- | Other
This resource provides an overview of the impact of trauma on workforce and strategies for maintaining emotional wellness at the individual and organizational level.
- | Report
The National Resource Center for Family Based Services (NRC) created this profile of Iowa’s family support workforce under sponsorship of the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). The purpose was to gain a greater understanding of the family support workforce and its organizational contexts with the goal of strengthening the workforce and improving the quality of family support services. (author summary)
- | Article
The early childhood workforce encompasses a range of professionals across health care, early childhood education, mental health, child welfare, and early intervention. Despite the differences in daily responsibilities, these professionals experience similar systems-level challenges which impede their ability to professionally flourish and risk undermining the needs of families. In this article, we highlight four key challenges—compensation, burnout, safety, and retention—which have long impacted their sectors and have been further exacerbated by the pandemic. Opportunities for policymakers and program administrators to discuss these challenges are discussed. (author abstract)
- | Planning Tool
This resource includes ideas and questions to help supervisors implement Trauma Informed Care (TIC) in supervision.(author summary)
- | Brief
This brief summarizes available research on trauma and home visiting to address why home visiting programs should implement a trauma0informed approach, what it means to implement a trauma-informed approach, how home visiting programs can implement a trauma-informed approach, and the implications for research and practice. (author summary)