The Infusion of Trauma-Informed Care in Organizations: Experience of Agency Staff

Human Service Organizations Management, Leadership and Governance

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-37

  Kusmaul, Nancy ^a   Wilson, Bincy ^b   Nochajski, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

implementation; staff; trauma informed care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925075501     PISSN: 23303131     EISSN: 2330314X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23303131.2014.968749     Document Type: Article

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