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Lotty, M., (2024 ). Exploring what is old and what is new about Trauma-informed Care: Implications for child welfare practice. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies Volume 24, (2) 3. https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijass/vol24/iss2/3/ - Lotty, M., McCormack, L., Campbell, L., & Stanley, D. (2024). Transforming the child welfare system from the inside out: Integrating trauma-informed practices into foster care services’ The Irish Social Worker, Winter, pp. 21-37. https://hdl.handle.net/10468/16695
- Lotty, M., O’Shea, T., Frederico, M., & Kearns, N. (2024). Exploring the effects of a graduate-level trauma-informed care education program for child welfare professionals. Children and Youth Services Review, 107821.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107821
- Lotty, M., Kearns, N., & Frederico, M. (2024). Integrating Trauma-informed Practices in Child Welfare: A Process Study of Trauma-informed Care Graduate Education. Journal of Child Public Welfare, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2372725
- McCormack, L., Campbell, N. and Lotty, M. (2024) 'Trauma in the foster care system: finding positive ways forward in practice', Foster, 2024(15), pp. 54-63: https://hdl.handle.net/10468/15782
- Lotty, M., 2023., Supporting Child Welfare Practice through an integrated practice model: Trauma, Attachment and Resilience into Action’, The Irish Social Worker, pp11-22; https://hdl.handle.net/10468/15339
- Lotty, M. (2023). RTE Brainstorm: Here’s the Truth about Resilience. https://hdl.handle.net/10468/15803;
- O’Leary, N., Rupert, A., & Lotty, M. (2023) Understanding the Why: The Integration of Trauma-Informed Care into Speech and Language Therapy Practice, Advances in Communication and Swallowing, (Preprint), 1-7. DOI: 10.3233/ACS-220017; https://hdl.handle.net/10468/14683
- Lotty, M. (2021). Making sense of the practice of trauma-informed care: A response to the need to implement trauma-informed care into front-line practice. The Irish Social Worker, 160-171. https://hdl.handle.net/10468/12362
- Lotty, M. and Lynch, S., (2021). Finding the common ground: families, relationships, and child-focused practice in foster care. Irish Social Worker, 128-146. https://hdl.handle.net/10468/12361
- Lotty, M. (2021). Exploring trauma-informed foster care as a framework to support collaborative social worker-foster carer relationships. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 21(1), 34-51. https://doi.org/10.21427/g1g5-6x52
TARA Practice Tools
Lotty, M. (2023). TARA Practice Model (Trauma, Attachment, Resilience into Action). Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11395102 - Lotty, M. (2024, June 13). The Thermometer of Regulation, Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11394136
- Lotty, M. (2024, May 30). Understanding the Drivers of Behaviour: Trauma-informed Practice Tool. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11395217
- Lotty, M. (2023). TARA Practice Model (Trauma, Attachment, Resilience into Action).
Zenodo. Available at: https://zenodo.org/records/11395102 - Lotty, M. (2024). The Thermometer of Regulation. Zenodo. Available at: https://zenodo.org/records/11394136
- Lotty, M. (2024). Understanding the Drivers of Behaviour: Trauma-informed
Practice Tool. Zenodo. Available at: https://zenodo.org/records/11395217 - Lotty, M. (2025). TARA - The 3Rs of Building Resilience. Zenodo. Available at: https://zenodo.org/records/16941074
- Lotty, M. (2025). TARA - Build Mentalising Tool. Zenodo. Available at: https://zenodo.org/records/15474987
- O'Donoghue, M. (2025). TARA - Our Language Reconsidered. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15344784
- O'Donoghue, M. (2025). TARA - Bodily Sensations Vocabulary Tool. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15344826
- O'Donoghue, M. (2025). TARA - Feelings & Emotions Vocabulary Tool. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15344872
- O'Donoghue, M. (2025). TARA - Regulating Activities. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15344885
- O'Donoghue, M. (2025). TARA - Toolkit of Regulation. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15344911
- O'Donoghue, M. (2025). TARA - Embodiment & Breathing Practices. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15344934
- O'Donoghue, M. (2025) . TARA - Mindfulness Practices. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15344963
Webinars
- 2024 The Housing Agency Webinar Series: ‘Trauma-informed Care in Professional
Practice: The TARA Practice Model’, [Invited Speaker]. Available at: Trauma Informed Care in Professional Practice - 2024 Launch of the TARA Project Phase One Report: Examining the effects of
Graduate Trauma-informed Practice Education on Child Welfare Professionals.
