Individuals with trauma histories often feel on edge or misunderstood. As practitioners, it’s important to take trauma into account when designing behavior interventions for our learners. It’s our job to ensure we’re not only shaping behavior but taking an approach that focuses on long-term healing and empathy. Here, we discuss trauma-sensitive behavior interventions and how to incorporate trauma-informed care in ABA.
We talk about the difference between trauma-informed care and trauma-specific services and why the first step in our approach should be acknowledgement. We also discuss the importance of building rapport with our clients and creating a safe environment, real-life examples of a trauma-informed approach in action, and the importance of focusing on skill building.
It’s so important to train your staff on trauma-sensitive interventions as well so that everyone is working with your learners through that same trauma-informed lens. You can do this by applying universal protocol. Get our universal protocol cheat sheet below!
What’s Inside:
- How to incorporate trauma-informed care in ABA
- How to build rapport with clients and create a safe environment
- Real-life examples of a trauma-informed approach in action
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