Reading Circle- Designed with Care
9th September 8:00AM PDT, 4:00PM BST (UK), 5PM CET, 9:30PM IST
60 minute discussions over two months, moderated by John Alberts, Learning Advocate
Cost: FREE for all member types, register to join the Open Circle (FREE) for invites.
Reading Circle- Designed with Care
Join us for Designed with Care (ed. Rachel Edwards)- creating trauma-informed content
Join our book club exploring Designed with Care (ed. Rachel Edwards), a timely collection on trauma-informed design with direct relevance for UX, service design, and AI. Across eight sessions, we’ll read and discuss how trauma shapes experiences, and how designers can respond with clarity, care, and dignity. Topics include designing for bereavement, ethical storytelling, trauma-informed research, government services, and the role of AI in high-risk contexts. If you’re designing digital services, shaping content, or building AI tools, this series offers essential lessons for creating systems that are safer, more inclusive, and more humane.
Why this matters: For our book club, this discussion is important because it prompts us to reflect on our own work. How can we better connect the dots between research, design, and real-world impact? How do we close the loop in our own processes to ensure we’re designing responsibly? Let’s explore together.
Feel free to join as many Reading Circles as possible (you don’t have to attend all of them to participate).
Reading schedule
| Date | Chapters | Pages |
| 9 September
11:00 EDT/16:00 BST (UK) |
Chapter 1 “What is trauma”
Chapter 2 “Clarity is kinder: Designing for bereaved and dying people” |
1-35 |
| 23 September
11:00 EDT/16:00 BST (UK) |
Chapter 3 “Designing Questions”
Chapter 4 “Trauma and technology” |
36-72
|
| 7 October
11:00 EDT/16:00 BST (UK) |
Chapter 5 “The case for content warnings”
Chapter 6 “Trauma-informed research for content design” |
73-113
|
| 21 October
11:00 EDT/16:00 BST (UK) |
Chapter 7 “From principles to practice: Using trauma-informed principles to design services”
Chapter 8 “Working with and for young people” |
114-145
|
| 4 November
11:00 EST/16:00 GMT (UK) |
Chapter 9 “How trauma-informed principles can work in government”
Chapter 10 “Content design in high-risk digital spaces” |
146-173
|
| 18 November
11:00 EST/16:00 GMT (UK) |
Chapter 11 “Does this feel dignifying: Considering, telling, and sharing more ethical stories”
Chapter 12 “So you want to decolonize trauma?” |
174-202
|
| 2 December
11:00 EST/16:00 GMT (UK) |
Chapter 13 “Vicarious trauma: Protecting your spirit when doing trauma work”
Chapter 14 “Crisis communications: A crisis is more than a moment in time” |
203-240
|
| 16 December
11:00 EST/16:00 GMT (UK) |
Chapter 15 “Compliance is just the start: Accessibility for trauma-informed outcomes”
Chapter 16 “Trauma literacy in content design” |
241-269
|
| Date: | 09 Sep 2025 |
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| Time: | 08:00 am PST 11:00 am EST 04:00 pm GMT 05:00 pm CET |
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