Implementing Trauma-Informed Care in Human Services: An Ecological Scoping Review
Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is an essential framework for supporting individuals who have experienced trauma, emphasizing the need for systems to understand, recognize, and respond to the effects of trauma. The Implementing Trauma-Informed Care in Human Services: An Ecological Scoping Review article explores how TIC is integrated into human services, examining the factors that either facilitate or hinder its adoption. By taking an ecological approach, the review considers various environmental, organizational, and systemic factors that influence the effective implementation of TIC. Understanding the Ecological Approach The ecological perspective adopted by this review considers trauma-informed care not as an isolated practice but as something deeply intertwined with various organizational and environmental influences. This approach recognizes that human services—such as healthcare, social services, and education—are complex systems where individual behaviors and outcomes are shape...