Resources
Recent Presentations by the Consortium
March 2021 International Symposium - Resources from Continuing the Conversation: An Expert Panel on Solutions for Addressing STS Presentation (PDF)
March 2019 International Symposium - Resources from STS Consortium Panel Presentation (PDF)
Apps
Provider Resilience App: Provider Resilience was developed by psychologists at the National Center for Telehealth & Technology, the Defense Department’s primary agency for applying innovative technology to issues of psychological health and traumatic brain injury. (link)
Articles
How Can I Select a Good Training on STS? (PDF)
Providing Debriefing and Psychological First Aid to Colleagues (PDF)
Assessment Tools
Functional Impairment from Secondary Traumatic Stress (FISTS) (link)
Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (link)
Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale for DSM 5 (link)
Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale for DSM 5 Pandemic Version (link)
Recommended Books
Compassion Fatigue/Secondary Trauma/Burnout
Borysenko, J. (2011) Fried: Why you Burn out and How to Revive. New York: Hay House.
Mathieu, F. (2012). The compassion fatigue workbook: Creative tools for transforming compassion fatigue and vicarious traumatization. New York: Routledge.
Remen, R.N., (1996). Kitchen table wisdom. New York: Riverhead Books.
Rothschild, B. (2006). Help for the helper: The psychophysiology of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. New York: W.W. Norton.
Saakvitne, K.W., Pearlman, L.A., & the staff of the Traumatic Stress Institute (1996). Transforming the pain: A workbook on vicarious traumatization. New York: W.W. Norton.
Stamm, B.H. (Ed.). (1999). Secondary traumatic stress: Self-care issues for clinicians, researchers, and educators (2nd Ed.). Lutherville, MD: Sidran Press.
van Dernoot Lipsky, L. & Burke, C. (2009). Trauma stewardship: An everyday guide to caring for self while caring for others. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.
Managing stress in Trauma-exposed Work
Fisher, P. (2017) Resilience, Balance & Meaning Workbook: Supporting our Lives and our Work in High-Stress, Trauma-Exposed Workplaces. (available at www.tendacademy.ca)
Organizational Health
Fisher, P. (2016) Building Resilient Teams (available at www.tendacademy.ca)
Posen, D. (2013) Is work Killing You? A Doctor’s Prescription for Treating Workplace Stress.
Toronto: Anansi Press.
Grounding Skills & Tools to Manage Exposure
Graham, L. (2013) Bouncing Back: Rewiring your brain for maximum resilience and well-being.
Novato, New World Library.
Trauma and the Body
Nakazawa, D.J. (2015) Childhood Disrupted: How your Biography Becomes your Biology.
Donna Jackson Nakazawa, New York: Atria.
Van Der Kolk, B. (2014) The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of
Trauma. New York: Viking Press.
Rothschild, B. (2006). Help for the helper: The psychophysiology of compassion fatigue and
vicarious trauma. New York: W.W. Norton.
Work/Life Balance
Richardson, C. (1999) Take Time for Your Life: a 7 Step Program for Creating the Life you Want. Broadway Books.
Maté, G. (2004) When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress. Toronto: Vintage.
Mindfulness & Self-compassion websites
Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World: www.franticworld.com/free-meditations-from-mindfulness
Self-Compassion: www.self-compassion.org
Mindful Self Compassion: www.mindfulselfcompassion.org
Organizational Health Assessment Tools
The Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed Organization Assessment Tool (STSI-OA)
The STSI-OA is a free assessment tool than can be used by organizational representatives at any level to evaluate the degree to which their organization is STS-informed, and able to respond to the impact of secondary traumatic stress in the workplace. The STSI-OA identifies specific areas of strength, and opportunities to implement STS informed policies and practices. (link)
Low Impact Debriefing
Four steps to protect yourself from being "slimed", and to help minimize the risk of traumatizing your colleagues, friends, and family. (link)
Podcasts
A Shift in Perspective: Why it’s Time to Stop Using “Compassion Fatigue” (link)
A discussion with some members of the STS Consortium.
Reports
Balancing Work, Childcare, and Eldercare: A View From the Trenches
In 2011-2012, Dr. Linda Duxbury of Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business, and Dr. Christopher Higgins, of the University of Western Ontario’s Ivey School of Business, conducted a national study of worklife balance in Canada. Just over 25,000 employed Canadians participated in the study, which focused on the work-life experiences of employed caregivers. (link)
Moving Forward: A Report On the Invisible Toll of Psychological Trauma On Federal Public Safety Workers
Prepared by the Union of Solicitor General Employees of Ontario. June 2017 (link)
Understanding Social Work and Child Welfare: Canadian Survey and Interviews with Child Welfare Experts
Prepared by the Canadian Association of Social Workers. August 2018 (link)
Websites
CALiO Online Library
The Child Abuse Library Online (CALiO™) is the largest online resource library for child maltreatment professionals. CALiO™ contains professional knowledge, educational materials, full-text publications, and over 3000 keyword-searchable resources. This library is freely accessible to anyone and provides resources to professionals, students, educational institutions, and more. (link)
Headington Institute
Free resources for humanitarian and emergency response workers and organizations. (link)
SHIFT
Supporting Heroes in Mental Health Foundation (SHIFT) was developed by the Innocent Justice Foundation. Its aim is to provide resources for professionals working fields exposed to child sexual exploitation and abuse materials. (link)
Southern Regional Children's Advocacy Center
A project of the National Children’s Advocacy Center, SRCAC is located in Huntsville, Alabama. Funded through the Department of Justice, the SRCAC delivers training and technical assistance to those individuals in the U.S. Southeast Region who provide collaborative and coordinated responses to victims of child abuse. (link)
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) was created by Congress in 2000 as part of the Children’s Health Act to raise the standard of care and increase access to services for children and families who experience or witness traumatic events. This unique network of frontline providers, family members, researchers, and national partners is committed to changing the course of children’s lives by improving their care and moving scientific gains quickly into practice across the U.S. (link)
TEND Academy
TEND offers free resources and training to address the complex needs of high stress, trauma-exposed workplaces. (link)