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Collective Trauma and Building a Trauma-Informed Culture

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1.  As a result of past traumatic experiences, which of the following is true about parents?
  1. They will trust everyone
  2. They may have difficulty keeping themselves and their children safe and healthy
  3. They will become deviant adults since they were abused and neglected children
  4. They may resort to coping in healthy ways, such as using drugs or alcohol
2.  Effective interventions for parents who are parenting a child who has experienced trauma include which of the following?
  1. Increasing the child’s feelings of safety
  2. Teaching the child how to manage emotions, especially when faced with trauma triggers
  3. Helping the child develop a positive view of him/herself
  4. All of the above
3.  Which behaviors might be observed in preschool children who have experienced trauma?
  1. Angry outbursts and/or aggression
  2. Regression in previously mastered stages of development
  3. Emotional numbing
  4. Avoidance behaviors
4.  What does trauma informed-care begin with?
  1. Love, connection, and learning
  2. Safe environment, connection, regulation
  3. Love, safe environment, and learning
  4. Safe environment, love, and regulation
5.  Which of the following best describes creating an environment of safety?
  1. It is not within our control
  2. It is within our limited control
  3. It is within our control
  4. It is sometimes within our control
6.  What are the three strategies that strengthen trauma-informed care practices?
  1. Caring, love, and good people
  2. Reflective practice, good people, and reflective supervision
  3. Love, reflective supervision, caring
  4. Strengths-based attitudes and relationship-based practices, reflective practice, reflective supervision
7.  Which of the following is an ongoing conversation between a staff member and a supervisor?
  1. Reflective supervision
  2. Strategies
  3. Reflective practice
  4. Strengths-based attitudes and relationship-based practices
8.  What are a set of strategies/techniques used to help modify behaviors that interfere with a person’s well-being?
  1. Interventions
  2. Therapy
  3. Goals
  4. Treatment
9.  Which intervention encourages children to discuss their worries?
  1. Deep breathing
  2. Positive guidance
  3. Worry eater
  4. Self-regulation
10.  Which of the following is NOT a way to encourage deep breathing in young children?
  1. Use bubbles
  2. Use a stuffed animal
  3. Smelling the flower
  4. Tell them to count while breathing

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