Trauma-informed approaches

This infographic outlines the key strategies for success to integrate knowledge about how trauma impacts people into your practice.

Trauma is a common experience for people with disability and can have a profound effect on their lives. Taking a trauma-informed approach to disability employment practice means delivering services and supports in ways that ensure that all people feel safe and that avoid causing further harm.

Some people who have experienced trauma may view employment services as part of ‘the system’ that has hurt them in the past. It is essential that employment services integrate knowledge about how trauma impacts people into their services and supports.