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Training and Coaching <\/h2>
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As an Experienced Trainer and Organizational Coach Recognized for Implementing Trauma Informed Care, Becky Can Help You Use Best Practices for Moving Beyond Trauma Aware to Create Sustainable Trauma Competent Culture.<\/h2>
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Becky Haas is unique to the field of trauma informed care subject matter experts. In 2015 when beginning her journey to create a more resilient community, specialized trainings were not available in many disciplines.\u00a0 <\/span>This prompted months of research and becoming certified in dozens of online or university level courses in order to identify evidence-based science as well as peer recommendations for the best practices for using a trauma informed approach within various fields.\u00a0 She then developed trainings based on her findings.\u00a0 This effort led to the development of a Trauma Informed Care training library built upon best practices recognized for police, healthcare, educators, early childhood educators, School Resource Officers, justice professionals, domestic violence programs, juvenile justice, and the faith community with the end goal of creating healing communities. Due to an ongoing demand for<\/span> these trainings, she has developed Train the Trainer programs for several of them. Becky now holds U.S. Copyrights for seven of her courses.<\/span><\/p>\n

As well as being a sought-out speaker and trainer, Becky Haas is a seasoned community coalition builder and organizational coach.\u00a0 From 2018-2021, she provided training and coaching to the Smyth County Virginia School District<\/em><\/a> to help them adopt a trauma informed, resilient focused approach district wide across all 16 campuses.\u00a0 In 2022, she contracted for a year with the eighth largest health department in Tennessee, the Sullivan County Regional Health Department<\/em><\/a> in Blountville, Tennessee to move them from trauma aware to trauma competent.\u00a0 This resulted in SCRHD developing a new screening tool to better connect patients to services.\u00a0 As a founding member of the East Tennessee State University Ballad Health Strong BRAIN Institute<\/a>, Becky served four years on a grant from the TN Department of Public Health to create, disseminate and evaluate the Better Workplace Tennessee<\/a> designation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In 2023, she partnered with Blue Collar Consulting and NC Healthy & Resilient Communities Initiative at NC Partnership for Children\u00a0<\/i>to provide in-depth training and coaching on building and sustaining resilient communities as well as creating sustainable trauma informed organizational change statewide.\u00a0 In 2023-2024, she consulted with the Cumberland County School District in Crossville, Tennessee to create sustainable district-wide change and with Cumberland County government to support the growth of the Resilient Alliance.\u00a0 In 2025 she was invited by the Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services to provide instruction to professionals across all six regions of Ohio who are leading the state trauma informed initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>

Training and Professional Development Available:<\/h2>
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Building a Trauma Informed Healing Community <\/h2>
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This training is based on the Building A Trauma Informed System of Care<\/em><\/a> toolkit.\u00a0 <\/span>This toolkit was developed as a result of pioneering work since 2015 to build the Northeast Tennessee ACEs Connection group.\u00a0 <\/span>Through funding provided by the Tennessee Building Strong Brains Program, Dr. Andi Clements and Becky Haas share in a very transparent fashion the steps taken, mistakes made and inspiring successes of local ACEs champions forming a community-wide System of Care.\u00a0 <\/span>Using stakeholder surveys, training evaluations and focus group input, this document evolved.\u00a0 <\/span>In 2018, this work was recognized by representatives from SAMHSA and the National Center of Trauma Informed Care as a model for other cities to follow.<\/p>\n

This toolkit was designed as a road map to help other communities Advocate, Educate and Collaborate in order to bring to life a trauma informed community of their own.\u00a0 <\/span>The toolkit\u2019s use is also recommended as a practical tool by Johns Hopkins, Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action<\/em> where research validated the method used in Northeast Tennessee not only changed professional perceptions but can be replicated in other cities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div>

Presentations for Building a Trauma Informed Healing Community includes:<\/h2>
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Building a Trauma Informed Healing Community<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aim High to Reach All – All Professional Sectors Using a Trauma Informed Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n

Basics of Trauma, ACEs, Resilience, and Using Trauma Informed Approaches.<\/b><\/p>\n

(Train the Trainer version available)<\/p>\n

Trauma Informed Multi-Disciplinary Teams as Best Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moving from Trauma Aware to Trauma Competent<\/strong><\/p>\n

An Empathetic Workplace – Understanding Trauma at Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cost of Caring<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other training’s customized by request<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>

