Ormiston Families – Trauma Informed Practice

Ormiston Families invited us to develop a package of trauma informed training that would enable them to work towards achieving One Small Thing’s ‘Working with Trauma’ Bronze ‘trauma aware’ award in accordance with their Strategic Plan. The training provided a two-day package for all frontline staff and managers, including their administrative team plus a half day awareness briefing for their Senior Leadership team and Trustees.

The course covered:

• What is trauma?
• Brain development, Adverse Childhood Experiences and the link to trauma informed practice
• Trauma Informed Practice, Principles and the Four Rs
• The Window of Tolerance
• Trauma Recovery
• Resilience
• Applying a trauma informed approach to practice
• Reframing language
• Impact of Trauma on workers
• Supervision and Reflective Practice

 Learner feedback included:

• “Sue’s delivery was informative and delivered with humour. Interesting subject matter makes you really think about how you treat others and how you show you are listening and also reflecting on your own service delivery.”
• “The training is useful, insightful and uplifting/motivational.”
• “Thank you for the opportunity of rich conversations and advice/guidance.”
• “I really enjoyed today's training. It was very informative in helping me to reflect on how trauma informed practice influences Ormiston Families values and polices, our services and by me as a manager.”