{"id":17111,"date":"2024-01-16T14:06:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T19:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boscoville1stg.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=deployment-program&p=17111"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:48:09","slug":"pingouin-polaris-trauma-sensitive-practices","status":"publish","type":"deployment-program","link":"https:\/\/www.boscoville.ca\/en\/boscoville-services\/our-programs\/pingouin-polaris-trauma-sensitive-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Pingouin-Polaris: Trauma-Sensitive Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Based On<\/p>\n

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  • The trauma-informed approach <\/li>\n
  • Blaustein and Kinniburgh’s Attachment, Regulation, Competency (ARC) model (2010; 2018) <\/li>\n
  • Sugai and Horner’s Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) (2002 and 2009)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    The Foundations <\/strong>of the Pingouin-Polaris<\/strong> Program<\/h2><\/div>
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    The foundations of the Pingouin-Polaris program combine the principles of the ARC model (Blaustein & Kinninburg, 2018<\/em>) and the PBIS intervention framework (Sugai & Horner, 2002 and 2009<\/em>). These models focus on the prevention of difficult behaviours and complement each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ARC offers ways to organize an environment and equip care workers<\/strong> with practices that are adapted and sensitive to the complex trauma<\/strong> experienced by clients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The PBIS framework proposes a method for organizing environments in a predictable and coherent way. It integrates various proactive and educational strategies to prevent disruptive behaviour while promoting the development of young people’s social-emotional skills. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

    Objectives <\/strong>of the Pingouin-Polaris<\/strong> Program<\/h2><\/div>
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    The goal of the program is to support educational teams that work with young people that have adjustment difficulties.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Specifically, the program aims to increase the application of trauma-informed<\/strong> practices among educators.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    On the other hand, it aims to reduce the use of certain more punitive practices, such as restraint, seclusion and time-out.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The proposed program also aims to promote the development of resilience in youth by offering them ways to interact positively with a safe environment that focuses on the development of regulation and certain key skills. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Complex Trauma<\/strong> in Youth  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Complex trauma can be defined as a set of developmental after-effects related to repeated experiences of mistreatment or abuse that occurred during development.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Children must adapt to this hostile climate and develop in an environment in which the response to their needs is unpredictable and where threats to their integrity are common.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Since these experiences occur during the development of these children, complex trauma impacts their cognitive, emotional and relational development.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The impact of complex trauma is reflected in a variety of after-effects, including attachment, biology, affect regulation, dissociation, behaviour management, cognition, and self-concept (Cook et al., 2003; Milot et al., 2013<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In short, complex trauma affects the way young individuals function and the way they conceive the world and interact with it. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Why take an interest in complex trauma<\/strong> among young people under youth protection<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Several U.S. studies report a particularly high rate of traumatic exposure among youth housed in rehabilitation centres (Fischer et al., 2016; Pane Seifert et al., 2015<\/em>) or youth protection (Greeson et al. 2011<\/em>).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In Qu\u00e9bec, young people placed in foster care under the Youth Protection Act (YCJA) are particularly at risk of having experienced various traumatic experiences such as neglect, exposure to domestic violence and physical, sexual or psychological abuse.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A study by Collin-V\u00e9zina et al. (2011<\/em>) showed that more than 3 out of 5 young people had experienced more than two types of traumatic experiences, while 1 out of 5 had experienced five types. Despite this, these young people were nevertheless mostly followed for reasons related to their behavioural disturbances.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    These studies highlight the importance of understanding the impact of different forms of mistreatment on children’s lives. They also support the adoption of a trauma-informed approach<\/strong> that prioritizes the creation of safe, sensitive and caring environments that can help them overcome these traumatic experiences (Collin-Vezina and Milne, 2014; Plumb et al., 2016<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    What You Get with the Pingouin-Polaris<\/strong> Program<\/h2>\n\n\n
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    Training<\/p>\n

    The Pingouin-Polaris program offers 6 and a half days of training designed to help better understand complex trauma. In addition, the training offers different practices to promote a positive climate and support young people according to their needs. The program’s training covers the following topics:<\/p>\n

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    • Awakening and presentation of the program<\/li>\n
    • Complex trauma orientation<\/li>\n
    • Routines and rituals<\/li>\n
    • Valorization systems and caregiver affect management<\/li>\n
    • Attunement and effective response<\/li>\n
    • Emotional regulation<\/li>\n
    • Competency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n
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      Support<\/p>\n

      The tools provided during the training are designed to adapt to the characteristics of the young people and of the environment that welcomes them. The support offered by Boscoville is ideal for developing practices adapted to each environment and for thinking about the needs of youth as a team.<\/p>\n

      The main strength of Boscoville’s support, beyond the clinical reflection it offers to the teams, lies in a series of clinical and implementation activities that facilitate the management of the changes necessary for the implementation of the program’s components, at the pace and with the approach of each specific environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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      New \u2013 Online\/Offline Training<\/p>\n

      We are currently developing online\/offline training for the Pingouin-Polaris program, combining techno-pedagogy and in-person support. This training aims to increase the efficiency of the program’s implementation and to support its sustainability in serviced environments. It will be available by 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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      Take the Next Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Would you like more information or to find out more about the Pingouin-Polaris <\/strong>program?<\/p>\n\n\n\n