STEP A
TRAUMA LIFE SKILLS
Personal Spiritual Growth
Community health and healing
Acknowledge trauma is widespread
accept all can be affected
act to promote awareness
ACKNOWLEDGE TRAUMA IS WIDESPREAD
- ACKNOWLEDGE that childhood trauma is shockingly as common as the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study shows.
- ACKNOWLEDGE the widespread impact of trauma on child development, and mental, physical, behavioral, social, and spiritual health outcomes.
- ACKNOWLEDGE that adult trauma is also common.
accept all can be affected
- ACCEPT trauma-affected (including ourselves) with an attitude of compassion, trustworthiness, and transparency.
- ACCEPT that trauma may affect you and accept help in healing from trauma to strengthen your faith.
- ACCEPT trauma-affected with God's love and eliminate alienation and judgement.
act to promote awareness
- ACT to assure your mission, vision, policies, and ministry programs are intentionally trauma informed.
- ACT to promote awareness and improve culture by reducing stigma and increasing open support of trauma-affected.
- ACT to build trust in your community based on compassion, trustworthiness, transparency and God's pure love.