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Key Principle 5

EMPOWERMENT, VOICE, & CHOICE

Individuals' strengths and experiences are recognized and built upon. The practice understands the importance of power differentials and ways in which clients, have historically been diminished in voice and choice and are often recipients or coercive treatment. Clients are supported in shared decision making, choice, and goal setting to determine the treatment plan. Patients are supported in cultivating self advocacy skills. 

  • Patients exercise choice in the way services are provided and by whom

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  • Feedback about the practice, its services, and approaches are sought from patients

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  • Patients serve on the practice’s advisory committee

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  • Specific resilience-building activities are built into the service delivery approach

From SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach
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