Trauma-Informed Evaluation and Research
A Practical Guide
Martha A. Brown and Aaron W. Kates
1. What Is Trauma?
2. How Our Own Traumas Influence Our Work
3. Foundational Principles of TIER
II. The Evaluation Landscape
4. Representation of Trauma in the Evaluation and Research Literature
5. TIER’s Congruence with Evaluation Approaches
6. Equity-Focused and Trauma-Informed Evaluation and Research
III. Doing TIER
7. Being a TI Researcher and Evaluator
8. Designing and Framing TIER
9. Making Surveys Trauma Informed
10. TI Interviews and Focus Groups
11. TI Analysis and Reporting
IV. Growing TIER
12. TI Programs, Organizations, and Systems
Appendix A. Recommended Literature Referencing the Six Principles
Appendix B. Trauma-Informed Coalitions and Organizations
Appendix C. Resources for Deeper Learning.
Appendix D. What about Fawning?
TIER Glossary
References
Index











