Trauma-informed care and the public child welfare system: the challenges of shifting paradigms: introduction to the special issue on trauma-informed care. Issue 3 (27th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Middleton, Jennifer S.; Bloom, Sandra L.; Strolin-Goltzman, Jessica; Caringi, James
• Is Part Of: Journal of public child welfare. Volume 13:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 235
• Page End: 244
• Publication Date: 2019-05-27
• Subjects: Trauma-informed care -- organizational change -- trauma-resilient organizations -- trauma-resilient communities -- public child welfare; Child welfare -- United States -- Periodicals; 362.70973
• DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2019.1603602
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1554-8732

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Given the prevalence of trauma and traumatic stress reactions among child welfare system-involved children, families, caregivers, professionals, and other stakeholders, it is critical that child welfare professionals integrate an understanding of trauma into their own practice and link families with trauma-informed treatment and services, which are essential elements of a trauma-informed child welfare systems. This introductory article provides an overview of the trauma-informed paradigm shift occurring in public child welfare and discusses the importance of moving from a trauma-informed framework to a trauma-responsive organizational culture in order to create and sustain trauma-resilient organizations and communities. In this special issue, readers will discover articles that include research findings relevant for multiple stakeholders engaging in trauma-informed care. Contributions provide insight that is relevant for understanding and engaging in trauma-informed practice across three levels within the socio-ecological model: individual (children and families), organizational (agency leaders and workforce), and community (university-state partnerships).