On this page, we’ve collected resources to support your trauma-informed family practice. The first table below includes national resources, organized by topic. Scroll down to the second table and you’ll find local resources, organized by CAFP District.
TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE | |
| Trauma-Informed Care Toolkit | From the TIC Collective in Alberta, Canada, a collection of videos, papers, and other resources about TIC. |
| SANE | RNs who have special training for interacting with patients who have experience sexual assault. |
| Female Pelvic Exam Guideline | These questions and methods are designed to gather information and alleviate the female patient’s anxiety by establishing rapport. |
| Male Pelvic Exam Guideline | These questions and methods are designed to gather information and alleviate the female patient’s anxiety by establishing rapport. |
| SAMHSA Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach, | A free, 27-page PDF booklet offering a framework for becoming a trauma-informed organization or service. Emphasis on implementation. |
PARENTING/FAMILY | |
| UCSF Family Services - videos | Videos of past events sponsored by UCSF family services. |
| Positive Discipline Community Resources | Sample schedules, routine charts, suggested activities for families to try |
| Sound Discipline | Wonderful parenting resources and tips, including a curated list of resources by topic |
| Parenting with PACES | A collection put together by PACEs Connection |
| Safe, Secure, and Loved | A program developed by psychologist, Dr. Barbara Burns. Includes educational materials based on current research evidence, teaching six habits of resilience. |
| Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope | This James Redford film (1 hour) does a wonderful job of explaining the biology of toxic stress and the importance of resilience to buffer it. |
NATIONAL RESOURCES | |
| AAFP EveryONE Project | Education and resources to help you advocate for health equity, including the Neighborhood Navigator for finding resources in your area. |
| One Degree | Look up engine for free, life-improving resources under the categories of family, food, health, housing, education, legal, employment, and money. |
| Alcohol & Addiction Anonymous (AA) Meeting Finder | |
| Al-Anon and Alateen Family Group Meeting Finder | |
| Alateen Family Groups | A fellowship organization for young Al-Anon meetings (12-18 yo) whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. |
| Harm Reduction Institute | Organization to build power and equity with people who use drugs |
| Children’s Institute | family planning, counseling, parenting classes |
| Mindoula | telehealth behavioral services |
| Concert Health | telehealth behavioral services |
APPS AND ONLINE RESOURCES | |
| Mindfulness Meditation Apps | UCLA Mindful App, Breathe, Headspace, Mindfulness , My Life, Mindfulness Coach (developed by the U.S. VA). These are all available as free downloads. |
| Global Hope Challenge | An online, free, ten-day course to help develop skills to create, maintain, and grown hope in your life. |
| What is Mindfulness | Good background information and discussion of evidence from the University of Minnesota |
| Benefits of Mindfulness | Discussion of practices for improving emotional and physical well-being from Harvard Health |
PODCASTS | |
| Sleep With Me | Innovative audio solution to adult insomnia featuring lulling, droning, stories to calm your thoughts, with stream of consciousness tangents that mimic the way your brain works in the moments between waking and sleeping. |
| Terrible, Thanks for Asking | Compassionate and heartbreaking true stories about people who’ve experienced trauma and how they’ve coped |
| Un F*ck Your Brain | Non-nonsense insights into the ways your anxious brain might be sabotaging you and actionable advice on how to choose different thoughts. |
| Radio Headspace | A podcast spun out of the popular meditation app (Headspace) that focuses on navigating post-pandemic life. |
| The Anxiety Coaches Podcast | Relaxing and inspiring show sharing lifestyle changes to calm you and help heal. |
| Life after PTSD | Shared stories from people who have suffered traumatic events and how they created a life for themselves in the face of that. |
BOOKS | |
| The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma | Bessel van der Kolk ©2014 |
| The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Exploitive Relationships | by Patrick Carnes |
| What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing | by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry |
| The MindBody Workbook | by David Schechter. A 30-day structured journal to identify and heal from psychologic issues that may be causing physical pain. |
ACES AWARE RESOURCES | |
| ACEs Aware Provider Training | Training for ACEs screening provided by ACEs Aware |
| ACEs Aware resource site | The root page to get started on all resources provided by ACEs Aware |
| ACEs Aware Provider Toolkit | 67-page PDF explaining the initative, screening, treating, and healing. Includes patient tools. |
| The Story of Your Number | A short (1:28), patient education video on understanding your ACEs score. |
| The California ACEs Academy | Free live and on-demand webinars from national experts on ACES and TIC. |
| ACEs Science Research | Research resources and citations for the science behind ACEs |
| Trauma-Informed Guides, Presentations and Self Assessment Tools | A vetted guideline and tool collection from various national organizations |
| Trauma-Informed Therapists | Lists and databases to help direct you to trauma-informed therapists across the country |
| Patient Tools and Informational Handouts | Ready-to-print handouts on sleep, relaxation techniques, meditation, exercise, parenting, etc. |
| Spanish Language Resources | From ACEs Aware |
Latino Health Access: https://www.latinohealthaccess.org
Los Angeles County Behavioral Health Services
Al-Anon of Greater Los Angeles: More than 400 group meetings in the each week in the LA area (find a meeting), no application required. Designed to help the families of alcoholics.
First 5LA: Young child well-being, parenting, family events
Rekha's List: https://www.rekhaslist.com/about
CAFP District |
Counties Included |
| 1 | Imperial, San Diego |
| 2 | Orange |
| 3 & 4 | Los Angeles |
| 5 | Alpine, Inyo, Kern, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino, Tulare |
| 6 | Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura |
| 7 | Monterey, San Mateo, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz |
| 8 | Alameda, Calaveras, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne |
| 9 | Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, Solano, Sonoma |
| 10 | Amador, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yuba |
