SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach|SAMHSA

SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach|SAMHSA

SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach

Introduces a concept of trauma and offers a framework for how an organization, system, service sector can become trauma-informed. Includes a definition of trauma (the three "E's"), a definition of a trauma-informed approach (the four "R's"), 6 key principles, and 10 implementation domains. 

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