Barriers and Facilitators to the Online Delivery of a School-Based Intervention to Reduce Racial Trauma

Training in Trauma-Responsive and Anti-racist Telehealth: A Model for Behavioral Health Clinicians and Providers

“…Videoconferencing and other telehealth modalities have become increasingly popular in behavioral health as a result of the COVID-19 crisis (AlRasheed et al, 2022;Connolly et al, 2023). While telehealth improves access, many behavioral health providers feel inadequately prepared to deliver trauma-informed care virtually, especially to marginalized communities facing COVID-related stress and racial trauma (Ash et al, 2023;Falicov et al, 2020;Liu & Modir, 2020;Novacek et al, 2020). Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a framework that promotes the widespread impact of trauma, recognizes traumatic stress signs and symptoms, responds by integrating knowledge into practices and policies, and proactively resists re-traumatization (SAMHSA, 2023).…”

“…Key considerations include building digital therapeutic rapport, ensuring safety, flexibly implementing treatments, and addressing access barriers (Burgoyne & Cohn, 2020). For BIPOC clients more specifically, cultural humility and practices that promote racial trauma healing are essential (Ash et al, 2023;Metzger et al, 2021). However, few providers receive graduate training in cultural adaptations of trauma treatments (Ennis et al, 2020;Hall-Clark et al, 2024) or telehealth (Perle et al, 2023).…”