People living in treatment centers have often experienced multiple traumatic events in their lives. Adolescents and young people are a particularly vulnerable group in these facilities. Trauma Informed Care is an important component to keeping residents and employees cared for and safe. Debbie Zwicky worked for 27 years as a youth care worker and shares how practicing empathy, “seeing the world through their eyes,” assisted her in keeping adolescents in her treatment facility safe.

Download the free CDC ACE study Debbie mentions in this episode here: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/acestudy/index.html

Host: Al Oelschlaeger

Guest: Debbie Zwicky