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Abstract
In-service training efforts to support trauma-informed and trauma-responsive practices in school and mental health settings have proliferated in recent years. Despite these efforts, a limited number of measurement instruments with known psychometric properties exist to evaluate the impact of professional training efforts on attitudes toward trauma-informed care. One exception is the ARTIC Scale, developed to assess attitudes related to trauma-informed care among both educators and human services professionals. Using the ARTIC-35, this pilot, pre-post, single group study examined changes in trauma-informed care attitudes among a sample of elementary school educators and school mental health counselors who underwent a brief training designed to enhance awareness of trauma and impacts on youth. Positive changes in trauma-informed attitudes were seen from pre to post training. Implications of these findings for both research and practice are discussed.
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Published in Journal of Trauma Studies in Education, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2025, pages 65-81.
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APA Citation
Shapiro, C., Collins, C., Foster-Lee, K., & Collier, T. (2025). Evaluation of a brief intervention to enhance trauma-informed attitudes among educators and school mental health counselors. Journal of Trauma Studies in Education, 4(2), 65–81. https://doi.org/10.70085/jtse.v4i2.207