Technical Competency

 Trauma Awareness and Understanding

Developing this Competency

As an individual or as part of continuing professional development of personnel, there are some resources which can be valuable in supporting the development and capacity building around this Murad Code Technical Competency:

• Bessel van der Kolk The Body Keeps Score (book)

• Judith Herman Trauma and Recovery (book) 

• An Michels Integrating MHPSS approaches into accountability mechanisms

• Echo online trainings Louise Godbold 

• EHRAC Trauma-informed Legal Practice Toolkit Adult Survivors of HRV

• UNITAD Field Guide to Trauma-Informed Field Investigations

• Myths about Trauma – see the Synergy for Justice Myth Debunk available at https://toolkit.synergyforjustice.org/auth/register 

• WHO: Psychological First Aid Guide

• Red Cross online trainings on Psychological First Aid

• Schulz, Kreft, Touquet, Martin Self-Care for GBV researchers – beyond bubble baths and chocolate pralines (2022)

• Roxanne Krystalli and Philip Schulz  (2022) Taking Love and Care Seriously

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