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Social and emotional challenges among children, youth or adults may have various causes.

One contributing factor may be adverse childhood experiences, such as trauma or neglect. Many with such experiences struggle in social relations and may behave in ways that provoke others.

When we are helping those who have social and emotional challenges: How do we do it in a way that takes into account that their challenges may be due to adverse experiences?

The aim of this program is to develop competence in just that. We kindly ask that you answer as honestly as you can, based on how you experience your work at the present time.

So, our focus is on a particular approach to those who have social and emotional challenges: To meet them in way that takes into account that their challenges may be due to adverse experiences

What do you think of the usefulness of such an approach?

I am in favour of using such an approach in my line of work

Totally disagree

Totally agree

This is a good approach towards those with challenging behaviour

Totally disagree

Totally agree

Such an approach is useful to everyone I meet in my line of work

Totally disagree

Totally agree

18%

How do you experience working with those who have social and emotional challenges?

I feel that I am able to help them

Rarely

Usually

I dread working with them

Rarely

Usually

I find such work motivating

Rarely

Usually

I lose faith that things will turn out well for them

Rarely

Usually

I feel I´m an important helper for them

Rarely

Usually

27%

In working with those who have social and emotional challenges, to what degree have you thought about the following?

How stress in your own life affects your interaction with them

To a small degree

To a great degree

How colleagues may help you to see your role in the interaction

To a small degree

To a great degree

Which behavioural and emotional expressions trigger you the most

To a small degree

To a great degree

How your own upbringing affects what triggers you

To a small degree

To a great degree

What may be perceived as threatening in your way of being

To a small degree

To a great degree

How you can take care of yourself in order to stay in this type of work

To a small degree

To a great degree

36%

How much knowledge do you have about the following?

How early interaction with caregivers affects children´s development

Not much

Very much

What are the most central developmental needs at different stages of development

Not much

Very much

How trauma may result in both too high, and too low levels of activation

Not much

Very much

How trauma affects the brain and the nervous system

Not much

Very much

How trauma affects the capacity to learn and explore

Not much

Very much

What consequences trauma has for physical health

Not much

Very much

What distinguishes developmental trauma from other types of trauma

Not much

Very much

How trauma reactions are influenced by cultural context

Not much

Very much

45%

... and how much do you know about the content of these concepts?

Co-regulation

Not much

Very much

Emotional dysregulation

Not much

Very much

Window of tolerance

Not much

Very much

Trauma triggers

Not much

Very much

Dissociation

Not much

Very much

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Not much

Very much

55%

In working with those who have social and emotional challenges: How confident are you when it comes to how you can;

Find activities that are just the right challenge for them?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Use somatosensory stimulation to regulate their stress level?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Talk with them in order to disclose trauma experiences?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Talk with them about trauma experiences you know they´ve had?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Help them to understand why they react the way they do?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Talk with them in a way that gives them hope for their future?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Involve family and others in a supportive network around them?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Adapt the help to their own cultural understanding?

To a small degree

To a great degree

64%

... and how confident are you when it comes to how you can;

Meet them if they withdraw into themselves?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Decide when you should be close, and when you should give space?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Decide when they should be stopped from something they are trying to do?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Decide when they should be challenged to do something they oppose?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Meet them if they act out verbally?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Meet them if they act out physically?

To a small degree

To a great degree

Regulate your own stress level when you feel challenged?

To a small degree

To a great degree

73%

Here, focus is on how you and your colleagues work together around those who have social and emotional challenges. To what degree do you find the following to be true?

We have a common understanding of how we should meet them

To a small degree

To a great degree

We are conscious of how we talk about them amongst ourselves

To a small degree

To a great degree

We explore if they live with ongoing adversities

To a small degree

To a great degree

We help each other to see their future possibilities

To a small degree

To a great degree

We work to prevent them from exposing themselves to risk

To a small degree

To a great degree

We have routines that give them a sense of safety and predictability

To a small degree

To a great degree

82%

... and how well do you think the following applies to how you and your colleagues work together around those who have social and emotional challenges?

We cooperate with other services on our measures

To a small degree

To a great degree

We talk about how we ourselves affect the interaction

To a small degree

To a great degree

We are open about situations we find difficult

To a small degree

To a great degree

We emphasise the importance of having trauma competence

To a small degree

To a great degree

We are conscious of working in a culturally sensitive way

To a small degree

To a great degree

We get supervision in our work with challenging cases

To a small degree

To a great degree

91%

In what type of service do you work?

