Schedule Details

Tentative Schedule

(Subject to change)

9:00 am:     Welcome and Icebreaker Activity

Workshop organizers will introduce themselves and the workshop, followed by a positionality exercise where participants will engage in self-reflection using a mural board.

10:00 am:   Empowering Users Activity: This activity will challenge participants to reimagine digital platforms to prioritize the needs and preferences of trauma-affected users. Participants will brainstorm ideas for customizable privacy settings, content filters, and trigger warnings, creating prototype designs that effectively incorporate these features. Each group will present their findings in an interactive gallery walk where they will receive constructive feedback and insights from their peers.

11:00 am:   Coffee break

11:30 am:   Co-Designing Support Components Activity: In this hands-on activity, participants will collaborate with clinicians to co-design support components for social media platforms, such as peer support networks, mental health resources, and self-care tools. Each group will focus on a specific component and discuss the challenges and opportunities in integrating it into existing platforms. Participants will also explore strategies to minimize misuse and improve implementation, culminating in a collaborative showcase of their co-designed solutions.

12:30 pm:   Lunch

14:30 pm:   Designing Safe Spaces Activity: Participants will engage in an exercise to create community guidelines that foster safe and supportive environments on social media platforms for trauma-affected users. Each group will focus on specific aspects of the guidelines, such as language, behavior, reporting mechanisms, and moderation practices. The groups will share their insights and recommendations, culminating in a collectively designed set of trauma-informed moderation guidelines.

15:30 pm:   Measuring Impact Activity: This activity will challenge participants to identify metrics for assessing the effectiveness of trauma-informed design. Through a series of interactive brainstorming sessions, participants will work together to establish potential benchmarks, indicators, and methods for measurement. The activity will culminate in a group reflection and synthesis of the proposed metrics, equipping participants with a comprehensive understanding of how to evaluate the impact of trauma-informed designs.

16:15 pm:   Reflections and Discussion

16:45 pm:   Closing Remarks and Next Steps