TSS Recovery & Rehabilitation Planning Questions and Answers Flashcards

Somatic approaches in trauma rehabilitation are used because:

Answer: Trauma is stored in the body and physical interventions help release and regulate trauma-related nervous system responses

Somatic approaches target the body-based storage of trauma, helping to regulate the autonomic nervous system and release trauma held in the body.

Measuring rehabilitation progress in trauma recovery should include:

Answer: Both standardized symptom measures and functional outcomes meaningful to the survivor

Comprehensive progress measurement combines validated symptom tools with survivor-defined functional outcomes to capture the full recovery picture.

Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy is contraindicated in trauma recovery when:

Answer: The patient lacks sufficient stabilization, is in active suicidal crisis, or is in an ongoing unsafe situation

PE requires a stable foundation — active suicidal crisis, insufficient coping skills, or ongoing danger are contraindications to beginning trauma exposure work.

The role of meaning-making in trauma recovery is best described as:

Answer: Constructing a personal understanding of the trauma that allows the survivor to find purpose and restore worldview

Meaning-making restores a coherent worldview and sense of purpose shattered by trauma, and is central to post-traumatic growth.

Transitioning a trauma survivor from intensive to lower levels of care should be guided by:

Answer: Clinical stability, functional gains, available community support, and the survivor's readiness and confidence

Step-down transitions should be clinically guided by stability, functional gains, support systems, and the survivor's own confidence and readiness.

The recovery principle of 'hope' in trauma rehabilitation primarily means:

Answer: Instilling and sustaining the belief that meaningful recovery is possible, even with ongoing challenges

Hope in recovery practice means sustaining realistic belief in meaningful recovery and the ability to build a valued life alongside — not despite — trauma history.