Introduction to the Trauma-informed Design Framework

Employ the principles of Trauma-informed Design to create physical spaces that promote safety, resilience, and healing.

Our physical environment can impact our emotions and behaviors, both negatively and positively, increasing or reducing our stress levels. The spaces in which we live and receive services can communicate safety and promote supportive relationships, or they can reinforce lack of dignity and agency. The experience of unsafe, non-supportive spaces is further intensified for individuals who have experienced trauma. This course will examine how interior design practitioners can employ the principles of Trauma-informed Design (TiD) to create physical spaces that promote safety, resilience, and healing. You will be introduced to the current understanding of trauma, how trauma can impact people, and learn about the three (3) spheres and eleven (11) domains of the TiD Framework.

This course is offered exclusively on Design Learning by ASID as part of our partnership with Trauma-informed Design Society.