Trauma Awareness Assignment

Use the following resources to enhance your awareness of the impacts of trauma and be prepared to reflect in your next individual supervision.

1. First, watch YouTube’s Childhood Trauma and the Brain | UK Trauma Council

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYBUY1kZpf8

2. Next, visit NPR.org and read the following article. Please take the ACES test by selecting the link in the article.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/02/387007941/take-the-ace-quiz-and-learn-what-it-does-and-doesnt-mean

Things to consider:

1. Through these resources, what stood out to you the most?

2. What is something you learned?

3. What is something you were already aware of?

4. How do you think this information can help you while supporting others?

5. What ways can you use trauma awareness in each of your individual projects?