TARA Project Cluster Practice Tools

Practitioner Resilience Cluster

• Building practitioner resilience – professional supervision environment: TARA Project_Practitioner Resilience: Professional Supervision Environment

Ripple Effect Cluster

• Trauma-Informed Practice for Children Experiencing Multiple Moves in Foster Care: TARA Project_The Ripple Effect_Transitions in care

Communication Cogs Cluster

• Walking the path together: A Glance card on trauma-informed care collaboration: TARA Project_Communication Cogs Glance Card  ; CommunicationCogsbackgrounddocument.pdf

Time Bandits Cluster

• Time bandits: Sensory Pack: TARA Project_TimeBanditsSensoryPack.pdf
• Time Bandits TARA Whole Team Foster Care Approach: Whole Team Foster Care
• Bringing Kids Together Groupwork Intervention: 

TARA Project publications

TARA Project Phase 1 Peer-reviewed publications

• Lotty, M., M. Frederico, N. Kearns, and T. O′Shea. 2026. “ Child Welfare Professional Education in Trauma-Informed Care: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation Study.” Child Abuse Review 35, no. 1: e70101. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70101.
• 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 

TARA Project Phase 1 Research Report

• Lotty, M., Kearns, N., O’Shea, T. and Frederico, M. (2023). ‘Examining the effects of Graduate Trauma-informed Practice Education on Child Welfare Professionals’. Adult Continuing Education, University College Cork: <a href="https://www.ucc.ie/en/media/research/tara/TARAProjectPhaseOneReportDec2023Final.pdf" "="" target="_blank" title="pdf of phase 1 report TARA">TARA Phase 1 Report
• Webinar: 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