We often encounter organizations with a large degree of toxic stress. Intriguing is that some of the same symptoms trauma-impacted clients feel are also the symptoms the staff feel when there is an organizational crisis. Moreover, there is a parallel effect in the entire organization. As you can see in these charts developed by our […]
A Place to Be Calm. What Do People Sense in Your Trauma-informed Environment?
I always enjoy hearing what individuals say when they walk through our programs or our training center and comment on the calm of it all. We have worked very hard at Lakeside to make sure our students, parents, business associates, and guests feel like they can enter our environments and immediately sense a relaxing, relational, […]
What Are the Components of Trauma Informed Environments?
This week I have the good fortune of meeting with an organization that we had trained. The leadership of the organization wants their staff to learn about trauma-informed environments. They plan to visit our administrative and training offices to experience what we have designed so that their staff can experience a trauma-informed environment. What does […]
