The growing body of research surrounding trauma and trauma-informed care has informed the idea of Trauma-Informed Design (TID). Conceptually, TID is in its infancy, thus there are many different factors that arguably represent TID. After careful review of the research, architectural firms, and articles posing the idea of TID, the following elements were determined to be the most common: biophilia, lighting, acoustics, and visual environment. Prior literature has examined the positive impact these elements have on providing calm, predictable environments, however, there has yet to be an examination of these elements in the education setting. In order to understand the impact of TID elements in education settings 64 education professionals were surveyed. Results showed a lot of variability in the frequency of implementation of TID elements, and no associations between demographics or professional development focused trauma-informed care and implementation were found. Together, findings suggest that schools and educators might benefit from additional knowledge and consideration related to TID. Furthermore, additional study is needed to understand the potential implication of TID in schools and its potential effectiveness as a tier I intervention.
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