As part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), the Learning Center for Child and Adolescent Trauma offers Free Online Education with:
- 300+ FREE CE certificates
- 50+ speakers
- 200+ online webinars
- 90,000+ members
This section of the NCTSN Learning Center provides free access to NCTSN experts and up-to-date, science-based information in the areas of assessment, treatment and services, training, research and evaluation, and organizational and systems change for traumatized children, adolescents, and their families. Continuing education credits are available for many courses in this expanding online catalog that has been developed for mental health professionals, parents and caregivers, policymakers, and others who work with and care about children and adolescents.
This series will provide an overview of the CANS-Trauma and FANS-Trauma tools in relation to trauma-informed assessment, treatment and service planning, and caregiver/family engagement. The use of these assessment strategies will be discussed in a range of service settings including mental health an...
Esta es la versión española del webinar sobre Atención Informada de Traumatismos: Comprensión y Atención de las Necesidades de los Niños no Acompañados. Los presentadores hablarán sobre salud de refugiados y migrantes, estudios culturales, salud mental, desarrollo infantil temprano, estrés ...
While many children adjust well after a death, other children have ongoing difficulties that interfere with everyday life and make it difficult to recall positive memories of their loved ones. A child may have a traumatic reaction after a death that was sudden and unexpected (e.g., through violence ...
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...
In the US, an estimated one in six children has a developmental disorder, including intellectual disability, autism, and other genetic and brain-based conditions. Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience traumatic events at a rate that is at least equal to their typ...
Child Sexual AbuseThese webinars, developed by the NCTSN Child Sexual Abuse Committee, feature experts in the field, as well as parent and consumer perspectives. The series addresses the response to child sexual abuse, special populations, secondary traumatic stress among providers, and collaboratio...
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted feelings of safety and protection for many children and families; led to elevated stress responses, potentially compounding the impact of other stressors; and added layers to experiences of trauma and adversity. Over a two-day summit on July 27 and 28, 2021, the NCTSN...
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...
Complex TraumaThis series is designed to acquaint clinicians and researchers with issues relevant to working with children who have experienced multiple traumatic events. Experts from the NCTSN discuss neurobiological underpinnings, assessment, and evidence-based treatment of complex trauma....
Creating Trauma-Informed SystemsThis speaker series focuses on describing and advocating for creating trauma-informed child-serving systems. The various service systems that are covered include; juvenile justice, child welfare, healthcare, mental health, school, and law-enforcement. The presentation...
Crossover Youth and Trauma-Informed Practice
The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress and the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform present a 3-part webinar series on Crossover Youth, youth who are known to—and move between—the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The first presentati...
In this series, NCTSN clinical and research experts address a variety of issues at the intersection of culture and trauma in children and adolescents. Presentations address clinical, organizational, and staff training issues and describe unique challenges faced by specific populations at high risk f...
Diagnostic Statistical Manual-5This webinar series highlights changes in the DSM-5, particularly in the area of Trauma and Stress Related Disorders, including special considerations for clinicians working with young children and their families....
Family SystemsThe series covers current issues in family system assessments and family level interventions, including parent-child and inter-generational treatments, as well as important concepts such as family resilience and complex adaptations to trauma, family engagement, family centered care, an...
The goal of this speaker series is to raise your awareness and understanding of issues related to implementation of evidence-based practices within mental health organizations. The series focuses on several key implementation principles, including: The state of the field of implementation science; ...
Offers information on integrated care approaches to supporting children and families dealing with traumatic stress and chronic health conditions. This webinar series includes the perspectives of clinicians, healthcare providers, and parents....
Master Clinicians
This series of 9 presentations brings together some of the foremost experts in the field of childhood trauma to offer a grounding in theory, research, assessment, and treatment. Presenters in this series include Bessel van der Kolk, Robert Pynoos, Esther Deblinger, Frank Putnam, a...
Partnering with Youth and Families in Trauma Settings
Presented by the NCTSN Partnering with Youth and Families Committee, this series offers family and professional leadership development addressing the multiple dimensions of partnership with youth and families, including advisory board developmen...
