Education & Training
The Sanctuary Institute is a collaborative effort of Andrus Children's Center and Dr. Sandra L. Bloom, one of the founders of the Sanctuary Model® and author of Creating Sanctuary: Toward the Evolution of Sane Societies. The objective of the Sanctuary Institute is to help organizations implement the trauma-informed, whole-system organizational approach known as the Sanctuary Model.
Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice
Information on START: Systematic Training to Assist in the Recovery from Trauma
Education and Training materials
Sanctuary Institute
- Whole-systems approach – the house, not the rooms / furniture
- Five-day intensive team training
- Focuses on creating and sustaining a trauma-informed organizational culture
- Focuses on creating reasonably healthy, total relational environment – a parallel process of recovery.
- Active process of breaking down institutional, social, professional, and communication barriers that isolate administrators, staff, family members and clients from each other
- Learning new ways to relate as interdependent community members, creating and modeling healthy and supportive relationships between individuals and developing an atmosphere of hope and nonviolence.
- Leadership development approach
Sanctuary Methodology
- Team attends a five-day training and become the Sanctuary Steering Committee
- Subjects covered at the Five-day include:
- Seven Commitments
- Psychobiology of Trauma
- Parallel Process
- Sanctuary Toolkit
- Implementation steps
- Vicarious Trauma
- Steering Committee returns home and creates a larger and more representative Sanctuary Core Team
- Core Team follows structured Implementation Guides and psychoeducational materials for direct care staff and indirect care staff
- Sanctuary Institute faculty provide on-going Technical assistance
- Attendance of organizational team at five-day enrolls organization in Sanctuary Network participation.
- At end of implementation process, programs can choose to engage in Sanctuary Certification.
Sanctuary Network
Sanctuary in Adult Inpatient Treatment
Sanctuary in Residential Childcare
