LeadingAge Maryland Resources on Trauma-Informed Care

Publications Available to Inform and Train Your Staff

Foundations of Trauma-Informed Care Toolkit:

This toolkit provides basic information about trauma-informed care since most organizations will need to learn the foundations before moving to implementation. This downloadable toolkit includes:

• Foundations of Trauma-Informed Care: An Introductory Primer- to be used with senior staff and board members to form a baseline of understanding about trauma-informed care at the leadership level
• Six one-page information sheets – to be used with all staff to form a baseline of understanding about trauma-informed care across the organization
• Two sets of slides with notes – to be used for presentations and education

Implementing Trauma-Informed Care: A Guidebook

This Guidebook builds on the Foundations Toolkit and contains:

• A quick review of the basics of trauma and trauma-informed care
• Guidance for creating an implementation plan and forming an implementation team
• Special considerations for nursing homes including: dementia, contracted health professionals, behavioral health resources, staff and trauma, families and trauma, policies and procedures
• Resources including: preliminary organizational assessment, worksheets and checklists, staff pre-and post-test, tips on leading change

If you are a LeadingAge member, log in to the LeadingAge national site through your MyLeadingAge account to download both resources at no cost here.

If you are not a LeadingAge member, order these resources from our store.