Resources Hub
Below, you can find resources about a range of aspects of Trauma Informed Approaches, including videos from our Network events.
Videos
NHS Lanarkshire End Violence and Abuse Services and NHS Health Scotland
An introduction to what happens in the brain after children face traumatic experiences in childhood, like abuse and neglect.
NHS Education for Scotland
Fritzi Horstman’s powerful video from the Compassion Prison Project exploring Adverse Childhood Experiences in a maximum security prison in the USA.
NHS Education for Scotland
Find out how a traumatised child swings from fight/flight to freeze/collapse.
Research, Articles & Useful Links
Research in Practice publish Embedding a trauma-informed approach to support staff well-being in children’s social care: Strategic Briefing (2021)
Childhood Trauma and the Brain – from the UK Trauma Council
How childhood trauma affects child brain development – NSPCC (2021)
How to support refugee and asylum-seeking children who have experienced trauma – Dr Sarah Davidson MBE, Head of Psychosocial & Mental Health at British Red Cross
Trauma-Informed Practice: A Toolkit for Scotland – NHS Scotland
Somerset Trauma Informed Training for Schools
Information about Emotion Coaching – Somerset Children and Young People Health and Wellbeing
ACEs e-learning for parents and carers
Working Definition of Trauma Informed Practice
The Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership Podcast – The P Pod
Success Stories
Join our network
Our Network aims for Somerset to become a more trauma-informed county, and is open to anyone working with children and families in Somerset with a desire to engage in and promote trauma informed approaches. Click on the link below to join the Somerset Trauma Informed Network.