Trauma-Informed Strategies for Tribal Housing Practitioners

Hilton Garden Inn Rapid City  |  815 E Mall Drive  |  Rapid City, SD
October 24-25, 2023  |  9:00am – 4:30pm

Trauma is a universal experience for all people – much more so in Indigenous communities due to historical and generational trauma as the backdrop to additional traumas that continue to occur within the Native American and Alaska Native communities. This training is grounded in what trauma does to one’s brain and body and how childhood, historical, and generational trauma, have adverse health effects across a lifetime.

The training will include an overview of how trauma affects the brain and the body. The three Es of trauma (Event, Experience, and Effects) will be explored, and a deeper dive into historical and generational trauma with its multi-layers will be discussed. Vicarious trauma, along with vicarious resiliency, identity development, healing, and recovery will be touched on during the training.

Finally, time will be spent understanding what it means to become a trauma-informed organization and how to implement trauma-informed strategies for tribal housing practitioners and their organizations. Case studies will be utilized throughout the training to share real-life examples.

Objectives:

Participants will leave the training with a better understanding of:

• Key principles, including trauma and the brain, adverse childhood experiences, vicarious trauma, vicarious resiliency, trauma-informed care, trauma informed design, healing and self-care.
• How historical and generational trauma continue to play a role in the lives of Native Americans, including through the process of buying a home.
• How to implement trauma-informed strategies in the workplace.

Hotel & Lodging:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn Rapid City for training participants with a special room rate of $89/night plus taxes. To book your room, click below or call 605-791-9000 and reference hotel code ‘SDNHOC.’

The deadline to reserve your room is October 6, 2023.

Our Trainers:

This training will be facilitated by BeauxSimone Consulting, a women-owned, small business that specializes in assisting communities develop and manage high-quality supportive housing.

Zoe LeBeau is the CEO of BeauxSimone Consulting and brings over 27 years of hands-on and direct experience in all aspects of housing, service development, and implementation. Zoe has been involved in the development of over 80 supportive housing communities nationally including 25 in American Indian communities. Zoe plays a national role in public policy work to secure funding for supportive housing and is a nationally recognized trainer and expert on supportive housing in tribal communities and regularly speaks at national conferences and events.

Katie Symons is a supportive housing consultant and CFO for BeauxSimone Consulting. Katie’s work focuses on supporting urban, rural, and tribal communities to develop safe and affordable housing with wrap-around supportive services for the residents living in these communities. Katie brings close to 20 years working in direct services, overseeing street outreach and emergency shelter efforts for people experiencing homelessness, to working towards policy changes to get more funding from states to go into supportive housing and services.