IfJ is committed to the development of knowledge and understanding of Trauma Informed Practice (TIP) in the Justice System. It is vital that intermediaries, social workers, barristers, solicitors, appropriate adults, judges and others understand that a reaction to a traumatic event is a physiological adaptive response to threat. This response can shut down the higher cognitive functions of the brain and careful informed handling is required for a person to be able to describe what has happened to them.
This section of our resource centre will be of interest to professionals in the justice system and members of the public, as the flow of knowledge around TIP spreads between disciplines.