This manual offers information on homelessness and trauma, the role of shelter providers, as well as implementing the 8 PFA Core Actions in shelter settings. The manual includes worksheets and examples for providers to assist them in offering support.
This guide was created for a very specific purpose: to help make trauma-informed peer support available to women who are trauma survivors and who receive or have received mental health and/or substance abuse services.
You are invited to download a groundbreaking report, Trauma-informed Approaches: Federal Activities and Initiatives—the second and highly anticipated Working Document Report of the Federal Partners Committee on Women and Trauma. Completed on September 30, 2013, the report documents the projects, programs, and initiatives of more than three dozen federal agencies, departments, and offices—one of the largest interagency collaborations in federal government history.
Module 3 – Skill Building Practices This module provides summarizes important skills that can create a positive environment and improve quality of life.
Module 1 – Introduction to Community-Based Positive Supports This module provides an overview of Community-Based Wraparound Planning including important elements needed when supporting people who moving out of the hospital into community settings.
The purpose of this page is to provide all of the Positive Supports training materials in one place for easier access. The purpose of this page is to provide access to all of the training materials and resources across different positive supports. Examples of the resources available on this page include general positive supports, applied behavior […]
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 1 North Shore School was a school for children in kindergarten through high school. The school just had a major flood from a nearby river during the summer. Many families lost their homes due to the flooding. School counselors had more requests during the next fall from students […]
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 1 The Regional Hospital’s psychiatric unit helps people with acute symptoms of mental illness who have committed a crime and faced criminal charges in Brookhaven. Many of the people admitted to the unit have histories of homelessness, emotional abuse or neglect, sexual abuse, and substance use. People suffer from […]
