Does your role involve working alongside or serving people who may be affected by trauma?

If you are likely to be working alongside or serving people who may have been affected by trauma, whether that is known or not, then the resources below will help you think about how to consider this in your day to day working life. We call this level of awareness about trauma – 'Trauma Skilled'.

Resources to develop your 'Trauma Skilled' practice

The resources below will help you to develop knowledge & skills to support your 'Trauma Skilled' Practice. Please complete the foundational module 'Developing your trauma skilled practice 1' before completing the others.

You will need to register with TURAS Learn to access the first of these resources, but anyone with an email address, no matter what their location or role is, can register free of charge. To register please go to: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/

Resources

Trauma skilled practice module 1: understanding the impact of trauma and responding in a trauma-informed way

This module is designed to increase your understanding of what psychological trauma is and how it can affect us, how to support recovery and develop trauma informed relationships that incorporate trust, safety, choice and collaboration, and control and empowerment, and how to recognise when a person may benefit from a trauma specialist intervention.

Elearning
Developing your trauma skilled practice 2 : trauma in children and young people

This supplementary module is part of the Developing your Trauma Skilled Practice elearning program and is designed for anyone working with children and young people who may have been affected by traumatic events. Please complete the foundational module "Developing your trauma skilled practice 1" if you have not done so already.

Elearning
Developing your trauma skilled practice 3 : understanding the impact on mental health and evidence-based pathways to recovery

This supplementary module is part of the Developing your trauma skilled practice elearning program and is designed for anyone working with people who may have contact with people who may have been affected by traumatic events. Please complete the foundational module "Developing your trauma skilled practice 1" if you have not done so already.

Elearning
Developing your trauma-skilled practice 4 : understanding the use of substances to cope with the impact of trauma

This module is designed to increase your understanding of what psychological trauma is and how it can affect us, how to support recovery and develop trauma informed relationships that incorporate trust, safety, choice and collaboration, and control and empowerment, and how to recognise when a person may benefit from a trauma specialist intervention.

Elearning
Feedback from Skilled module

Please find a summary of the feedback we have received regarding the Trauma Skilled module here
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Understanding how the experience of trauma can affect our Window of Tolerance

Jennie Young, Principal Educator at NHS Education for Scotland and Nurse Psychotherapist talks about the ways that the experience of psychological trauma can affect our emotional “window of tolerance”, and what we can do to create environments that support a person to stay in their optimal “green zone”.

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Does your role involve working alongside or serving people who may be affected by trauma?

Resources to develop your 'Trauma Skilled' practice

Resources

Trauma skilled practice module 1: understanding the impact of trauma and responding in a trauma-informed way

Developing your trauma skilled practice 2 : trauma in children and young people

Developing your trauma skilled practice 3 : understanding the impact on mental health and evidence-based pathways to recovery

Developing your trauma-skilled practice 4 : understanding the use of substances to cope with the impact of trauma

Feedback from Skilled module

Understanding how the experience of trauma can affect our Window of Tolerance