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Trauma-Informed Care: Working with Children, Youth and Service Providers in the Education System
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Course Format
Hybrid: Recorded video online activity and reading-based online activity.
This online course is an elective course in the Online Trauma-Informed Organization Certificate Program: Basics for All Staff that was created by the University at Buffalo School of Social Work’s Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care (ITTIC).
It is well-established that students who experience trauma are more likely to have increased absenteeism, outsized reactions to everyday classroom situations, lower academic performance, more suspensions and expulsions, and higher rates of behavioral referrals than students who do not endorse experiencing trauma. School systems that make efforts to implement trauma-informed and trauma-responsive educational practices support a myriad of positive experiences and outcomes at the individual, family, school, and community level that, in turn, contribute to building resilience, fostering growth, and optimizing wellness at all of these levels. This course offers a foundation of information regarding implementing Trauma-Informed Care in ways that support such experiences and outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the impact of trauma and re-traumatization on learning and behavior
- Explain how Trauma-Informed Educational Practices can be used to support all students
- Identify strategies that can be used to ensure safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment
- Explain how Trauma-Informed Educational Practices relate to other school district initiatives
- Create next small steps to be more trauma-informed in one’s role
Target Audience: This course is appropriate for all staff, volunteers, and others who engage with a school system -- including but not limited to principals, teachers, superintendants, nurses, bus drivers, school resource officers, custodians, paraprofessionals, administration, social workers, guidance counselors, aides, as well as school board and other committee members -- that seek further information on implementing a trauma-informed approach.
Customer ServiceWe are happy to respond to any concerns or questions you may have. Please contact us at by email at sw-ce@buffalo.edu or by phone at 716-829-5841.
ADA Accommodations: If you require any support for your ADA needs in the United States, please contact us by email at least 3 weeks prior to the event by email at sw-ce@buffalo.edu or by phone at 716-829-5841.
Lisa Cox, Associate Director, The Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care
Lisa is currently the Associate Director of the Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care and an adjunct instructor in the School of Social Work at the University of Buffalo. A graduate of UB, she has over twenty years experience providing leadership and clinical services through her work in non-profit agencies in WNY and Baltimore, MD. Lisa is passionate about working with organizations to develop an understanding of the impact of trauma and strategies to enhance service delivery. In her role with ITTIC, she has trained educators, health-care workers, police officers and employees of government agencies on trauma-informed practices and workforce wellness.
