I am sure you have heard about Trauma Informed Care (TIC). But have you heard about Trauma and Violence Informed Care (TVIC)?
Trauma is both the experience of, and a response to, an overwhelmingly negative event or series of events, from wars and disasters, to assault, accidents and loss. Events become traumatic due to complex interactions between someone’s neurobiology (for example, their ability to self-regulate), their previous experiences of trauma and violence, including the role of others in supporting (or not) self-regul