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Brain Science and Trauma-Informed Approaches

Human services work at all levels can be fulfilling. But it is often complex, emotionally and physically exhausting, and connected to secondary traumatic stress and turnover. Our sector is under resourced and understaffed.

Social Current keeps organizations healthy on the inside. We provide training and consulting to support staff, strengthen organizational culture, and maintain stability in high-stress environments.

Our Brain Science and Trauma-Informed Services

Workforce Well-Being and Resilience Training
Social Current can provide this two-day, in-person training to teams, organizations, public agencies. It is designed to help staff build a positive workplace culture by ensuring they have foundational knowledge and skills to manage stress, especially in times of change. Building your staff’s resilience will help to ensure they can stay well at work and contribute to a compassionate, productive, and engaged organization. Learn more.

Train the Trainer Instruction
After training your staff staff, ensure sustainability of the foundational knowledge by teaching internal trainers, such as managers and supervisors, to deliver future trainings in-house.

Ongoing Workforce Resilience Consultation
Receive additional support customized to meet your organization’s needs. Social Current can provide guidance on strategy implementation, executive coaching, follow-up supports for managers and supervisors, and more.

Related Initiatives

This four-year initiative is to create a learning community and deliver trauma-informed antiracist training and technical assistance to support transformational change in child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
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Social Current facilitated the two-year Texas Change in Mind Learning Collaborative (2021-2023) with human service organizations located in central and eastern Texas. The goal was to replicate and rigorously evaluate the Change in Mind model.

The model was originally developed by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, now Social Current, for the 2015-2017 Change in Mind cohort, which included 10 organizations located throughout the U.S. and 5 organizations based in Alberta, Canada.

The Texas Change in Mind Learning Collaborative was funded by the Episcopal Health Foundation, The Powell Foundation, St. David’s Foundation, and an anonymous donor and included 10 participating organizations based in the greater Houston and Austin areas:

  • Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans
  • Austin Public Education Foundation
  • Bastrop County Cares
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston
  • Children’s Museum Houston
  • Family Service Center of Galveston Count
  • Fort Bend County Behavioral Health Services
  • New Hope Housing Inc.
  • Santa Maria Hostel Inc.
  • Texas Center for Child and Family Studies

The organizations participated in webinars, coaching, peer networking, and five convenings. These activities were designed to cover brain science, race equity, theory of change, messaging, and evaluation competencies implemented through program-, organization-, and systems-level pathways. Site-specific coaching was provided on theory of change development, community member engagement, and other topics.

NORC at the University of Chicago evaluated the initiative. Access the final evaluation report and evaluation brief on racial equity online.

Related Resource
Using a Brain Science-Infused Lens in Policy Development: Achieving Healthier Outcomes for Children
This guide provides insight and direction to the broader field on using brain science to inform policy. It details 10 values and five principles of brain science-infused policy and recommend that they support policy deliberations. It was published in 2016 as part of the original Change in Mind initiative.

Karen Johnson

Karen Johnson, MSW

Senior Director of Change in Mind

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