Trauma-Informed Systems 101
EBAC provides a foundational training program through their Trauma Transformed program. The Trauma Informed Systems (TIS) 101 training has been delivered to over 10,000 people regionally, mostly employees of county governments and social service non-profits. The training provides an understanding of how trauma impacts individuals and also organizations. This year EBAC opened up TIS sessions for new EBAC employees and public. Auxiliary members got a chance to sharpen their ambassador toolkit with a new shared understanding and language about stress and trauma.
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Training Description
There is a growing demand for workforce education and supports to better understand, respond to, and heal the impact of trauma on our communities and workforce. The Trauma Informed Systems 101 is a basic training to understand how trauma and stress impacts developing bodies and brains, communities, organizations and systems.
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The goal of this training is to develop shared language and understanding of what it means to be a trauma-informed organization and apply common practices to help our workforce heal in order to sustain community healing.
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Learning Objectives
Understand effect of trauma on our brains and bodies
Learn and apply the principles of trauma-informed care
Learn strategies to develop organizational resilience and trauma-informed responses
Learn about the impact of organizational trauma on the ways we function as organizations and individuals
Learn about historical racism and how culture impacts trauma and systems
About the Trainer
Paula Gonzalez, a native Spanish speaker, was born in Chile and raised outside of Boston, Ma. Paula has her Masters in Social Work and Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC) from San Jose State University. For the past seven years, Paula has provided school-based therapy and case management for youth and their families in the East Bay through various forms of expressive arts and interactive media. In addition to providing therapy, Paula has developed school interventions to support the broader social and emotional needs of children in school settings.
The TIS training provided a variety of videos and group lessons to understand stress and trauma impacts all of us. The below link is one of the videos shown during the half-day training. The video demonstrates a powerful principle of the TIS training: a shift in perspective from "What is wrong with you?" to "What is happening to you?" Helps us all be more empathetic.