Trauma-Informed Schools Training for School-Based Professionals: Strategies to Recognize Trauma, Respond & Create Resilience in Students

This Trauma-Informed Schools Training for School-Based Professionals course is taught by a panel of expert educators and clinicians with decades of experience in the classroom and clinical office. They’ll equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to help intervene immediately, prevent problems from worsening, and foster resilience. You’ll learn trauma-informed care techniques for the classroom and be able to implement evidence-based strategies for supporting kids with diverse mental health problems.

Walk away from Trauma-Informed Schools Training for School-Based Professionals course able to…

• Identify early signs of depression and suicidality and respond to self-harm effectively
• Guide students and clients through grief based on their developmental stage
• Strengthen the school-family alliance with culturally-responsive tips
• Use mindfulness, rituals, routines, games, and play for co-regulation
• Help coordinate school-wide pre and post-intervention plans for crises
• Support students going through divorce, death, tragedy, illness, abuse, large-scale disasters, and more

PLUS, you’ll learn how to create effective support groups and foster an atmosphere of psychological safety for everyone!

What you will lean in Trauma-Informed Schools Training for School-Based Professionals

Modue 1: Trauma-Informed Schools and Adverse Childhood Experiences Training

Get step-by-step directions, tools, and techniques you need to support kids with trauma histories, mental health concerns, and struggling academic performance. Be able to:

• Identify the “silent sufferers” in your classroom and understand developmental trauma
• Foster teamwork and cooperation with diverse care teams to create a better school climate
• Improve school safety and create psychologically-safe classrooms
• Boost academic achievement with early intervention for mental health problems
• Support kids with behavioural problems using trauma-sensitive corrective action

Module 2: Trauma, Grief and Loss in the Classroom

Gain specialized training in helping students who’ve experienced violence and trauma at school. Learn to:

• Immediately apply techniques to support grieving and traumatized children
• Understand how intensity and duration of grief stages manifest in kids
• Advocate for long-term, school-wide postvention plans & help coordinate district-wide interventions
• Confront and overcome irrational fears with developmental stage-specific strategies
• Support staff members and parents and utilize outside resources

Plus, get case examples of established, successful post-vention plans.

Module 3: Self-Harm, Suicide & Depression in Schools

Learn the best strategies for identification, prevention, and postvention among students with depression, self-harm, and suicidal ideation (at both the classroom and school-wide level). Walk away with…

• Must-knows about confidentiality, info sharing, & notifying parents
• The ability to identify hidden and telltale warning signs, determine susceptibility, & identify vulnerability
• Understand the “why” of self-harm so you can connect with students
• Skills to approach the interconnected role of addiction effectively
• The ability to minimize the risk of self-harm and create suicide contagion plans & school-wide interventions

Module 4: Mindfulness Practices to Build Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth

Practice mindfulness, positive psychology, self-regulation, and mind-body integration exercises that will help you…

• Boost cognitive clarity and functioning
• Capitalize on new strengths and skills learned in isolation
• Overcome feelings of helplessness and loss of control
• Rebuild social and emotional intelligence

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