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. 2023 Aug;59(6):1129-1135.
doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01092-3. Epub 2023 Feb 7.

The SECURE STAIRS Framework: Preliminary Evaluation of Trauma Informed Training Developments Within the Children and Young People's Secure Estate

S Atkinson  1 , A McKeown  2 , D Caveney  2 , E West  2 , P J Kennedy  2 , S Macinnes  3
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The SECURE STAIRS Framework: Preliminary Evaluation of Trauma Informed Training Developments Within the Children and Young People's Secure Estate

S Atkinson et al. Community Ment Health J. 2023 Aug.

Abstract

The SECURE STAIRS framework promotes trauma informed understanding and training across the workforce to inform work with children and young people. A component of the framework is the 'Trauma Informed Practice with Children and Young People in Secure Settings' (TIPSS) training programme for multidisciplinary staff. Between November 2020 and May 2021, a total of 123 members of multidisciplinary staff from a Secure Children's Home (SCH) in the North East of England attended five-day TIPSS training. A pre-post repeated measures design was adopted. Paired samples t-tests were used to analyse pre- and post- questionnaires regarding self-reported levels of (i) knowledge, (ii) understanding and (iii) confidence across Attachment and Developmental Trauma, Understanding Complex Behaviour and Trauma Informed Care training modules. Staff reported significant (p ≤ .001) post-training improvements in knowledge, understanding, and confidence across all three training modules. Implications of findings are discussed, and further developments outlined.

Keywords: Children and young people secure estate; Evaluation; SECURE STAIRS; Staff training; Trauma informed care.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.

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