Secondary Traumatic Stress: Understanding the Impact on Professionals in Trauma-Exposed Workplaces

Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) is the emotional distress that results when an individual hears about the firsthand trauma experiences of another. For child-serving professionals who are exposed to details of traumatic events in the context of their work, STS is a common occupational hazard. If we ...

Part 1: Child and Adolescent Traumatic Stress Reactions to COVID-19-Related Deaths

To date the COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 800,000 deaths in the United States, with more than 140,000 children losing a parent or primary caregiver to COVID-19-related deaths. Due to the nature of these deaths, many children may develop traumatic stress reactions that contribute to problema...

Part 2: Applying Evidence-Based Treatments for Child Traumatic Stress Reactions to COVID-19-Related Deaths

To date, more than 800,000 individuals in the US have died from COVID-19 and more than 140,000 children and teens have lost parents or primary caregivers to COVID-19-related deaths. Many of these youth are at heightened risk for developing traumatic stress reactions to these deaths. This webinar des...

Screening for the Intersection of Trauma with Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SO/GI)

This webinar will introduce a new screening tool used by mental health treatment providers to explore youth identities and identify potentially traumatic experiences for LGBTQ+ youth. LGBTQ+ youth are disproportionately impacted by a wide variety of traumatic experiences, including abuse and neglect...

Identifying Critical Moments and Healing Complex Trauma

Provides clinicians, counselors, and other helpers with insights on recognizing and dealing with the most difficult crises and turning points that occur in therapy with traumatized children and families. Each webinar features a scene where the youth and caregiver are actors playing fictional charact...

Resource Parent Curriculum (RPC) Training Modules

The Online Training Modules were developed as a complementary resource to the RPC. These modules can be used by resource families and RPC facilitators in a variety of ways. For example, families who are considering attending a RPC group may complete a module to determine whether it would be worth th...

Addressing Trauma and Disproportionate Ethnic Minority Contact in Juvenile Justice through Empowerment

Trauma and Disproportionality in the Juvenile Justice system are intimately related constructs that evolve out of powerlessness. Disproportionality has many causes, but at its core, there is a historical component that has consistently and methodically stripped Ethnic minorities of power. This remo...

Estrés Traumático Secundario: Cómo Entender el Impacto que Tiene el Trabajo de Trauma en los Profesionales

Desarrollado por Raven Cuellar, PhD, Carmen Rosa Noroña, LCSW, Ms. Ed., Ginny Sprang, PhD, and Savina Treves, MA, LPC este seminario define lo que es el Estrés Traumático Secundario (EST), describe como el contexto socio-cultural y las experiencias migratorias pueden impactar las experiencias de ...

Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) Online

Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) is a 5-hour interactive course designed for providers to help survivors gain skills to manage distress and cope with post-disaster stress and adversity. This course is for individuals who want to learn about using SPR, learning the goals and rationale of each ...

Working with Parents Involved in the Child Welfare System

Unresolved trauma can negatively affect parents’ coping, parenting, and the ability to interact effectively with the child welfare system. This online course was developed for individuals who work with birth parents involved in the child welfare system, and offers tips for viewing parents through ...

Trauma and Race: Opportunities and Challenges for Therapists of Color Working with Families of Color

In this webinar, viewers see critically important moments from three dramatized therapy sessions and hear from seasoned trauma therapists who reflect on their own experiences in working with clients of similar and different racial and ethnic backgrounds to their own. Through thoughtful discussion, p...

Using the Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators

The Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators was developed to provide school administrators, teachers, staff, and concerned parents with basic information about working with traumatized children in the school system. The Toolkit is made up of 10 fact sheets that discuss various aspects of trauma ...