The Sanctuary Institute

The Sanctuary Institute The Sanctuary Institute is a collaborative effort of Andrus Children's Center and Dr. Sandra L. Bloom. The objective of the Sanctuary Institute is to help organizations implement the trauma-informed, whole-system organizational approach known as the Sanctuary Model.

The Sanctuary Institute is a five-day intensive training experience . Teams of five to eight people, from various levels of the organization, come together to learn from our faculty, who are colleagues from other organizations implementing Sanctuary. Together teams begin to create a shared vision of the kind of organization they want to create.

These teams will eventually become the Sanctuary Steering Committee for their organization. The training experience usually involves several organizations and generally these organizations are very different in terms of size, scope, region and mission. This diversity helps to provide a rich learning experience for the participants.

The Sanctuary Steering Committee is instructed to go back to their organization and create a Core Team – a larger, multidisciplinary team that expands its reach into the entire organization.

It is this Core Team that will be the activators of the entire system. The Core Team should have representatives from every level of the organization to insure that every “voice” is heard. It is vital that all key organizational leaders become actively involved in the process of change and participate in this Core Team. The Sanctuary Model

The Core Team is armed with a Sanctuary Direct Care Staff Training Manual, a Sanctuary Indirect Staff Training Manual, a Sanctuary Implementation Manual, several psychoeducational curricula and on-going consultation and technical assistance from Sanctuary faculty members to guide them through the process of Sanctuary Implementation that extends over three years and leads to Sanctuary Certification.

The Sanctuary Institute is now the core training program for organizations adopting the Sanctuary Model. The Sanctuary Institute is comprised of a five-day training institute and then an implementation plan that extends over several years and can be supported by on-site consultation. Below are some notes from the initial implementation of the Sanctuary Model at Andrus Children's Center who now partner with Dr. Bloom to provide the Sanctuary Institute. The quotations below are from the staff members who comprised the initial Core Team at Andrus at the end of the first year of consultation.

To date, The Sanctuary Institute has trained agencies throughout the United States and in Mexico, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Australia in Sanctuary Model.

Sanctuary Institute Newsletter Winter, 2009
Sanctuary Institute Newsletter, Spring 2009
Sanctuary Institute Newsletter, Fall 2009
Sanctuary Institute Newsletter, Winter 2010
Sanctuary Institute Newsletter, Fall 2010

For more information about the Sanctuary Institute contact Sarah Yanosy, LCSW at syanosy@sanctuaryweb.com; 914.965.3700 ext 1117 for more information.

PA Child and Adolescent Service System Program Newsletter about the Sanctuary Model

Sanctuary Model of Organizational Change

Sanctuary at Andrus, by Nancy Ment, C.E.O. Andrus Children's Center

Brian Farragher, COO, Andrus Children's Center: "The Andrus Experience"

Sarah Yanosy, Sanctuary Institute Director, The Importance of Place

McSparren and Motley article from Nonprofit World

Sanctuary Model Implementation

Sanctuary Institute site at Andrus Children's Center

Sanctuary Model Implementation FAQ's

Sanctuary Institute Brochure

Sanctuary Network

Outcomes and Research

The Sanctuary Model

SANCTUARY INSTITUTE FACULTY, SEPTEMBER 2010
Joseph Benamati	Karen Lamoureux	Ruth Ann Ryan
Joan Bender	Nathan Leeman	Candace Tinagero
Maggie Bennington-Davis	Peg Mahoney	Sherri Turner
Lyndra Bills	David McCorkle	Michael Thomas
Sandy Bloom	William McLaughlin	Beatriz Vides
Alexandria Connally	Wendy McSparren	Helene Volpe
David Dan	Brian Parchesky	Sarah Yanosy
Nina Esaki	Lina E. Pasquale	Jaclyn Yusko
Guerschom Joseph	Norm Pure	Dan Zeigler
Todd Etchison	Linda Rich	Helene Volpe
Joe Foderero	Alleesa Rosenfield	Sarah Yanosy
Landa Harrison	Katherine Rosenberg	Dan Zeigler

The Sanctuary Institute is a part of Andrus Children’s Center in Yonkers, NY. www.andruschildren.org

The Sanctuary Institute

SANCTUARY INSTITUTE FACULTY, SEPTEMBER 2010