Trauma Responsive Child Welfare Systems

Part I. Setting the Stage

1. Introduction: Developing Trauma Sensitive Child Welfare Systems
Virginia C. Strand

2. Applying Trauma Theory to Agency Practice
Virginia C. Strand

3. Applying Trauma Theory to Organizational Culture
Virginia C. Strand

4. The Role of Cultural Competence in Trauma-Informed Agencies and Services
Vivian H. Jackson

Part II. Creating Trauma-Informed Agency Practice

5. Culturally Relevant, Trauma-Informed Engagement Strategies for Child Welfare Workers: Moving Beyond Compliance to Engagement with Families Experiencing High Levels of Exposure to Trauma and Stress
Tricia Stephens, Geetha Gopalan, Mary C. Acri, Melissa Bowman, Mary McKernan McKay

6. System Change Designed to Increase Safety and Stabilization for Traumatized Children and Families: Trauma Systems Therapy
Adam D. Brown, Susan Hansen, Glenn N. Saxe

7. Use of a Structured Approach to Assessment Within Child Welfare: Applications of the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths-Trauma Comprehensive (CANS-Trauma)
Cassandra Kisiel, Elizabeth Torgersen, Lindsey E. G. Weil, Tracy Fehrenbach

8. Partners in Child Protection: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Assessment in Child Welfare
Adrienne Whitt-Woosley, Jessica Eslinger, Ginny Sprang

9. Introducing Evidence-Based Trauma Treatment in Preventive Services: Child-Parent Psychotherapy
Julie A. Larrieu

10. Working with Resource Parents for Trauma-Informed Foster Care
George S. Ake, Kelly M. Sullivan

11. Addressing Birth Parent Trauma: Pathway to Reunification
Elizabeth A. Thompson

12. A Trauma-Informed Model for Supporting Pre-adoptive Placements
Jennifer Jorgenson, Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, Amy Bielawski-Branch, Janine Beaudry, Jill Richard

Part III. Creating Trauma-Informed Agency Culture

13. Using Implementation Science Principles to Sustain Trauma-Informed Innovations in Program Development
Virginia C. Strand, Cambria Rose Walsh

14. The Tale of Two Counties United by Their Pursuit of the Best Interest of Children Through Trauma-Informed Practice
James Henry, Amy Perricone

15. Trauma-Informed Organizational Readiness Assessment
Marciana Popescu, Virginia C. Strand

16. Organizational Assessment of Secondary Traumatic Stress: Utilizing the Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed Organizational Assessment Tool to Facilitate Organizational Learning and Change
Ginny Sprang

17. Trauma-Informed Strategies for Staff Recruitment and Selection in Public Child Welfare
Virginia C. Strand

18. Training the Child Welfare Workforce on Trauma-Informed Principles and Practices
Lisa Conradi, Jennifer Hossler

19. Indirect Trauma-Sensitive Supervision in Child Welfare
Brian C. Miller

20. Trauma-Informed Professional Development
Barbara Pierce

21. Summary and Vision for the Future
Virginia C. Strand, Ginny Sprang

Keywords: Social Sciences, Social Work, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Public Health