For the most part, which target group is your job directed towards?

How many years of experience do you have with this type of work?

For the most part, how is your work related to people who have social and emotional challenges?

My work is specifically directed towards those who have such challenges I work with a wider target group, where I also meet those who have such challenges I work with competence development among other professionals I have an administrative or management function More indirect relation

100%

What type of education do you have?

Primary/middle School High school Vocational school Professional education, 3 or 4 years Professional education, 5 or more years Other type of education

After your basic education, how much professional development related to trauma understanding and trauma work have you participated in?

Very little (for example, you have heard a few lectures on the topic) A little (for example, you have participated in some seminars on the topic) Some (for example, you have participated in a number of lectures and seminars) Quite a bit (for example, in addition you have taken courses with training in methods) A lot (for example, you have taken many courses and followed competency programs over time) Very much (= all of the above and more; you have really specialised in this type of work)

Hi!

We very much appreciate your willingness to answer this survey!

Please read this before proceeding

So, our focus is on a particular approach to those who have social and emotional challenges: To meet them in way that takes into account that their challenges may be due to adverse experiences What do you think of the usefulness of such an approach?

I am in favour of using such an approach in my line of work

This is a good approach towards those with challenging behaviour

Such an approach is useful to everyone I meet in my line of work

How do you experience working with those who have social and emotional challenges?

I feel that I am able to help them

I dread working with them

I find such work motivating

I lose faith that things will turn out well for them

I feel I´m an important helper for them

In working with those who have social and emotional challenges, to what degree have you thought about the following?

How stress in your own life affects your interaction with them

How colleagues may help you to see your role in the interaction

Which behavioural and emotional expressions trigger you the most

How your own upbringing affects what triggers you

What may be perceived as threatening in your way of being

How you can take care of yourself in order to stay in this type of work

How much knowledge do you have about the following?

How early interaction with caregivers affects children´s development

What are the most central developmental needs at different stages of development

How trauma may result in both too high, and too low levels of activation

How trauma affects the brain and the nervous system

How trauma affects the capacity to learn and explore

What consequences trauma has for physical health

What distinguishes developmental trauma from other types of trauma

How trauma reactions are influenced by cultural context

... and how much do you know about the content of these concepts?

Co-regulation

Emotional dysregulation

Window of tolerance

Trauma triggers

Dissociation

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

In working with those who have social and emotional challenges: How confident are you when it comes to how you can;

Find activities that are just the right challenge for them?

Use somatosensory stimulation to regulate their stress level?

Talk with them in order to disclose trauma experiences?

Talk with them about trauma experiences you know they´ve had?

Help them to understand why they react the way they do?

Talk with them in a way that gives them hope for their future?

Involve family and others in a supportive network around them?

Adapt the help to their own cultural understanding?

... and how confident are you when it comes to how you can;

Meet them if they withdraw into themselves?

Decide when you should be close, and when you should give space?

Decide when they should be stopped from something they are trying to do?

Decide when they should be challenged to do something they oppose?

Meet them if they act out verbally?

Meet them if they act out physically?

Regulate your own stress level when you feel challenged?

Here, focus is on how you and your colleagues work together around those who have social and emotional challenges. To what degree do you find the following to be true?

We have a common understanding of how we should meet them

We are conscious of how we talk about them amongst ourselves

We explore if they live with ongoing adversities

We help each other to see their future possibilities

We work to prevent them from exposing themselves to risk

We have routines that give them a sense of safety and predictability

... and how well do you think the following applies to how you and your colleagues work together around those who have social and emotional challenges?

We cooperate with other services on our measures

We talk about how we ourselves affect the interaction

We are open about situations we find difficult

We emphasise the importance of having trauma competence

We are conscious of working in a culturally sensitive way

We get supervision in our work with challenging cases

In what type of service do you work?

For the most part, which target group is your job directed towards?

How many years of experience do you have with this type of work?

For the most part, how is your work related to people who have social and emotional challenges?

What type of education do you have?

After your basic education, how much professional development related to trauma understanding and trauma work have you participated in?

So, our focus is on a particular approach to those who have social and emotional challenges: To meet them in way that takes into account that their challenges may be due to adverse experiences

What do you think of the usefulness of such an approach?