Chapter 6 - Building Supportive, Trauma Informed Conversations – First Principles

Trauma informed observation and screening principles; strengths based approaches to risk screening conversations; tips for difficult conversations, engaging the parent in “knowing together”; the infant as contributor to risk recognition.

Chapter 7 - First Response Education and Brief Relational Interventions

Brief encounters that make a difference. In-person, in-the-moment support to parents and children who have experienced trauma; Supporting parenting states of mind; strategies to assist parenting of children who have experienced trauma; Working on “The Line”: trauma informed telephone advice and support.


Chapter 8 - Enhanced Interventions

Recognition of and response to trauma in the context of multiple risk factors; skills for provision of higher level support for in-home, group and community settings; referral networks and enhancing trauma informed linkages with other support systems