power struggle, you can also see it as an opportunity to practice your skills of: • Remaining calm and focused. • Avoiding challenging or negating the youth. • Showing interest in what youth is saying by reflecting what they say. • Acknowledging what youth says without necessarily agreeing with it. • Sharing that it is not fun arguing. • Staying away from absolutes ("always","never")

  17. Environment So What Can You Do? Relationships Physiological needs Watch for triggers Avoid retraumatization Share Power Create routines Prepare for transitions

  18. Taking it to the Next Level… How can you meaningfully engage young people in service design and delivery at your organization? • Satisfaction surveys • Focus groups • Planning committees • Youth councils • Peer support • Many more opportunities!

  19. Join Us! Our Annual Conference is coming up: Check out many more TNOYS-hosted training and networking events at tnoys.org/events

  20. Trauma Informed Care Resources Youth Engagement Toolkit (TNOYS)

  21. CONTACT US OR JOIN OUR MAILING LIST! lwardlow@tnoys.org, cgendron@tnoys.org www.tnoys.org/subscribe

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