Monthly Archives: May 2018
Grounding Activities and Trauma-Informed Practice
Within trauma-informed organizations and systems, learning grounding activities can be important for clients and service providers alike. This handout offers 10 grounding activities that can be helpful for managing trauma responses. View PDF
50 Trauma, Gender, and Substance Use Cards
These cut-out cards contain key points from the academic research literature on the intersections of trauma, gender, and sex and its role in substance use services and policies. They were developed for a workshop called “Becoming Trauma- and Gender-Informed” held … Continue reading
Trauma Informed Practice and the Opioid Crisis: A Discussion Guide for Health Care and Social Service Providers
This discussion guide is intended to stimulate further conversation on “becoming trauma-informed” and assist health care and social service providers in considering additional ways of addressing the opioid crisis in their particular context. It is one of many publications created … Continue reading
Women and Opioids: Media Guide
This backgrounder on women and opioids is based on research showing that many women are affected differently from men by the opioid crisis and that prevention and intervention approaches require attention to these differences. Includes suggestions for better reporting on … Continue reading