Principles for Trauma Informed Practice

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Principles for Trauma Informed PracticeBristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire2AcknowledgementsThe information in this document was developed in collaboration with people with lived experience. With thanks to: Tavoy, Abdi and Peter for their contributions as members of the Bristol Belonging Strategy Youth Consultation Team, to Mallika and Tom from Independent Futures (IF Group), and to Sam and Justine from the Independent Mental Health Network (IMHN). We would also like to thank staff, managers, clinicians and academics from a variety of organisations who were also involved. We are very grateful for their time, input and feedback. Living document This is designed to be a living document and we welcome any feedback. We have also developed a Knowledge and Skills Framework and an Implementation Toolkit to help you and your organisations embed Trauma Informed Practice in your daily work. All of these documents are available to download here: collective understanding of adversity and Trauma , including ACEs, is constantly evolving, and this document is designed to be developed alongside this ever-growing body of evidence.

These may be Trauma Informed approaches (focuses on whole workforce development) and/or Trauma Specific, where the service provides therapeutic clinical support to support the healing of trauma. Although much of this work originates from America, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, interest and practice in this area is growing at a

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