AHP was a subcontractor to SAMHSA’s National Center for Trauma-Informed Care and Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion (NCTIC) for 8 years. A diverse team of staff and consultants, many of them trauma survivors and nationally recognized leaders, provided technical assistance (TA) and participated in developing products and materials under this contract. The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) was the prime contractor for NCTIC.
NCTIC supported SAMHSA’s commitment to provide information, technical assistance, and support to increase awareness about the impact of trauma on people with mental health or substance use disorders, as well as people served by public health, education, and corrections systems.
A key focus of the work was to promote alternatives to seclusion, restraint, and other coercive interventions to minimize the likelihood of re-traumatization. The use of trauma-informed approaches was incorporated into a broad range of service systems, with input from trauma survivors’ perspectives in all aspects of the contract.
NCTIC was guided by the fundamental beliefs that people with personal experiences of trauma can and do recover and heal; trauma-informed care is the hallmark of effective programs to promote recovery and healing through support from peers, consumers, survivors, ex-patients, and recovering persons and mentoring by providers; and leadership teams of peers and providers charting the course for the implementation of trauma-informed care are essential.
As one of the earliest national organizations to recognize the importance of trauma, NCTIC is proud of its contributions to establishing trauma-informed care as a powerful social movement involving agencies, communities, and states across the country. Its work with federal partners and trauma survivors fueled a deeper understanding of how best to meet the needs of individuals who have experienced trauma.
Work included:
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A blog series titled From Trauma-Aware to Trauma-Informed: Implementing SAMHSA’s Six Principles
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Three virtual learning networks
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Three webinar series
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Training curricula on trauma-informed care for all service settings, and trauma-informed services for people living with HIV (PLHIV)
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Trauma-informed peer support service briefs, fact sheets, guides, issue briefs, etc.
Select products developed included:
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Reducing Seclusion and Restraint by Creating Trauma-Informed Service Systems: An Issue Brief for Policymakers on Trauma-Informed Practices
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Best Practices in the Use of Restraints with Pregnant Women Under Correctional Custody
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Essential Components of Trauma-Informed Judicial Practice
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Promoting Prevention through Trauma-Informed Practices: Seclusion and Restraint Efforts since 1998
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Engaging Women in Trauma-Informed Peer Support: A Guidebook
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Minority AIDS Initiative special products such as:
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Trauma-Informed Approaches to HIV Testing
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Trauma-Informed Approaches to Care Transitions
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Trauma-Informed Approaches to Supporting Older Adults LHIV
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Trauma-Informed Approaches at the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and PLHIV
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Trauma-Informed Approaches for Working with Transgender or Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) PLHIV
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Trauma-Informed Approaches to Substance Use and PLHIV