Reflective Supervision as Trauma Informed Care: One Agency’s Experience

An article for Multiplying Connections by Sue Badeau

James grandmother reports that she finds him asleep on the floor of his closet every morning curled tightly into a fetal position.

Myra rode in the ambulance that took her mother to the hospital after her most recent overdose. Now, she screams every time she hears an ambulance.

Kenny jumps up and begins swinging his fists at anyone nearby every time a tray is dropped or other loud sound occurs in the school cafeteria.

Tory silently begins pulling her own hair as tears leak out of her eyes when her foster mother cooks spaghetti.