Read BCACDI's Statements on:
Trauma-Informed Practice
RESOURCES
When We Are Scared
An illustrated webinar about stress and trauma by Chandra Gosh Ippen and Piplo Productions. Watch here >
Adverse Childhood Experience & the Biology of Stress
A webinar hosted by Florida State University Centre for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy. Watch here >
Helping Healthcare Professionals Care for Trauma and Stress.
A webinar hosted by the Florida State University Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy. Watch here >
The Core Story of Brain Development
A webinar about understanding the impact of early childhood experiences on brain development, hosted by Alberta Family Wellness Initiative. Watch here >
Webinars
Online Courses & Training Modules
Traua Informed Care -
E-Learning
Online learning modules by Alberta Health Services . Click here >
Brain Story Certification
Online course on the science of brain development nada is impacts on lifelong learning by Alberta Family Wellness Initiative . Click here >
Cultural Safety in Practice with Children, Families & Communities
Beacon House Therapeutic Services and Trauma Team. Download here >
Development Trauma
Beacon House Therapeutic Services and Trauma Team. Download here >
What We Say
Beacon House Therapeutic Services and Trauma Team. Download here >
What Survival Looks Like At Home
Inner World Work and Beacon House Therapeutic Servcies & Trauma Team. Download here >
Posters, Pamphlets & Information Sheets
Recognizing and Responding to the Effects of Trauma
Healing Families, Helping Systems
A Trauma-Informed Practice Guide for Working with Children, Youth and Families. A guidebook by the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development. Download here >
Practice Guidelines
The Repair of Early Trauma: A Bottom Up Approach
Beacon House Therapeutic Services and Trauma Team. Watch here >
How Brains are Built
A 5 minute animated video explaining the impact of toxic stress on the developing brain, by Alberta Family Wellness Initiative. Watch here >
Understanding Trauma: Learning Brain vs. Surviving Brain
A 5 minute video with supporting animations explaining the impacts of trauma on the child learner by Jacob Ham. Watch here >
First Impressions: Exposure to Violence & a Child's Developing Brain
15 minute video by California Department of Justice explaining the effects of exposure to violence on and infant's brain. Watch here >
Videos
Developmental Trauma Close Up
Beacon House Therapeutic Services & Trauma Team. Read here >
The Repair of Early Trauma: a "Bottom Up" Approach.
Beacon House Therapeutic Services and Trauma Team. Read here >
Literature Review: a Trauma-Sensitive Approach for Children Aged 0-8 Years
A report by the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services, and Indigenous Affairs. Read Here >
Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain Development
April 2015 issue of the Child Welfare Information Gateway by the United States Children's Bureau. Read Here >