TiD Society Research and Resources
We are learning more everyday about how design affects our physical, social, emotional, and behavioral health.
Written Resources
Trauma-informed Design Evaluation Tool for K-12 Schools (TiDEvalK12)
This Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Certification of Research Excellence (CORE) award-winning assessment tool was created through research performed by the Trauma-informed Design Society, with assistance from over 100 participating educators and designers. It can be used to evaluate schools and identify changes in the physical environment that can lower the stress levels of students and staff. Grounded in SAMHSA’s guidance for a trauma-informed approach and the Trauma-informed Design Society’s framework, this project was supported by the American Society of Interior Designers Foundation.
The poster below was presented at the Trauma Research Foundation's 35th Annual Boston International Trauma Conference as an overview of this project. It is best viewed in Adobe Acrobat, as it contains embedded pop-up windows with more information. Click on any of the graphics or domain names for additional context!
The pamphlet is intended to provide information, resources, and assistance to human services and other support workers providing services to the Ukrainian people or other populations experiencing similar collective traumas. It is available in English, Ukrainian, and Polish.
Responding to Collective Trauma
Talks, Podcasts, and Presentations
Cornell Keynote: Trauma-informed Design Interventions: How to Build Environments to Serve Older Adults
As communities evaluate innovative solutions for aging in place and delivery of care, this panel explored how Trauma-informed Design can inform our approaches to living environments for aging adults and their caregivers.
Trauma Research Foundation's 35th Annual Boston International Trauma Conference: The Impact of Trauma-informed Design on Education
The Trauma-informed Design Society presented the research behind it's Trauma-informed Design Evaluation Tool for K-12 Schools (TiDEvalK12) to a world-wide audience of clinicians and scientists specializing in the field of trauma research and care through this poster.
Inclusive Designers Podcast: An Award-Winning TiD Tool for Designing Schools (Season 5, Episode 1)
What is the Trauma-informed Design Society’s award-winning TiDEvalK12 Tool and how can it be used to help designers and educators identify ways to make positive changes within their schools?
In this episode, you’ll meet the team that created this thought-provoking tool that can bridge the gap of language and understanding to ultimately reduce stress through the built environment.
BAC Talks (Winter 2021) and Inclusive Designers Podcast: Trauma-informed Design: Transforming Correctional Design for Justice (Season 2, Episode 3)
Panel discussion that addresses the real consequences of the prison environment on human biology, which result in lasting impacts on incarcerated individuals, and provides an alternative approach to correctional design in light of these irrefutable facts.
BAC Talks (Summer 2020) and Inclusive Designers Podcast: Trauma-informed Design: A Look at Educational Environmental Design in a Post-Pandemic Environment (Season 1, Episode 7)
Interdisciplinary panel discussion, led by Boston Architectural College faculty, addresses the need for a trauma-informed approach when designing K-12 schools, and explores the role of designers in providing safe and sustainable futures in educational environments. The discussion includes an exploration of design solutions to social inequities.
Inclusive Designers Podcast: Designing for Trauma-informed Design (Season 1: Episode 5) with Davis Harte and Janet Roche
What does ‘trauma-informed’ mean, and how can design help create a comforting, supportive and safe space for those who feel vulnerable during trauma recovery? J. Davis Harte, PhD joins us to discuss trauma-informed design, and walks us through her designs for a former bank redesigned to be an abuse intervention center for children and youth.
Inclusive Designers Podcast: Trauma-informed Design for Behavioral Health with Meredith Banasiak: 3-Part Series
This just in…new changes are coming for those who create spaces for Behavioral Health. Combining the scientific knowledge from Neuroscience and the research evidence from Trauma-Informed Design is opening up new ways to optimize health, performance and access.
An Adaptive Reuse Project
Harte, J. D. (2019). “View from the field: An adaptive reuse project with a trauma-informed design lens, to benefit a child-abuse intervention center”. In Beth, A., Wener, R., Yoon, B., Rae, R. A., & Morris, J. (Eds.). Proceedings from EDRA 50: Sustainable urban environments. Brooklyn, NY: Environmental Design Research Association.
Creating Places of Safe Refuge
Harte, J. D. (2017). “Trauma-informed design: Interdisciplinary teamwork to create places of safe inclusive refuge within an urban middle school”. In J. Shin, M. Narayan, & S. Dennis, Jr. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 48th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association: Voices of Place, Madison, WI (p. 186). Madison, WI: The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA).