Supporting Children who have Experienced Trauma – Trauma Informed Activities

Are you looking for effective ways to support individuals who have experienced trauma? Navigating the impact of trauma requires patience, understanding, and the right strategies to create a safe and supportive environment. Our trauma-informed resource is designed to provide caregivers, educators, and professionals with practical tools to help individuals regulate emotions, build resilience, and feel understood.

Whether you’re a school counselor, therapist, teacher, or caregiver, this resource equips you with strategies to create stability, predictability, and emotional safety for those affected by trauma.

What’s Included?

Letter of Encouragement – A compassionate letter to uplift and reassure those supporting individuals with trauma.

Comprehensive Trauma Support Strategies covering:

• Supporting transitions
• Establishing clear and consistent boundaries
• Providing stability and predictability
• Regulating the nervous system
• Using transitional objects for comfort
• Offering acceptance and understanding
• Recognizing trauma triggers and responses
• Practicing empathy and validation
• Encouraging self-expression
• And much more…

Trauma Response Wheel – In both black and white and color, helping to visually understand trauma reactions.

Crisis Plan Template – A structured template to help individuals create a personalized crisis response plan.

Supplemental SEL & Emotional Regulation Resources including:

• How Are You Feeling Today? Check-in
• Emotional Thermometer for self-awareness and regulation
• Wheel of Habits Template to encourage positive coping strategies