Research Report. Available at Launch of the TARA Project Phase One Report
Research Report
Articles relating to Fostering Connections: The Trauma-informed Foster Care Programme research
Lotty, M. (2021). Finding the common ground: families, relationships, and child-focused practice in foster care. Irish Social Worker, 128-146. https://cora.ucc.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/5cfb01fd-80c5-4494-8984-dafc56cf8e69/content - Lotty, M. (2021). Exploring trauma-informed foster care as a framework to support collaborative social worker-foster carer relationships. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 21(1), 34-51. https://doi.org/10.21427/g1g5-6x52
- Lotty, M., Bantry-White, E. & Dunn-Galvin, A. (2021). Trauma-informed care psychoeducational group-based interventions for foster carers and adoptive parents: A narrative review', Adoption and Fostering, 45(2), pp. 191-214. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03085759211012492
- Lotty, M. (2020). An Exploration of the Role of Trauma-informed Care in Fostering Stability. The Irish Social Worker. Winter, 47-58. https://cora.ucc.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/ffbf1862-f5e9-43f2-8766-11feeb8704c0/content
- Lotty, M., Bantry-White, E., & Dunn-Galvin, A. (2021). A Qualitative Study in Ireland: Foster Carers and Practitioners Perspectives: on Developing a Trauma-informed Care Foster Carer Psychoeducation Programme, Child in Care Practice, 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13575279.2021.1925632
- Lotty, M. (2020). Trauma-Informed Care Research: Implications for Foster Care Practice. Relational Child and Youth Care Practice, 33(2), 20-39. HYPERLINK "https://cora.ucc.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/7e1cc609-0fcf-4fd8-9dba-0b0dfe191caa/content"https://cora.ucc.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/7e1cc609-0fcf-4fd8-9dba-0b0dfe191caa/content Lotty, M., Bantry-White, E., & Dunn-Galvin, A. (2020). The Experiences of Foster carers and Facilitators of Fostering Connections: The Trauma-informed Foster Care Programme: A Process Study. Children and Youth Services Review, 119, 105516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105516
- Lotty, M. (2020). Childhood Trauma in Mind: Integrating Trauma-informed Care into Early Childhood Education and Care. An Leanbh Óg, 13 (1),105-123. https://cora.ucc.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/99ac0c58-e19d-424a-a475-52951e042c94/content
- Lotty, M., Dunn-Galvin, A., & Bantry-White, E. (2020). Effectiveness of a trauma-informed care psychoeducational programme for foster carers–Evaluation of the Fostering Connections Programme. Child Abuse & Neglect, 102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104390
- Lotty, M. (2020). ‘Teamwork in Mind: Exploring Collaborative Practices in Foster Care as a key component of Trauma-informed Foster Care.’ FOSTER. Issue 9, Ireland. https://www.tusla.ie/uploads/content/Teamwork_in_Mind_FOSTER_9_2020_Maria_Lotty_1.pdf#:~:text=This%20article%20is%20based%20on%20a%20workshop%20delivered,is%20an%20integral%20part%20of%20trauma-informed%20foster%20care.
- Lotty, M. (2019). Fostering stability through ‘Fostering Connections: The Trauma-informed Foster Care Programme.’ FOSTER. Issue 7, Ireland. https://www.tusla.ie/uploads/content/Fostering_stability_through_Fostering_Connections_FOSTER_Issue_7_2019_ML.pdf