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This episode is part 2 in the trauma-informed assessment mini-series with Dr. Julia Strait. If you didn’t catch the first episode last week, definitely go back and check that one out – we talked last time about how to define trauma: complex, developmental, acute, and everything in between. In the current episode, we dive deep into the actual assessment process. Here are a few topics that we get into:

• Interviewing for traumatic experiences
• Measures to assess trauma
• Differential diagnosis of trauma and other concerns like ADHD, ASD, and others
• Feedback and report-writing with a trauma-informed lens

Cool Things Mentioned

• SAMHSA’s model of trauma: https://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAMHSA-s-Concept-of-Trauma-and-Guidance-for-a-Trauma-Informed-Approach/SMA14-4884
• UCLA PTSD trauma reaction index: https://www.reactionindex.com/  
• RIOT model
• Leung, B. (1993). Assessment is a R.I.O.T.! Communiqué, 22(3), 1–6. https://sites.google.com/a/nhcs.net/karlysokolowski/what-s-riot
• https://www.interventioncentral.org/sites/default/files/rti_riot_icel_data_collection.pdf
• University of Tennessee Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody: https://www.uthsc.edu/cdd/programs/coe-state-custody.php#:~:text=The%20University%20of%20Tennessee%20Center,both%20consultative%20and%20direct%20services.
• ITQ – international trauma questionnaire: https://www.traumameasuresglobal.com/itq
• Trauma Handout – diff dx and ARC chart: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O999gWTL0AzXAgfZd7mi6BO8Nhf1AGgS/view?usp=sharing
• Harvard Center for Developing Child (on neglect): https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/the-science-of-neglect-the-persistent-absence-of-responsive-care-disrupts-the-developing-brain/
• MACES measure: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25714856/
• Adverse Childhood Experiences: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html
• Cathy Widom: https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/cathy-spatz-widom
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