The Way Forward Implementing Trauma Responsive Care for Intellectual and Developmental Disability Professionals

The Way Forward is a practical guide to the Who, What, Why, When, and How of incorporating Trauma Responsive Care (TRC) not only into the way you care for people with an intellectual or developmental disability, but into your corporate culture— how you care for one another, every day.

Kevin Aldridge makes the mantra of Trauma Responsive Care an attainable goal for you and your organization: Safe. Connected. In Control.

The Way Forward builds on Lara Palay’ s groundbreaking The Way Through. It will help you start implementing TRC, equip your staff for the change, and make the transformation a lasting foundation for your organization.

Kevin Aldridge, MA, has more than 30 years of experience in human services and management, mostly in the I/DD and mental health sectors. Kevin also served as Assistant Deputy Director for policy for the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities. He has taught courses at the Ohio State University College of Social Work and has consulted internationally for Fortune 100 companies in change management and team organization. He is a founding partner of Aldridge Palay Consulting.

Foreword … ix Introduction … xiii Part One: Why Change? … 1 Chapter One: Why Should an Agency Try to Be Responsive to Trauma? … 3 Chapter Two: The Nature of Change … 19 Chapter Three: The Nature of This Change … 43 Part Two: Who Does What and How? … 57 Chapter Four: Who Does What and How? The Three Components of the Organization … 59 Chapter Five: Who Does What and How? The Three Tasks of Implementing Trauma Responsive Care … 73 Chapter Six: Who Does What and How? The Three Strategies to Make It Happen and Make It Stick … 85 Part Three: When? A Step-by-Step Guide … 103 Introduction … 105 Chapter Seven: Getting Started: Steps 1, 2, & 3 … 107 Chapter Eight: Equip Your Staff: Steps 4 & 5 … 117 Chapter Nine: The Long Game: Steps 6, 7, & 8 … 127 Chapter Ten: An Epilogue in Two Parts: How to Make Friends and Influence Policymakers … 139 Acknowledgments … 159 Endnotes … 161 Index … 181