Interest Group: Dane County Dept of Human Services Table #: 1
Name of Team Spokesperson: Laura Hughes
Short Term Goal (Timeline for completion must fall within one year from today): Develop monigroup? to shift
perspective/approach to trauma-informed
Steps to Achieve Goal
Need to find these blue sheets yet if there are any. Not with flipchart sheets
Completion Date
Today
Get management on board through talking to supervisors. E-mail agency.
Present to race change team integration of trauma-informed perspective
Extend invitations to recruit workgroup members
Plan meeting and e-mail CYF
Hold meeting and establish goals of work group (agency support, ACES training,
etc)
People present at Summit team meeting:

Marilee Morris
CPS-SSS, ADRC

Heidi Veloon
CPS

Emily Quinnell
CPS intern

Laura Hughes
CPS intern

Mya Johnson
CPS ongoing

Paula Kedzie
CPS reunification
Q1: How is trauma linked to the behaviors you observe and respond to?
Assigned Person
Julie

Executive function impairments (impulsivity)

Worker support/morale – self-care, TEAM

Trauma leads to AODA leads to poor choices leads to our jobs

Reacting to behaviors, assumptions, rather than looking at cause

Power dynamics and feeling powerless triggers behaviors

Whole family versus single individual focus, need this more

Authority as a threat

Broken relationships

Community responses to juveniles, putting them (clients) back into powerless situations

Labels masking trauma

Thinking about/response to client threats to sw’ers
Q2: What are your ideas for making your service area more trauma-informed?


Short term actions:
o
Supportive culture within agency – Tic Tacs
o
Community outreach
o
Lobby greeters
o
Inviting lobbies
o
Posters regarding trauma informed care
o
Workers do own ACE screen and discuss
o
Develop work-group to shift perspective and approach
Long-term actions
o
Practice Model (CPS) integrating trauma-informed care and interviewing
o
Required trauma training every two years
o
Include trauma into foster care training
o
Trauma informed parenting
o
Introduce ACE study to all staff
o
Use ACE screen with parents young children
o
Secondary trauma ideas
o
Need common language
o
Community partners collaboration