Trauma-Informed Care Principles & Practices Flashcards

A trauma-informed school counselor notices a student shutting down during discussions about home life. Which response best reflects a trauma-informed approach?

Answer: Acknowledge the student's pace and offer alternative ways to share

Trauma-informed care respects individual pacing and offers flexible engagement options rather than forcing participation.

Which of the following best describes 'parallel process' in trauma-informed supervision?

Answer: The dynamics between supervisor and supervisee mirroring those between clinician and client

Parallel process refers to how the relational dynamics experienced by a client can be replicated in the supervisory relationship.

According to SAMHSA's trauma-informed care framework, which of the following is NOT one of the six key principles?

Answer: Zero tolerance policy

SAMHSA's six principles include safety, trustworthiness, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural sensitivity — not zero tolerance.

A child who experienced chronic neglect frequently hoards food in their backpack at the residential facility. The most trauma-informed interpretation of this behavior is:

Answer: A survival adaptation rooted in early deprivation experiences

Hoarding food is a common adaptive response to early chronic deprivation and should be understood through a trauma lens rather than framed as defiance.

Which window of tolerance concept is most relevant when a trauma-informed practitioner uses grounding techniques with a hyperaroused child?

Answer: Moving the child from hyperarousal into the window of tolerance

Grounding techniques aim to down-regulate a hyperaroused nervous system and bring the child back within the optimal window of tolerance.

An organization implementing trauma-informed care should prioritize which of the following as a foundational first step?

Answer: Conducting a trauma-informed organizational self-assessment

A trauma-informed organizational self-assessment helps identify current strengths and gaps before designing systemic change efforts.

When a trauma-informed consultant co-creates safety plans with a child, this practice primarily reflects which principle?

Answer: Collaboration and mutuality

Co-creating safety plans is an expression of collaboration and mutuality, which recognizes that healing happens in relationships and through shared decision-making.