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: 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; decreased
 
exposure
 
by
 
dispersing
 
high
 
trauma
 
cases
 
among
 
workers; providing
 
staff
 
with
 
time
 
flexibility
 
for
 
self
 
care; and
 
debriefing
 
protocol. Current
 
Practices: States
 
have
 
an
 
array
 
of
 
approaches
 
and
 
varying
 
degrees
 
of
 
addressing
 
Secondary
 
Trauma
 
among
 
caseworkers.