Trauma-Responsive Strategies
Gain practical skills, techniques and tools to stay emotionally balanced and healthy as you work directly with clients/patients who are struggling with trauma-related symptoms and support others you work with.
About Trauma-Responsive Strategies
This training is designed for staff members working directly with clients/patients who are struggling with trauma-related symptoms. 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.
Level
Continuing education/ professional education
Average Time to Completion
One semester
Instruction Method
- In-person training, or
- Virtual (synchronous over Zoom)
Who is Eligible
Both UB and non-UB students
Credit or Non-Credit
Not for credit
Focus Areas
- Trauma and adversity
- Re-traumatization
- Trauma-informed responses for self and others
- Trauma-responsive strategies
- Trauma-sensitive practices
- Impact of the work and self-care
- Integration of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility
Skills Obtained*
- Career and self-development
- Communication
- Critical thinking
- Equity and inclusion
- Leadership
- Professionalism
- Teamwork
*Categories based on the National Assocation of Colleges and Employers (NACE) key competencies.
Program Contact
Contact Samantha Koury, co-director of UB's Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care, at spkoury@buffalo.edu for information on enrolling a team in the Trauma-Responsive Strategies micro-credential training.