Trauma Informed Care: Impact on Families of Children with Medical Complexity
Learning Objectives
- Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care
- Connection between Trauma-informed Care and Complex Care
- Concrete examples of how Trauma-Informed Care appears in a clinical setting
Kathy Netten, Social Worker at The Hospital for Sick Children
Kathy Netten, Complex Care Social Worker, has been at The Hospital for Sick Children for 24 years. Kathy values her collaboration with families and their children with medical complexity. Areas of interest include parenting and medical complexity, stress, family wellness, and family resiliency.
Resources Mentioned in Session
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Becoming Trauma Informed (IWK Health Centre)
- The Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care (University at Buffalo – Buffalo Center for Social Research)
- Caring about caregivers: the role of paediatricians in supporting the mental health of parents of children with high caregiving needs
- Increased maternal new‐onset psychiatric disorders after delivering a child with a major anomaly: a cohort study
- Health Outcomes of Parents of Children with Chronic Illness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Pediatric Traumatic Stress (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)
- PAL: Parent Advocacy Link Facebook Group
- Courageous Parent Network
- Serious Illness Conversation Guide
Session Materials
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