Title: 
Headings: Secondary Traumatic Stress Overview
Secondary
 
Traumatic
 
Stress
 
Overview
 

Definitions:
 

Common
 
Sources
 
of
 
Secondary
 
Traumatic
 
Stress:
 

Statistics:
 

How
 
to
 
recognize
 
it?
 

Affects:
 

Prevention:
  

Methods:
 

Current
 
Practices:
 


Content: Methods: Methods
 
to
 
prevent
 
and
 
decrease
 
exposure
 
to
 
secondary
 
trauma
 
can
 
include: Senior
 
leadership
 
and
 
recognition
 
of
 
STS; creating
 
an
 
agency
 
statement
 
regarding
 
trauma
 
support; agency
 
encouragement
 
and
 
support
 
of
 
a
 
healthy
 
work
 
life
 
balance
 
and
 
wellness; initial
 
trainings
 
to
 
develop
 
an
 
understanding
 
of
 
STS,
 
identify
 
symptoms,
 
and
 
learn
 
prevention
 
tools; ongoing
 
trainings
 
to
 
support
 
workers
 
in
 
implementation
 
of
 
prevention
 
and
 
reduction
 
tools; regular
 
peer
 
support
 
groups; supervisor
 
trainings
 
around
 
issue
 
of
 
STS
 
and
 
staff
 
support; regular
 
individual
 
supervisor
 
support
 
and
 
STS
 
evaluations;