This page will provides you with helpful resources and useful links to reading material, guidance and trauma informed practice research
ACE Networks | |
Building a Trauma Informed Nation in NI | click here |
Northern Ireland Regional ACE Reference Group | click here |
NHS - ACE Aware Nation in Scotland | click here |
Public Health Scotland - Ending Childhood Adversity: A Public Health Approach (June 2020) |
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Public Health Wales - ACEs in Wales | click here |
Northern Ireland ACE Conference Report (2019) | click here |
Northern Ireland ACE Conference Report (2020) | click here |
Queens University Belfast Evidence Review of Trauma Informed Practice | |
Evidence Review - Developing Trauma informed Practice in Northern Ireland - Full Report | click here |
Key messages summary report | click here |
The Child Welfare System report | click here |
The Education System report | click here |
The Health and Mental Health Care System report | click here |
The Justice System report | click here |
Literature of Trauma Informed Practice | |
SAMSHA Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma Informed Approach | click here |
SAMSHA Working Definition of Recovery | click here |
Early Intervention Foundation: Cost of Late Intervention in Northern Ireland | click here |
University of Ulster: The mediating role of various types of social networks on psychopathology following adverse childhood experiences | click here |
University of Ulster: ACEs among university students, and the relationship with lifetime mood and anxiety disorder | click here |
Lancet Public Health Report: The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis | click here |
Bellis et al (2018) ACEs and Sources of Childhood Resilience | click here |
Larkin et al (2014) Social Work and ACE Research: Implications for Practice and Health Policy | click here |
Biglan et al (2017) Evolving a more nurturing society to prevent ACEs | click here |
House of Commons: First 1001 days report (2019) | click here |
House of Commons: Evidence based early years interventions (2017-19) | click here |
Ellis et al (2017) A New Framework for Addressing ACEs and Community Experiences | click here |
Early Intervention Foundation: The cost of late intervention in NI research (2018) | click here |
Institute of Education (2019) - What helps to support people affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences? A review of evidence | click here |
Trauma Specific Literature | |
Parental Mental Health: So your think your mum or dad has a mental illness? Child version | click here |
Parental Mental Health: So you think your mum or dad has a mental illness? Teenager version | click here |
Chrysalis Partnership - Connections: Helping our Children Feel Connected | click here |
Chrysalis Partnership - Bouncing Back: Building Resilience in Young People | click here |
Stress, Trauma and Your Brain: Part One | click here |
Stress, Trauma and Your Brain: Ideas for Healing | click here |
Alcohol and You NI: Parents and Alcohol | click here |
Trauma Informed Care in the Homelessness Sector - Homeless Link | click here |
Lasher et al (2017) Implementation of Trauma Informed Care in a Housing First Model for Intimate Partner Violence | click here |
Homeless Hub Canada - A Trauma Informed Practice Guide & TIP Organisational Checklist | click here |
Bellis et al (2019) - Life course health consequences and associated annual costs of adverse childhood experiences across Europe and North America: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
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Save the Children and Joseph Rowntree Foundation Family Research |
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Devaney et al (2020) Opening the Time Capsule of ACEs - British Journal of Social Work (2020) |
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Frederick et al (2020) ACEs and Social Work: Relationship Based Practice Responses - British Journal of Social Work |
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Spratt et al (2020) ACEs - Beyond Signs of Safety; Re-imagining the Organisation and Practice of Social Work with Children and Families - British Journal of Social Work |
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Mooney et all (2020) - Incoporating ACEs in Relational Based Social Work Practice: The Family Life Stories Workbook |
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Universal Intercept Models | |
Applying the Sequential Intercept Model to the NI Context (Full Report) | click here |
Applying the Sequential Intercept Model to the NI Context (Summary Report) | click here |
Trauma Informed Models & Transformation Programmes | |
Integrated Family Approaches Booklet (2020) | click here |
