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ARC = Attachment, Regulation and Competency. Created by Margaret Blaustein and Kristine Kinniburgh.

Official site: https://arcframework.org/

Framework for supporting healthy development in children, families, and communities affected by trauma. Research shows reduction in PTSD symptoms and increased adaptive/social skills. Goal is resilient development, not pathology reduction.

Covers: trauma understanding (parents, caregivers, kids, teens), provider training, system implementation, resilience and recovery.

Belongs in ET Foundations Course Module 11 (ARC). Also relevant for the employee course, buddy training, and therapist onboarding.

Gated behind: NT, NVC, body-based trauma, trauma awareness, ACEs, neuroregulation, NSI, attachment, autonomic nervous system, structural dissociation.