Intersecting the Voice of Survivor Leadership and Trauma-Informed Practices
Jessa Dillow Crisp, MA, LPCC | September 23 | 11:45 am-12:45 pm
Topic: Direct Service, Experience | Knowledge Level: Advanced
In 2021, Jessa Dillow Crisp was asked by the Department of State Trafficking in Person’s Office to write a special box for their TIP Report on the intersection of trauma-informed care and survivor-centered practices. Through the process of research and engaging with both survivors and NGOs across the U.S., the common theme within anti-trafficking programs across the nation is the idea that having a survivor in a leadership position equates trauma-informed care. Sadly, this approach not only causes harm to the survivors providing guidance, but it creates a place where individuals are often re-traumatized due to the lack of trauma-informed care they are receiving. During this session, learn best practices and an ethical framework on intersecting survivor leadership with trauma-informed practices.
Presentation Objectives:
· Define survivor-leadership and trauma-informed care
· Discuss the importance of intentionally intersecting survivor-leadership and trauma-informed care
· Describe an ethical framework for intersecting survivor leadership with trauma-informed practices
· Share tangible examples of ways that this intersection has been done well