Trauma-Responsive Care: A Framework of Resilience for States and Territories

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Children and families experience stressors, often unknown to their caregivers, that affect their lives in different ways. An estimated 60 percent of children experience some form of a potentially traumatic event or circumstance. Fortunately, committing to trauma-responsive systems can build protective factors that foster resilience in children, families, and members of the child care workforce who support them. Trauma-responsive care builds on the need to be trauma-informed by adding strategies for providing responsive care, which is a best practice for all children. This webinar will provide considerations for integrating trauma-responsive practices throughout an early childhood (EC) system.

Presenters: Ronna Schaffer, B.A.; Jeanne VanOrsdal, M.Ed.; and Holly Wilcher, Ph.D., SCBC

Intended audience: State and territory Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) administrators and staff members, quality staff members, statewide technical assistance specialists, Infant–Early Childhood Mental Health (I-ECMH) consultants, infant/toddler specialists, child care health consultants (CCHCs), professional development (PD) providers, and child care resource and referral agency personnel

Level: The content is appropriate for participants at all levels.