Trauma Informed Healing-Centered Design & Community Development: Principles, Practice & Impact

4 AIA LU|HSW Available

Trauma Healing Project and AIA Oregon present this interactive 4-hour workshop, designed for architects, interior designers, planners, and developers committed to creating environments that foster healing, accessibility, and well-being. Participants will explore how trauma-informed design and community development can be integrated into civic buildings, housing, shelters, schools, medical and behavioral health settings, and more.

We will highlight real-world examples and focus on how physical space and collaborative processes can promote safety, comfort, and empowerment.

This workshop costs $75 (including light snacks).

Registration coming soon.

Learning Objectives

Learning Objective 1:
Define the core concepts of trauma-informed design and community development and explain why they matter in professional practice.

Learning Objective 2:
Identify ways that physical environments can either support or undermine healing, safety, and accessibility.

Learning Objective 3:
Recognize the importance of centering community voices—particularly those historically marginalized—in design and development processes.

Learning Objective 4:
Describe foundational principles such as safety, choice, comfort, empowerment, and shared power, and how they can be applied in planning and design.

Learning Objective 5:
Analyze real-world case studies to see how trauma-informed principles are integrated into different types of environments (housing, education, health, civic).

Learning Objective 6:
Reflect on their own professional role and consider initial steps for incorporating trauma-informed and healing-centered practices into their work.