Foundations of research inquiry Assignment

Running head: Foundations of research inquiry
FOUNDATIONS OF RESEARCH INQUIRY
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Effective trauma informed practice in Child Protection systems
INTRODUCTION
According to the Report of Australian Bureau of Statistics, about 45 million children
residing in Australia have their lives impacted upon by violence, abuse and crime or emotional
stress. They are always exposed to multiple number of traumatic events like physical or sexual
abuse, loss of loved ones, bullying, exploitation, trafficking and many more (Richardson et al.,
2013). The reason for psychological trauma can be various. In order to assist these children to
cope up with the stress, the child welfare committees or the policy holders can integrate certain
strategies in the policies and practices and improving the outcomes for the neglected or the
abused children.
This provides the rationale for introducing trauma informed practice in organizations.
This paper will provide an account of the integration of trauma informed care in child protection.
It will argue over the pros and the cause of trauma informed care.
Literature Review
There is a myriad of social issues realted to children. Children being physically weaker
always remains on the weaker side of the power differences. Various types of social issues that
are faced by children are child abuse, both physical, sexual and emotional assault, childhood
violence, child labour, homelessness, marginalisation due to disease or low socio-economic
status or disease and mental health disorder, mental health disorder. Repetitive and encounter
with the trauma and stress might have real impact upon the physical, social and the social
wellbeing of a child. In relation to this Sigel et al., (2013) have stated that the trauma faced by
children in the foster care is often found to be complex. If these problems are left untreated, then

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it would affect the growth and the development of a child. The repercussions of these events can
be felt in the late life. Some of the symptoms of trauma might include development of
behavioural problems, separation anxiety, concentration issues and extreme impulsivity. These
social issue impact and influence of such children largely. It is the child hood environment that
guides the growth and development of a child.
A trauma informed practice can be referred to as an organisational structure and the
treatment framework that involves understanding, recognition and replying to the effects of all
kinds of trauma (Fratto, 2016). A trauma informed practice also emphasises on the physical,
psychological and emotional safety for both the patient and the provider. It is the trauma
informed care that uses varieties of approaches, while working with children who are being
exposed to traumatic conditions. (Garbarino, 2017).
A trauma informed practice should be able to realise the actual impact of trauma and
should be able to understand the potential ways to recovery. A TIP should be able to integrate
knowledge about trauma in to policies, practices and procedures (Garbarino, 2017). The
caregivers should be able to recognise the clinical symptoms of trauma and should be able to
resist re-traumatisation. According to Kramer et al., (2017) each children responds to trauma
differently, but the fact that distress is experiences is universal. A growing body of literature
have actually indicated the success of trauma informed child welfare system in treating traumatic
stress of a child. It is the duty of the trauma informed systems that ensures that all the
stakeholders will be able to remain engaged with families and children, with a systematic
screening of the children entering the organisation (Donisch, Bray & Gewirtz, 2016). Trauma
informed care practice involves practices needs to be structured in recovery oriented way rather
than focussing on the vulnerabilities. A trauma specific intervention moves beyond treating the