Summer Happenings at the TiD Society
- Christine Cowart, MA, TiD-P
- 20 hours ago
- 5 min read
We're positively brimming with activity here at the
TiD Society as we move through the change of seasons.
Here's a look at some of what's been keeping us so busy:
TiD Academy is growing!
When we launched the Trauma-informed Design Credentialing Program, we promised that it would include three distinct features: the base-level credentialing course; a full suit of continuing education courses to ensure practitioners have access to current research and can apply TiD with fidelity; and TiD Society Project Reviews.
Today, we'd like to update you on our progress, release the new TiD Society Project Reviews program standards, and announce our enhanced approach to practitioner support!
1 Credentialing Course | 2 CEUs | 3 TiD Society Project Reviews |
|---|---|---|
In progress  | Growing  | Launching  |
4 Practitioner Support | ||
Announcing  | ||
TiD Credentialing Course
We are honored to say that the Trauma-informed Design (TiD) Credentialing Course has received
consistently high praise from participants. This Spring, 15 new practitioners earned their Bronze-level TiD credential!
To meet the continued demand, we have added additional offerings for the course about which participants have said:
The next two TiD Credentialing Course offerings are:
August 1, 2026 - November 20, 2026
and
February 6, 2027 - May 28, 2027
Learn More and Register Using the Link Below!
Continuing Education Courses (CEUs)
As promised, we are developing a full suite of TiD CEU offerings. These are intended to to ensure that TiD practitioners aware of the latest research and resources and can apply TiD with fidelity. TiD CEU courses count toward credentialed practitioner's continuing education requirements and will span a wide variety of topics in each of the three spheres of the TiD Framework. To date, four of these courses are available through the TiD Academy.
The newest of these courses is the first of a 3-part series on Designing Spaces for Survivors of Human Trafficking.
This first offering is based in the second sphere of the TiD Framework and focuses on developing an awareness of the dynamics of human trafficking, how those may impact the recovery of survivors, and the typical recovery process. Understanding these dynamics and concepts helps TiD practitioners design more appropriate solutions for survivors at every stage.
The training opens by introducing key terms and concepts related to human trafficking. It then moves on to the dynamics of human trafficking, to help us better understand the experiences of survivors. Next, it offers signs that can be used to recognize trafficking in our own surroundings, followed by a discussion of common misconceptions regarding trafficking. The course then introduces important elements of survivor support and explores what a survivor’s recovery path might look like. Knowing this will help us offer better support and design more appropriate solutions for their reintegration journey.
Throughout the training, practitioners are led through regulation breaks and exercises designed to help sooth mind and body responses to the difficult topic matter. The training culminates with concrete guidelines on how TiD practitioners can best care for survivors throughout the design process, including the introduction of additional regulation techniques.
To learn more about this other TiD CEU Courses, click below.
TiD Society Project Reviews
TiD practitioners are busy professionals, and we wanted to avoid a system that required them to needlessly sit through trainings when they are already accurately applying the TiD Framework to real-world projects. Thus, TiD Society Project Reviews were born!
The goal of a TiD Society Project Review is to demonstrate the practitioner’s understanding of the TiD Framework, and ability to apply it to projects with fidelity. TiD practitioners present their work from real-world projects at a synchronous meeting, and submit a file with their project documentation, for review by a panel of at least three TiD reviewers. Each project presented should include an overview, floor plans or other representation of the space layout, and discussion and documentation of the TiD recommendations or elements in the project.
Reviewers assess presented projects based on evidence that demonstrates the practitioner understands the three spheres and each key component of the TiD Framework domains, and that they can apply and explain these concepts. Explaining the reasons behind recommendations helps clients understand the importance of implementing them, so this is a key part of our approach to scoring reviews.
Projects which pass a TiD Society Project Review will be accredited for
excellence in Trauma-informed Design.
Practitioners who achieve this award will be able to showcase their work as a certified TiD project that meets the highest standards in the industry.
We plan to start scheduling TiD Society Project Reviews soon. In the meantime, click the link below to learn more about TiD Society Project Reviews and access the full program standards.
An Enhanced Approach to Practitioner Support
The practice of TiD can sometimes be hard. Practitioners enter this line of work because they want to make a positive difference in the lives of others. In doing so, they open themselves up to the stories of people who have experienced all sorts of hurt, violence, and harm. It is necessary to do this work well—but it also takes a toll.
In response to this awareness, we are developing new resources for TiD practitioners, designed to support them as they engage in this work. From readiness assessments and workbooks to regulation techniques and supportive interactions with others who understand, out goal is to enhance the resiliency of our community.
Burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma are real--and we're on a mission to protect TiD practitioners. As we roll out this new body of resources, we encourage you to engage, try out new tools and approaches, and see what works for you. Everyone responds to different things, so it's important to experiment.
Find something that works for you? Tell us about it in the TiD discussion forum!
Expressing Gratitude to the Malouf Foundation
Though our sister organization, Trauma-informed Design Consultants, we have been working on the design of a 10-bedroom sanctuary of safety and healing dedicated to providing trauma-informed restorative care for women who have endured sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. During their two-year stay, residents will be offered a holistic suite of services to support their emotional, physical, and spiritual healing, including counseling, education, job skills, life skills, recovery services, and medical, dental, and legal services.
The Malouf Foundation exists to confront child sexual exploitation, specifically sex
trafficking and online abuse. If provides community education on the topic, operates programs to promote healing, and advocates for survivors. Through it's Rooms Restored initiative, the Malouf Foundation creates restorative spaces for children who’ve endured sexual abuse by providing individual room restorations and advocacy program renovations.
During a recent meeting, they became aware of our sanctuary project and instantly offered to provide all the beds free of charge! We were overwhelmed by this act of generosity and beyond grateful!
Thank You, Malouf Foundation!
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