The title slide features the presentation titled "Trauma-Informed De-Escalation with a Social Practice Lens." It is presented by Natalie Correa, LMHC, who serves as the SU Support Coordinator Clinician.

Trauma-Informed De-Escalation with a Social Practice Lens

Presented by Natalie Correa, LMHC, SU Support Coordinator Clinician

The Training Agenda slide outlines a session on trauma-informed de-escalation, starting with an introduction to goals and objectives. It covers key trauma definitions and concepts, de-escalation components with communication strategies, and concludes with pitfalls, reflection, and takeaways.

Training Agenda

1. Introduction and Training Goals

Welcome, overview, and session objectives for trauma-informed de-escalation.

2. Key Definitions and Trauma Concepts

Exploring definitions, trauma types, responses, and common triggers.

3. De-Escalation Components and Communication

Five core components, trauma-informed strategies, and sample supportive phrases.

4. Pitfalls, Reflection, and Final Thoughts

Common pitfalls to avoid, post-incident reflection, and key takeaways.

This section header slide introduces "Trauma-Informed De-Escalation with a Social Practice Lens" as the overall topic. It outlines the first section, numbered 01, which provides an overview of trauma-informed care through the perspective of a social practice lens.

Trauma-Informed De-Escalation with a Social Practice Lens

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Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care

Overview of trauma-informed care and social practice lens

Source: by Natalie Correa, LMHC SU Support Coordinator Clinician

The Training Goals slide outlines key objectives for participants, including understanding trauma responses and their impacts, as well as learning effective de-escalation techniques. It also emphasizes integrating social practice principles and promoting prevention and supportive strategies.

Training Goals

• Understand trauma responses and their impacts
• Learn effective de-escalation techniques
• Integrate social practice principles
• Promote prevention and supportive strategies

The slide titled "Key Definitions" outlines three essential concepts in a bullet-point format. Trauma-informed care is an approach that acknowledges the widespread impact of trauma while emphasizing safety, trust, and empowerment; de-escalation involves empathetic techniques to calm agitation and prevent escalation; and social practice serves as a framework blending social justice, collaboration, and holistic support in interventions.

Key Definitions

• Trauma-informed care: Approach recognizing trauma's prevalence, prioritizing safety, trust, and empowerment.
• De-escalation: Techniques to reduce agitation, promote calm, and prevent escalation through empathy.
• Social practice: Framework integrating social justice, collaboration, and holistic support in interventions.

Source: Natalie Correa, LMHC SU Support Coordinator Clinician

The slide outlines the five key components of Social Practice Guided De-Escalation: self-awareness to recognize personal triggers, empathy to understand others' perspectives, active listening to verbal and non-verbal cues, validation to acknowledge emotions and build trust, and collaborative planning to co-create preventive strategies. It illustrates these in action through practical examples, such as mirroring calm breathing for awareness, reflecting feelings like "That sounds frustrating" for empathy, maintaining eye contact and paraphrasing for listening, affirming "Your feelings are valid" with open posture for validation, and discussing boundaries proactively in groups for planning.

Social Practice Guided De-Escalation: 5 Components

| 1. Self-Awareness: Recognize personal triggers to stay grounded.

1. Empathy: Understand others' perspectives without judgment.
2. Active Listening: Fully attend to verbal and non-verbal cues.
3. Validation: Acknowledge emotions to build trust.
4. Collaborative Planning: Co-create preventive strategies together. | 1. Awareness: Mirror calm breathing to model de-escalation.
5. Empathy: Nod and reflect feelings, e.g., 'That sounds frustrating.'
6. Listening: Maintain eye contact and paraphrase to show engagement.
7. Validation: Say 'Your feelings are valid' with open posture.
8. Planning: Discuss boundaries proactively in group settings for prevention. |

Source: Trauma-Informed De-Escalation with a Social Practice Lens by Natalie Correa, LMHC

The slide titled "Trauma Types and Responses" outlines key concepts including Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) that affect development, symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and physiological reactions like fight, flight, or freeze. It also highlights supportive healing paths for recovery from trauma.