Policy
Child trauma continues to be an issue of importance to policymakers and key stakeholders around the country. The NCTSN Policy Speaker Series will address several timely local, state, and federal policy issues identified by the NCCTS Policy Program and NCTSN Policy Task Force related to the N...
Polyvictimization and Complex TraumaPolyvictimization and Complex Trauma: Understanding Special Populations, Enhancing Multidisciplinary Responses to PolyvictimizationThis webinar series, a collaborative effort between the OVC National Action Partnership on Polyvictimization and the NCTSN Complex Tr...
Effectively responding to the needs of children and families in times of disaster, terrorism, or public health emergencies requires organizations to stay up to date on changing systems and practices. This webinar series provides current recommendations for partnering with local organizations; region...
Schools and TraumaThis series of 5 presentations focuses on partnering with schools to enhance mental health and trauma-informed services and is designed to inform both school personnel and mental health professionals about 1) the impact of traumatic events, including bullying, sudden death, and gri...
Screening and Assessment for Trauma in Child Welfare Settings
The series will explore the rationale for and utility of screening and assessing for trauma in this population, some specific tools and measures for conducting screening/assessment, the application of this knowledge and these tools withi...
Screening and Assessment in the Juvenile Justice System
This series describes the utility of screening and assessment for trauma in juvenile justice settings, specific instruments that are used or can be used in juvenile justice settings, how to best utilize data derived from screening and assessme...
Secondary Traumatic StressThis series was developed by the NCTSN Secondary Traumatic Stress collaborative group, in partnership with the Schools Committee, Terrorism and Disaster Committee, and Culture Consortium. The series addresses the complex impact of secondary traumatic stress, vicarious traum...
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...
Terrorism, Disaster and Children
In this series, experts from throughout the NCTSN discuss topics related to the impact of terrorism and disaster on children as well as clinical issues such as assessment and treatment. The series is designed for clinicians, researchers, advocates, policymakers, and...
August 29, 2015 marks the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. 33 of our Network centers and 31 of our partners assisted in 22 states making it the greatest NCTSN response and recovery to date. Some of our NCTSN centers suffered significant damage and had to rebuild their centers and their communi...
In this series, members of the NCTSN Trauma and Substance Abuse Committee, as well as presenters with lived experience, offer perspectives on the intersections between trauma, caregiver substance use, parenting, and prenatal substance use exposure....
Transforming Trauma in LGBTQ YouthThis series offers concrete strategies and recommendations for providers working with LGBTQ youth who have experienced trauma, including how to increase access to services, create a safe environment for care, and work with families and schools....
Discusses the impact of trauma on children during all phases of their migration journey. This series provides best practices for culturally responsive and trauma-informed provision of services and features diverse expertise from the fields of refugee and migrant health, cultural studies, mental heal...
Trauma-Informed Integrated HealthcareThe Trauma-Informed Integrated Healthcare Webinar Series is intended to lay a groundwork of fundamental knowledge about Integrated Health Care and how it relates to trauma; explore the opportunities and obstacles involved in integrating physical health, mental he...
This speaker series will tackle the specific strategies and challenges within each child serving system providing services to commercially sexually exploited children. ...
Young Children and Trauma: Service System Collaborations
In each presentation, speakers will describe a community system that impacts the lives of young children, addressing the context of the system and its impact on young children as well as means to achieve effective collaborations within these ...
Young Children in Foster CareThis series is a collaboration between the Early Trauma Treatment Network (ETTN) and the NCTSN Zero to Six Collaborative Group. It is aimed at addressing the complex issues and critical needs surrounding young traumatized children in the child welfare system and those wh...
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) was created by Congress in 2000 as part of the Children’s Health Act to raise the standard of care and increase access to services for children and families who experience or witness traumatic events. This unique network of child-serving professionals, caregivers and young adults, researchers, and national partners is committed to changing the course of children’s lives by improving their care and moving scientific gains quickly into practice across the U.S. The NCTSN is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and coordinated by the UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS). This course is for those who are getting started in the Network or want a refresher on the NCTSN and all the activities of the Network.
This interactive online training offers certificate of completion. Does not offer any CEs.
This interactive online training offers certificate of completion. Does not offer any CEs.