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About These Tools

The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust is presenting these data tools for your information and use, but did not create them. These tools may be subject to copyright, and should be used within the terms of use outlined in any copyright restrictions.

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We hope you find these tools useful. We advise you to keep in mind that the content in these tools may cover sensitive issues that could be triggering for certain individuals.

A Systems Map of Generational Trauma in the Rural U.S.

Author: Rural Opportunity Institute
Tool Type: Presentations
Sample Resource

This presentation is a great example of a causal loop diagram with a rich story on trauma and resilience in the rural NC. In this systems map, variables are color-coded and categorized into either vicious or virtuous cycles, which allows audiences to deepen their understanding of how each variable interacts with others and how the relationships of variables shape the historically systematic behaviors in the community.

Visual Tools for the Data Dashboard

Author: Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI)
Tool Type: Reports
Sample Resource

The Visual Tools for the Data Dashboard is a summarized finding report with actionable recommendations on trauma and resilience in Edgecombe County, NC in 2021. This tool can be used to share a summary of dashboard responses.

Devereux Adult Resilience Survey: An Introduction

Author: Mary Mackrain
Tool Type: Questionnaire / Survey
Data Collection Tool

This questionnaire is a self-assessment tool adults can use to explore their internal strengths and wellbeing and develop an action plan to cope with stress. It can be used by individuals or staff to promote self-reflection and growth, as well as educators and those who work with young children.

Panorama School Climate Survey: Teachers and Staff

Author: Panorama Education
Tool Type: Questionnaire / Survey
Data Collection Tool

The Panorama School Climate Survey is a tool to collect perspectives on the school climate and attitudes toward the working environment among teachers and staff in school. There is a 5 scale for each question in the survey.

Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Care Scale (ARTIC-10)

Author: Traumatic Stress Institute of Klingberg Family Centers
Tool Type: Assessment
Data Collection Tool

The Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Care Scale is a validated tool developed by the Traumatic Stress Institute to measure attitudes toward trauma-informed care among staff working in settings such as school systems, human service agencies, state agencies, healthcare, and research. Two versions of ARTIC are available and user-charge, which are ARTIC-10 and ARTIC-35. ARTIC-10 example is attached for your view.

ROI Data Dashboard Annual Reflection Toolkit

Author: Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI)
Tool Type: Guides
Data Collection Tool

This ROI Data Dashboard Annual Reflection Tool-Kit is a facilitation guide to gather more insight on trauma and resilience topics from large and small group discussions during your data collection process, which includes step-by-step instructions with recommended measurements (Excel file) to allow you to capture community feedback on the story behind quantitative data. The guide can be used to facilitate discussions about data, context behind quantitative data, and aligning data collection with community goals.

North Carolina Justice Data Portal

Author: North Carolina Department of Public Safety–Criminal Justice Analysis Center
Tool Type: Dashboard
Existing Data Source

The North Carolina Justice Data Portal includes statewide and county-level criminal justice data visualizations, such as reported crimes, crime types, victim demographics, reporting agencies, and traffic stops by recent years. Contributing agencies are the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). This tool allows stakeholders to study trends and patterns in criminal justice, identify areas for improvement, allocate resources to areas in need, and monitor progress over time.

Healthy Communities NC Dashboard

Author: Cape Fear Collective
Tool Type: Dashboard
Existing Data Source

The interactive Healthy Communities NC Data Dashboard brings together and visualizes indicator data related to the Healthy NC 2030 goals. Data are displayed at the county and census-tract levels, as well as by region (mountains, sandhills, Triangle, Charlotte-metro, etc.) and show relative rankings to compare one county to others across the state. Using this tool, you can see an overview of your county’s status and challenges, and compare them with other counties / communities in the state.