Impact Area

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 works to accelerate positive childhood experiences; safe, stable, and nurturing relationships; increased resilience; and healthy development. To improve well-being for individuals served and staff, we partner with organizations to build protective factors, such as healthy relationships, supportive social networks, and social and emotional skills.

Tools for Transformational Change

Embedding Brain Science

Implementing Trauma-Informed Approaches

Applying an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Lens

Our Focus

Applying an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Lens
To ensure that our workforce is well, we must partner with staff to improve communication, create culture change, and reframe challenges as opportunities. Foundational brain science gives us the tools to mitigate the stress of direct service.

The Intersection of Race Equity and Brain Science
Our brains, which are hardwired to keep us safe, create barriers to connecting with others. But, by understanding the impact of racial trauma, increasing self-awareness, and quieting our lower brains, we can establish deep and productive relationships.

Trauma-Informed Approaches
We can recognize and respond to the signs, symptoms, and risks of trauma and toxic stress by embedding trauma-informed approaches at the personal, organizational, and systems levels.

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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This 10-site learning collaborative, which concluded in June 2023, worked to embed brain science and race equity principles and practices with the goal of improving outcomes for children and families.
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Our Brain Science and Trauma-Informed Solutions

Learning Collaboratives
Social Current learning collaboratives support a cohort of organizations in transformational change by blending expert-led instruction with peer-to-pear learning and idea sharing.

Trainings
We offer a variety of virtual and in-person learning opportunities. Social Current can also provide customized trainings on topics including foundational brain science, trauma-informed approaches, workforce well-being and resilience, and the intersection of brain science and antiracism.

Coaching, Technical Assistance, and Group Facilitation
Social Current provides coaching, technical assistance, and facilitation in developing a theory of change, using developmental evaluation and human-centered design to fuel innovation, framing and communications, and operationalizing your values.

Embed Brain Science with Social Current

It can be difficult to know where to begin and how to build momentum toward a trauma-informed culture. Social Current can help you translate brain science into action.