Trauma Responsive Strategies

This training is designed to provide practical skills, techniques and tools for staff members working directly with clients/patients who are struggling with trauma-related symptoms and for keeping oneself emotionally balanced and healthy while supporting those they work with. Participants will learn how being trauma-responsive can support their own wellness as well as improve workplace culture and service provision. The promotion of resilience and growth will also be explored.

The core components of this training are based on a need for the frontline workforce to be equipped with tools and skills to support their clients/patients in coping with common trauma reactions without the need to be a trauma-therapist. The content of the training is heavily anchored in what the field has learned about the nervous system—meaning that practical strategies and skills being learned are supported by neuroscience.

Requirements

Participants are required to be affiliated with an organization that has an active contract with ITTIC for the trauma-responsive strategies training, whether completing this micro-credential virtually (synchronously over Zoom) or in person. All participants will be required to attend all 15 hours of training and complete all assessments in order to be eligible for the micro-credential.

Additional Required Activities/Assignments

Learners will submit a written response to a case scenario to demonstrate their application of trauma-responsive strategies and reflect their understanding of nervous system activation.

*Categories based on the National Assocation of Colleges and Employers (NACE) key competencies.