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As part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), the Learning Center for Child and Adolescent Trauma offers Free Online Education with:

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  • A Father Seeking Justice in Dealing with The Child Protection System

    In this webinar, viewers will meet Mr. Smith, a 27-year-old single father who works full-time as a health worker. He and his fiancé would like full custody of his 7-year-old son, Samuel. His son is under the care of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) after Samuel’s pre-school teacher r...
  • Understanding and Addressing the Needs of a Vulnerable Population

    In this webinar, presenters provide an overview of the challenges and strengths these children often present as clients (and the benefits and challenges of working with them), types and causes of IDD, diagnostic and assessment issues, and practical suggestions for tailoring evidence-based treatments...
  • A Young Black Man’s Dilemmas: Loss, Loyalty, and Family Relationships

    In this webinar, viewers meet 17-year-old Terrell, who is in his fourth therapy session—a teletherapy meeting with Dr. Wizdom Powell. During this session, Terrell realizes that he has been avoiding his feelings about his recent, challenging relationship with his stepfather. Dr. Powell also helps T...
  • Institutional Responses to the Current Crisis

    In this webinar, speakers focus on institutional responses to the current combined crises of community violence during this time of pandemic and unrest. Panelists will represent a range of institutions including law enforcement, juvenile justice, national disaster, public school, and mental health s...

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  • Community Violence and Trauma: Supporting Youth and Building Resilience

    Brings together experts on the impact of community violence on youth and families. This series highlights best practices for prevention and trauma intervention for youth affected by community violence, and features NCTSN members representing viewpoints from service providers, to researchers, to yout...
  • Attachment Vitamins: Interactive Course on Early Childhood Attachment, Stress, and Trauma

    The Attachment Vitamins online course is an interactive, self-paced e-learning course for those adults who often find themselves in the company of children aged zero to five and their families, including professionals such as early childhood educators and child care providers, public health workers,...
  • Trauma and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Toolkit

    The Road to Recovery: Supporting Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Who Have Experienced Trauma Toolkit was developed by the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS) and the NCTSN Trauma & IDD Expert Panel, a national selection of individuals with expert...
  • Intervenciones sensibles a la cultura, el desarrollo y el trauma con jóvenes de 7 años y mayores​​

    Esta presentación fue desarrollada por el Dr. Javier Rosado, PhD, la Dra. Susana Rivera PhD, y Luis E. Flores, MA. Este seminario web define la separación traumática y el duelo traumático y describe el impacto en el desarrollo en los jóvenes y niños. Además, los participantes aprenderán cóm...

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  • Psychological First Aid Online

    PFA online includes a 6-hour interactive course that puts the participant in the role of a provider in a post-disaster scene. This professionally-narrated course is for individuals new to disaster response who want to learn the core goals of PFA, as well as for seasoned practitioners who want a r...

  • Trauma and Development Part 1: How to Think Development - Presentation

    Thinking developmentally involves taking note of the particular age when a trauma exposure occurs, theorizing about what current developmental tasks it may disrupt, and which developmental competencies a child may fail to acquire and master. It also requires considering how an inadequate set of deve...
  • Understanding the Intersection Between Cyberbullying and Trauma

    In this webinar speakers focus on understanding the intersection between cyberbullying and trauma. This presentation was recorded in conjunction with National Bullying Awareness and Prevention Month.
  • Using the CANS-Trauma Comprehensive

    The Using the CANS-Trauma Comprehensive course offers providers ways to use the CANS-Trauma Comprehensive, a tool designed to support individual service, treatment planning, and evaluation of service systems. This course contains demonstration videos, PowerPoints, helpful resources, as well as links...

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A Note About PFA Online

PFA Online will be updated in the spring of 2021. If you have finished the course we ask that you download your current certificate prior to the end of February 2021.
The current PFA course is not for new users. We have left the current course available for users that have already viewed the lessons and need to take the post-test and download their certificate.
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