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
Special Populations
This section of the NCTSN Learning Center brings together resources focused on specific populations, including adolescents who have experienced trauma and substance abuse, homeless youth, and refugees. The courses in this section offer interactive online training modules, video lectures, case examples, assessment tools, and expert tips.
The Homeless Youth Online Training course is closed for updates. We are committed to high quality resources with the most up to date information so this is course is temporarily unavailable while we update it. We apologize for any inconvenience if you were in the process of completing this course or needed to retrieve information from the course, unfortunately you will not be able to use the course at this time. Updated version of this course should be available to users soon.
In this course, Dr. Vilma Reyes discusses the impact of trauma and young children including its impact of brain development; its impact on social, emotional, and cognitive development; and its impact on parent-child relationship and parenting dynamics. Dr. Reyes also describes trauma-informed interventions, common factors in most trauma treatments, and ways that providers can promote empowerment, hope, and safety.
This training offers certificate of completion but does not offer any CEs.
This training offers certificate of completion but does not offer any CEs.
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 stress and substance use among adolescents, a webinar and lecture presentation featuring expert faculty from the NCTSN, and a four-part Train-the-Trainer video series entitled “Trauma and Co-Occurring Disorders: Understanding and Working with Youth and Their Caregivers.”
This training offers certificate of completion but does not offer any CEs.
This training offers certificate of completion but does not offer any CEs.
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 expertise in trauma and IDD.
Does not offer any certificates or CEs.
Does not offer any certificates or CEs.