Trauma Types and Responses

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• ACEs: Adverse Childhood Experiences impact development
• PTSD: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms
• Physiological responses: Fight, flight, freeze
• Healing paths: Supportive recovery journeys

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The slide "Identifying Triggers" outlines key signs of triggers, including environmental changes like noise or crowds, physiological indicators such as rapid breathing or tension, emotional responses like irritability or withdrawal, and behavioral shifts like pacing or avoidance. It also emphasizes early intervention strategies, such as validating feelings and creating space to address these triggers effectively.

Identifying Triggers

• Recognize environmental changes like noise or crowds as key triggers
• Watch for physiological signs such as rapid breathing or tension
• Identify emotional responses including irritability or sudden withdrawal
• Observe behavioral shifts like pacing or avoidance patterns
• Apply early intervention by validating feelings and creating space

Source: Trauma-Informed De-Escalation with a Social Practice Lens by Natalie Correa, LMHC SU Support Coordinator Clinician

Trauma-informed communication emphasizes prioritizing safety in physical and emotional interactions while building trust through active listening and empathy. It fosters collaboration by empowering individual choices, using supportive dialogue to validate experiences, and employing calm, non-judgmental language to create meaningful connections.

Trauma-Informed Communication

• Prioritize safety in physical and emotional interactions.
• Build trust through active listening and empathy.
• Foster collaboration by empowering individual choices.
• Use supportive dialogue to validate experiences.
• Employ calm, non-judgmental language for connection.

This slide, titled "Sample Phrases," presents a bullet list of empathetic statements designed to support and validate someone who is upset. The phrases encourage pausing for calm, active listening, offering immediate help, and affirming the person's safety and voice.

Sample Phrases

• I hear you're upset, and I validate your feelings.
• Let's pause and breathe together to regain calm.
• I'm here to listen without judgment or interruption.
• What can I do right now to support you?
• Your safety and voice matter in this moment.

The "Common Pitfalls" slide outlines key strategies to avoid common errors in interpersonal or therapeutic interactions, such as reinforcing power imbalances by equalizing roles to build trust and preventing invalidation by acknowledging emotions. It also emphasizes transforming obstacles into opportunities via empathetic reframing, proactively mitigating triggers with pauses, and ensuring supportive follow-up through post-incident reflection.

Common Pitfalls

• Avoid reinforcing power dynamics; equalize roles for trust.
• Prevent invalidation; acknowledge emotions to validate experiences.
• Transform roadblocks into bridges through empathetic reframing.
• Mitigate triggers proactively; pause before responding hastily.
• Ensure post-incident reflection; follow up supportively.

Source: Natalie Correa, LMHC SU Support Coordinator Clinician

The slide outlines steps for post-incident debriefing, including reviewing the timeline objectively, sharing emotions safely, identifying strengths and improvements, developing action plans, and documenting insights for self and team learning. It highlights benefits such as fostering self-awareness and resilience, enhancing team cohesion, improving de-escalation skills, and promoting empathetic practices to reduce future trauma, accompanied by visuals like a journal and lightbulb.

Post-Incident Reflection

The slide's key takeaways emphasize integrating trauma-informed principles into social practice for empathetic de-escalation, prioritizing trigger awareness and supportive communication to prevent escalation, and reflecting post-incident to promote compassionate care. It closes with a message on healing through compassionate connection and a call to action to commit to these practices in every interaction for building a supportive community.

Final Thoughts

Key Takeaways:

• Integrate trauma-informed principles with social practice for empathetic de-escalation.
• Prioritize understanding triggers and supportive communication to prevent escalation.
• Reflect post-incident to foster ongoing compassionate care.

Closing Message: Healing through compassionate connection.

Call to Action: Commit today to trauma-informed practices in every interaction for a supportive community.

Source: Trauma-Informed De-Escalation with a Social Practice Lens - Natalie Correa, LMHC