Learning from Lived Experience in Trauma-Informed Practice An Educator’s Guide for Schools, Communities and Beyond

A Note of Caution

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Part 1. The Roots and Branches of Trauma

Chapter 1. What is Trauma?

·       Definition of Trauma

·       Types of Trauma

·       The Drivers of Trauma

·       The Prevalence of Trauma

·       Trauma's Legacy- 'We've Been Here Before'

Chapter 2. When Trauma Enters Our Lives

·       The Impact of Trauma- A Public Health Message

·       The Developing Young Person

·       Health Implications of Trauma

·       Epigenetics: Rethinking 'Nature vs Nurture'

·       The Impact of Trauma on Our Access to Services

Chapter 3. Trauma's Gift

·       A Deficit-Based View: Changing the Narrative

·       A Wider Lens

·       A Journey of Learning, Healing and Recovery

·       Therapeutic Healing

Part 2. Rethinking Practice, Systems and Relationships

Chapter 4. What is Trauma Informed Practice?

·       An Alternative Approach?

·       An Alternative Future?

·       But What is TIP Really?

·       This is Everyone's Business!

·       Once Example of Many

Chapter 5. Trauma Informed Organisations, Systems and Processes

·       What Does TIP Really Mean and How Can it Help Us?

·       Understanding Trauma-Informed Organisations, Systems and Processes:

-          In Education

-          In Care

-          In Problematic Substance Use

-          In Justice System

-          In Homelessness

·       And So What?

Chapter 6. Relationships, Reflection and Reframing

·       Relationships: And the Power They Hold

·       The Power of Relationships

·       Why are Relationships so Important?

·       'Transforming Trauma' Through Social Entrepreneurship: The Power to Change Through Relationships

Part 3. Realities, Recontextualising and Realisations

Chapter 7. Contextualising Lived Experience and Trauma

·       Learning from Lived Experience

·       The Role of Lived Experience in Embedding/Implementing TIP: 'When Trauma is at the Table'

·       Listening to Lived Experience

·       Why Do We Need Lived Experience Input?

·       The Reality and Impact of Lived Experience Work

·       Teaching and Lived Experience

·       The Impact of Trauma on Education Staff

·       How Can We Prevent Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout?

·       Workforce Wellbeing: It's Important for Us All (Lived Experience of Trauma or Not)

·       Influencing Change: The Real Power of Lived Experience

Chapter 8. Learning Lessons

·       Learning from Trauma Informed Practice

·       The Wisdom of Lived Experience

·       Learning Still to Do

·       Structural Factors

·       Cultural Factors

·       A Message (and Journey) of Hope and Resilience

·       A Final Reflection

·       A Message to Those Who've Made a Difference Along the Way

References

Index

Biography

Shumela Ahmed is the Managing Director of Resilience Learning Partnership, an education and training provider with a difference. Resilience Learning Partnership specialises in training, workshops, and lectures delivered by individuals who have access to research evidence as well as ‘lived experience’ of the topics they talk about. Shumela and her team can authentically answer the most important question – How does it feel?