Trauma Informed Care

This course is designed to provide a basic working knowledge of trauma in the child welfare system. Participants will be able to recognize the effects of trauma in children, identify how trauma affects children at the various stages of development, recognize child traumatic grief and understand the long term effects of trauma. Participants will also understand the different types of trauma and gain insight to help the children, birth families and resource parents in dealing with the aftermath of childhood trauma.
This course utilizes activities, video, and group discussion to help participants explore their beliefs and biases with regard to childhood trauma in the populations that they were hired to aid. The participant will gain understanding in ways to aid the child in reaching more of their potential.

Special instructions: Please refer to Training Memorandum (TM 17-056) for very important specifics related to the dates, begin and end time, parking, registration and travel.