Trauma-Informed Supervision: Empowering Our Front Line

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Trauma-Informed Supervision Empowering Our Front
Line

• Alyce C. Duckworth, LCSW
• Creekside Collaborative Therapy [phone]

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Trauma-Informed Supervision Defined

• Trauma-Informed Supervision is part of an
  organizing foundational philosophy that
  acknowledges the impact of trauma on ALL
  Behaviors at ALL LEVELS of a system.

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Trauma-Informed Supervision

• Incorporates the strengths of team members
• Utilizes Universal Precautions for trauma
• Must be rooted in a larger cultural foundation
• Assumes original positive intent
• Is Dialectical Supportive AND Clear about OFIs
• Reconfigures trauma-wired patterns
• Is Democratic whenever possible
• Provides clear guidelines

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20 Minute Stretch
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The Trauma-Organized Brain

• A Microcosm
• Bottom Up, Inside Out
• Trauma, Brain Disorders, Developmental markers
• Escalations and I.Q.

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Concentric Systems

• Global
• Societal
• Community
• System
• Inter-Generational
• Family
• Individual

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Im your supervisor, not your therapist.

• Wounded healers
• Support in button recognition, blind spots,
  self-differentiation, affect regulation as it
  relates to parameters of work
• Advocate/Practice team transparency and tap-out
  strategies
• Model self-care, transparency, acknowledgement of
  mistakes from the top-down

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Know Your Team

• Macro/Micro parallel process
• Family role playing
• Consumer/team assessment
• Strength-Finder, ALSUP
• Learning Style
• Love Language, Motivation
• Escalation cycle / I.Q. / Mirror Neurons

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Know Your World

• Environmental (paint, lighting, noises,
  multisensory experience)
• Interpersonal
• Philosophical
• Historical
• Policy
• Self-care in action