SAMSHA’s Trauma Informed Care Framework: Realize the prevalence of trauma and adversity and their impacts on health and behavior. Recognizing the effects of trauma and adversity on health and behavior. Training leadership, providers, and staff on responding to patients with best practices in trauma-informed care. Integrating knowledge about trauma and adversity into policies, procedures, practices and treatment planning; and Avoiding re-traumatization by approaching patients who have experienced ACEs and/or other adversities with non-judgmental support.