Building A Trauma Informed System of Care Toolkit<\/h2>
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Testimonials<\/h2>
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\u201cThe Johnson City model of trauma informed care has been a tremendous inspiration for First Chance Delaware and many of our partners.\u00a0 <\/span>Understanding trauma is a pre-requisite to any strength-based work with children, families and communities; and a multi-agency public health approach is the only way to get there.\u00a0 <\/span>The Johnson City System of Care is a great example of how to integrate the development of formal supports with the promotion of public awareness, in a science-based, goal-oriented, and sustainable shift in culture.\u00a0 <\/span>That\u2019s what cities really need.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Tracey Quillen Carney<\/strong>First Lady of Delaware<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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Thank you for all the work you put into our two-day training event to support nine North Carolina counties in becoming trauma informed resilient communities.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t be happier with the way it turned out!\u00a0 Participants\u00a0 were so happy with what they learned, the renewed energy they gained to tackle next steps in this critical work, and the concrete tools they took home to help them in their quest.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Mebane Boyd<\/strong>North Carolina Smart Start<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n
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“Becky Haas brings an exceptional combination of first hand-experience, energy, \u00a0passion and an in-depth knowledge of the science supporting trauma-informed approaches to her work. What she accomplished in Johnson \u00a0City serves as one of the most dramatic examples of how a trauma-informed approach can change a community. Her toolkit based on that experience provides an excellent guide for other communities seeking to achieve the same results, as does her training. I receive nothing but raves from the organizations Becky has provided training to. She is a key resource in our mission to make America a trauma-informed country.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dan Press <\/strong>Partner, Van Ness\/Feldman, LLP<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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\u201cBecky Haas is a terrific resource for any community beginning to plan a trauma informed system of care.\u00a0 <\/span>She does a great job making brain science understandable along with the extensive health effects of adverse childhood experiences and other human trauma not buffered by a caring adult.\u00a0 <\/span>Becky has so many stories from her work, that the numerous applications of a trauma informed system of care can become evident across many sectors \u2013 schools, public health, social services, emergency medical services and criminal justice.\u00a0 <\/span>Her one day in Durham, North Carolina sharing this replicatable model to community leaders and then leading a training for practitioners in the health and social services has helped to galvanize support for moving forward with the development and implementation needed for a Durham Community Resilience Plan.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Ellen Reckhow<\/strong>Durham County Commissioner, Durham, North Carolina<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n
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“Although I was initially skeptical when Becky came to me with information about ACEs science, I soon confirmed the scientific support for ACEs as a modifiable risk factor for most of society’s major health and well-being issues. She is a visionary, and as we have trained together and published together, I have witnessed a culture change first-hand. We verified that initially only 30% of helping professionals in the region were aware of ACEs, but within a span of three years that increased to the point that over 85% report a working knowledge of ACEs. She has now been given the task of taking the ACEs science and trauma responsiveness message to a 21-county health system and all the school systems within that same area. As if that wasn’t enough, she has trained across the nation and is a sought after, inspirational speaker. The work “at home” is not done, but her reach and ability to inspire others reaches far beyond that.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dr. Andi Clements<\/strong>Psychology Department, East Tennessee State University<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/div>

Trauma Informed Policing, Juvenile Justice and Corrections<\/h2>
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Managing uses of force by officers is one of the most difficult challenges facing law enforcement agencies. The ability of law enforcement officers to enforce the law, protect the public, and guard their own safety and that of innocent bystanders is very challenging. \u00a0This current policing climate has created new opportunities for training to help officers understand human behavior including recognizing behaviors of those who are trauma survivors.\u00a0 Based on national statistics, it is safe to assume that everyone who comes into contact with the justice system has a history of trauma, so criminal justice professionals should consider taking a \u201cuniversal precautions\u201d approach to providing services.\u00a0 When justice professionals learn about trauma, they can respond in ways more supportive to trauma behaviors thereby taking actions to avoid re-traumatizing, employ de-escalation tools to reduce use-of-force, ensure safety of all, reduce recidivism, and promote recovery.\u00a0 These actions build trust between justice professionals including police and the communities they serve.\u00a0 Invited presentations of these courses have included: NASRO, the Connecticut Judges Institute, Texas Judicial Mental Health Summit, North Carolina Federal Probation, Texas Juvenile Justice Chiefs Conference, and the Delaware State Police.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div>

Presentations for Becoming Trauma Informed Justice Professionals:<\/h2>
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Law enforcement professionals have a history of successfully enhancing public safety through the use of available science. \u00a0The science of DNA testing and finger printing are two such examples.\u00a0 Among the Resolutions of the International Association of Chiefs of Police adopted in 2019 is a resolution encouraging all law enforcement agencies to become well informed about the science of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and numerous negative outcomes. By receiving evidence-based training in Trauma Informed Policing, law enforcement agencies can increase empathetic approaches supported by ACEs science.\u00a0 Becky is recognized as a subject matter expert in helping to equip members of law enforcement to use a trauma informed approach.\u00a0 Her Trauma Informed Policing training was featured in October 2021 in the International Association of Chiefs of Police Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n