Looked After Children and Young People - Therapeutic Care Framework | click here |
Looked After Children and Young People - Therapeutic Care Framework Video | click here |
Building Better Futures Model Northern Ireland - Overview | Click here |
Training Tools & Information | |
NI ACE Animation | click here |
Barnardo's NI Life Changers Video | click here |
ACE / Trauma Informed Practice Information Leaflet | click here |
Help me make sense of the world - brain development leaflet (English) | click here |
Help me make sense of the world - brain development leaflet (Irish) | click here |
Steps to Cope with Stress booklet | click here |
Northern Ireland Helplines 2020 Leaflet | click here |
Northern Ireland Helplines 2020 Poster | click here |
Northern Ireland Helplines 2020 Website (with COVID support services) | click here |
What Just Happened? Coping with COVID-19: A Guide for Parents and Carers of Children | click here |
Useful guide to mental and emotional wellbeing resources | click here |
Integrated Family Approaches Booklet (2020) (Standard) | click here |
Integrated Family Approaches Electronic Booklet (2020) (New) | click here |
Support for Children and Young People | |
A Young Persons Guide to Stress and Resilience Video | click here |
A Young Person's Guide to Stress and Resilence Leaflet (English) | click here |
A Young Person's Guide to Stress and Resilence Leaflet (Irish) | click here |
A Young Person's Guide to Stress and Resilence Leaflet (Polish) | click here |
A Young Person's Guide to Stress and Resilence Leaflet (Arabic) | click here |
A Young Person's Guide to Stress and Resilence Leaflet (Romanian) | click here |
A Young Person's Guide to Stress and Resilence Leaflet (Luthianian) | click here |
A Young Person's Guide to Stress and Resilence Leaflet (Portuguese) | click here |
Telephone and Web Support for Young People | click here |
Going Back to School Video (2020) | click here |
Staff Self Care and Safety | |
Deeper than Talk: Its a Co-Creational Relationship (Dr Tony Humphries) - Jan 2020 | click here |
Trauma Informed Physical Spaces | |
Trauma Informed Care and the evidence - Dr Suzanne Mooney, Queens University Belfast | click here |
Trauma Informed Physical Spaces - Professor Mandy Davis, Trauma Informed Oregon | click here |
Trauma Informed Oregon Health and Wellbeing Walk Through Summary for Organisations | click here |
Trauma Informed Oregon Physical Spaces Template Example | click here |
Hosting a meeting based on TI principles | click here |
Trauma Informed Oregon Useful TI Environments Resources | click here |
Stakeholder Engagement Ketso Mapping | |
Health Sector Stakeholder Ketso Map (2018) | click here |
Social Care Sector Stakeholder Ketso Map (2018) | click here |
Education Sector Stakeholder Ketso Map (2018) | click here |
Community & Voluntary Sector Stakeholder Ketso Map (2018) | click here |
Justice Sector Stakeholder Ketso Map (2018) | click here |
Sector Specific Stakeholder Engagement Reports | |
General Practice (GP) Stakeholder Engagement Report (2019) | click here |
Health & Social Care Stakeholder Engagement Report (2019) | click here |
Learning & Development Teams Stakeholder Engagement Report (2019) | click here |
Family Support Hubs Stakeholder Engagement Report (2019) | click here |
Early Years Stakeholder Engagement Report (2019) | click here |
Education Sector Stakeholder Engagement Report (2019) | click here |
Community & Voluntary Sector Stakeholder Engagement Report (2019) | click here |
Housing Sector Stakeholder Engagement Report (2019) | click here |
EITP Trauma Informed Practice Project Report Cards | |
Yr1/2 Trauma Informed Practice Project Report Card 1 - April-July 2019 | click here |
Yr1/2Trauma Informed Practice Project Report Card 2 - August - November 2019 | click here |
Yr2 Trauma Informed Practice Project Report Card 3 - December 2019 - March 2020 | click here |
Yr3 Trauma Informed Practice Project Report Card 4 - April-September 2020 | click here |
EITP Trauma Informed Practice Project Review Reports for 2018-2020 | |
EITP Trauma Informed Practice Project Review Executive Summary | click here |
EITP Trauma Informed Practice Project Review Report Part A (Main Report) | click here |
EITP Trauma Informed Practice Project Review Report Part B | click here |
Useful documents | |
EITP Trauma Informed Practice Project Service Providers 2018-2020 | click here |
North West Training Pilot Evaluation Report (2019) | click here |
Trauma Informed Practice: An Insight into the Training Needs of the Workforce in Northern Ireland Report (2019) | click here |
Trauma Informed Practice: An Insight into the System Readiness in Northern Ireland (2019) | click here |
Be the Change Trauma Informed Leadership Programme Evaluation Report (2020) | click here |