Trauma Informed Care A-Team

A-Team Composition

The Alignment Collaborative through collective impact brings together the strongest community resources in trauma informed care to include but not limited to:

• Advocate Sherman Hospital
• Family Service Association of Greater Elgin
• Gail Borden Library
• Illinois Education Association
• Kane County Health Department
• School District U-46
• Ecker Center
• Elgin Teachers Association
• U-46 Citizens Advisory Council
• Kane County Regional Office of Education Equal Change Program
• Changing Children’s Worlds

A-Team Initiatives

• Established three goals to influence purposeful community change:

1. Raising the awareness in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
2. Growing our expertise in trauma informed care
3. Addressing staff compassion fatigue

• Collaborated with the Illinois Education Association to provide a work plan for developing trauma informed and resiliency school professionals.
• Identified professional development training for community caregivers and school staff to implement School staff Resiliency Teams at 26 U-46 Schools made up of self-selected staff.
• Conducting Professional Learning Communities (PLC) three times per school year bringing together community subject area experts to work with U-46 teachers and support staff.
• Identified ACE Interface as a train the trainer program to provide adverse childhood experiences training to the community of U-46 and beyond.
• Identified the impacts of caregiver compassion fatigue and developed professional development resources to provide professional development training opportunities for school staff and community caregivers.
• Promoted May 15 as Trauma Informed Care Awareness Day

Trauma Informed Care A-Team Members