Safe Place: Trauma-Sensitive Practice for Health Centers Serving Students

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Tag(s): prevention, sexual assault, trauma informed, trauma-informed
Author(s): The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE), National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
URL: Safe Place: Trauma-Sensitive Practice for Health Centers Serving Students
Abstract: The Safe Place resource kit encompasses a broad range of material introducing and endorsing trauma-sensitive practice with an emphasis on sexual assault trauma. Designed specifically for health center staff who serve as primary care providers to students in higher education, the kit will support health center staff at all levels to understand the likelihood that they serve higher education student patients and even work with colleagues affected by trauma; infuse trauma-sensitive approaches into their daily routine; and create a care environment that supports higher education students affected by trauma. Safe Place is one in a diverse collection of tools commissioned by the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. These tools are designed to supplement higher education efforts to develop campus-wide plans addressing sexual assault at their institutions.