Guide to Trauma-Informed Approaches for Youth Empowerment
Source: Chemonics | Year: 2024
This September 2024 guide—Guide to Trauma-Informed Approaches for Youth Empowerment (Raslan, Jabbar, Ramírez Casariego)—offers practical, field-tested guidance to integrate trauma-informed approaches (TIA) and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) into youth programming. It frames why trauma matters for development outcomes, summarizes global prevalence and risk factors, and anchors practice in SAMHSA’s six trauma-informed principles and USAID’s Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework. The guide maps concrete actions and tools across the project life cycle (assessment, design, implementation, and MEL), with emphasis on safeguarding, inclusive participation, intersectionality, caregiver/community engagement, youth co-design, and staff care. It curates ready-to-use resources (e.g., WHO/UNICEF toolkits, peer-support manuals, case management guidance) and provides indicators and participatory methods for measuring well-being and resilience. Intended for program designers, implementers, and MEL teams, the guide supports cost-effective, ethical, and culturally responsive practice—while noting that it is educational, not clinical or legal advice.
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