Trauma Informed Care

What type of stress are overwhelming and long-term?

• Toxic stress

• Positive Stress

• Tolerable Stress

• Repetitive Stress

Answer explanation

Toxic stress is overwhelming and often long-term such as abuse and neglect.

There is no step-by step process for implementing trauma informed care. Instead it is a mind-shift in how survivors are perceived and supported. True or False.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It is impossible to identify and discuss each possible scenario. Instead, it's important to acknowledge trauma exists and shift to a mind set of asking the individual "what happened to you?" instead of "what is wrong with you?"

The toxic stress caused by Adverse Childhood Experiences is forgotten by adolescence and does not carry consequences that follow an individual into adulthood. True or False

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Multple research studies have shown a strong correlation between adverse childhood experiences and lifelong difficulties that stretch into adulthood, including physical and mental health challenges.

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html

The ongoing process of developing one's (a)   is an important interventional strategy to disrupt persistence of the negative consequences caused by adverse childhood experiences.

Answer explanation

Resilience is one's ability to "bounce back" after experiencing traumatic stress. It is incorrect to assume that someone either is or isn't resilient. Instead, resilience is built and developed through social interactions and through the process of learning coping and support skills and strategies.

What type of trauma interferes with healthy attachment and development?

(a)  

• Complex Developmental Trauma
• Acute Trauma
• Repetitive Trauma
• Devestating Trauma

Answer explanation

In complex developmental trauma, there is multiple, overwhelming, and repeated trauma exposure during the period that healthy development should occur. This interrupts this process creating lifelong issues with attachment, behaviors, social interactions, etc.