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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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  • Tailoring Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Children with IDD

    In this webinar, speakers Daniel Hoover and Peter D’Amico discuss the tailoring of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for use with children and caregivers with significant limitations in cognitive, language, and other executive functions. The speakers will start by discussing the...
  • The Intersection Between Multi-Generational Developmental Trauma and Contextual Trauma

    Introduces Miguel, a 17-year-old with a history of truancy, fighting, and multiple arrests since the age of 14— around the time his mother passed away from cancer. He lives with his grandmother and siblings and occasionally sees his father, who lives out of state. Recently, during COVID-19 pandemi...
  • Traumatic Impacts of Community Violence, COVID-19, and Civil Unrest on Immigrant Families

    The COVID-19 pandemic, along with severe immigration enforcement policies in recent years, and historical and present structural inequities have all had a disproportionate impact on BIPOC communities, including marginalized immigrant populations in the US. This has resulted in increased risk factors...
  • 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...

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  • Surviving and Thriving: Conversations About Community Violence and COVID-19

    Community violence is an ongoing crisis in society as many youth and families feel the destructive repercussions of peer conflicts, gun and other weapon attacks, gang fights, and public violence incidents. The COVID-19 pandemic and increased police misconduct in populations affected by community vio...
  • Adolescent Trauma and Substance Abuse Online

    Provides training and materials for mental health clinicians and substance abuse treatment providers on the complex intersections between psychological trauma and co-occurring substance abuse and dependency. The course includes interactive online modules on understanding the links between traumatic...
  • Child Physical Abuse

    This series of seven presentations, sponsored by the NCTSN Physical Abuse Collaborative Group, features many of the top experts in the field speaking about engagement strategies, assessment, cultural and systems issues, and evidence-based interventions for families in which there has been known or s...
  • Intervenciones con niños muy pequeños, informadas en apego, desarrollo, trauma y cultura

    Desarrollado por Marta Casas LMHC, Carmen Rosa Noroña LCSW, MSEd Marcy Safyer, PhD MSW, este seminario web se enfoca en niños migrantes no acompañados menores de 5 años. Para los niños migrantes pequeños, la separación de los padres, puede peligrosamente agravar y exacerbar estresores traumá...

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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...

  • Lesson 1: Connecting the Dots: Understanding Traumatic Stress and Substance Abuse Among Adolescents

    Walks providers through the relationship between traumatic stress and substance use in adolescents, the challenges providers experience when providing services to adolescents with substance use and traumatic stress, as well as the solutions and recommendations for working with this population.
  • Psychological First Aid for Schools

    In this webinar spseakers describe the fundamentals of Psychological First Aid for Schools (PFA-S). PFA-S helps reduce the distress that school communities can experience after a disaster or violent event. Presenters discuss the importance of working within the school structure and system; how teach...
  • Child Advocacy Center (CAC) Directors' Guide to Quality Mental Healthcare

    Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) directors working to meet the National Children’s Alliance (NCA) Accreditation Standard for mental health need a resource to help them on their journey to deliver the highest quality care to children and families. Especially for non-clinicians, ensuring that m...


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A Note About PFA Online

PFA Online will be updated in the summer of 2021. If you have finished the course we ask that you download your current certificate.
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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