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The term trauma-informed care  and its practices are widely used among area nonprofits, advocates and activists. It s a broad term that can look different depending on the field it s applied in, but the core meaning remains the same: to make everyone involved feel safe, empowered and valued.  On a fundamental level, providing trauma-informed care is really recognizing that an individual has, more likely than not, had a history of trauma. Our objective in providing care is to prevent retraumatization by reducing triggers,  Tim Black, White Bird Clinic s director of consulting, said.  I think that White Bird and CAHOOTS have been applying principles of trauma-informed care without necessarily having that vocabulary.

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