About Janet Roche
Janet Roche, MDS, CAPS, is a nationally recognized design practitioner, educator, and advocate whose work centers on the intersection of health, design, and social equity. With over a decade of experience in Trauma-Informed Design (TiD), she is the founder of Janet Roche Designs and CEO and co-founder of the Trauma-Informed Design Society. Janet co-authored the groundbreaking book Trauma-Informed Design: A Framework for Architects, Designers, and Other Practitioners and has led the development of key tools and curricula in the field, including the TiDEvalK12 assessment and graduate-level TiD courses at the Boston Architectural College, as well as ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) continuing educational courses. This fall TiD Society will launch its global academy to certify designers and other practitioners on TiD.
Janet is a frequent keynote speaker and panelist at national conferences and continues to advance inclusive, healing-centered design through her podcast, collaborations, and consulting with organizations across multiple sectors. In 2019, Janet and Carolyn Robbins started Inclusive Designers Podcast™, one of the Top 15 Design Podcasts by FeedSpot.
Selected Media
From podcasts to panels, Janet Roche often talks about trauma-informed design as a force for resilience, dignity, and transformative change.
To showcase the work of psychologists, educators, architects, and other professionals who have put human wellbeing at the forefront, J. Davis Harte and Janet Roche have created an online platform titled Trauma-Informed Design, where the latest research and case studies can be collected, shared, and amplified, to create better interior spaces.
The panel addressed the real consequences of the prison environment on human biology, which results in lasting impacts on the convicted people, their families, and discuss alternative approaches to correctional design in light of these irrefutable facts.
This is a recording of Think Inclusive Now live-stream from the Maryland Coaltion for Inclusive Education on March 18, 2025.
