Co-Creating Well-Being/Supporting Children and Families Through Trauma: A Qualitative Exploration of Capacity
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Total Credits: 1 NYSED LMSW & LCSW CEs/Contact Hours, 1 NYSED LMHC CEs/Contact Hours, 1 NYSED LMFT CEs/Contact Hours, 1 NYSED LCAT CEs/Contact Hours, 1 NYSED PSY CEs/Contact Hours, 1 UBSW - NYS OASAS
- Average Rating:
- 19
- Categories:
- Administration | Children and Adolescents | Trauma and PTSD
- Trainers:
- Mickey Sperlich, Ph.D. | Qi Zhou, MSW | Erin Bascug, LMSW, PhD Candidate
- Course Levels:
- Beginning
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 09 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Recording Date:
- Apr 13, 2022
Description
Recorded webinar.
Co-Creating Well-Being (CCWB): Supporting Children and Families Through Trauma is a five-year, multi-part initiative pioneered by the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York (HFWCNY). This regional foundation’s goal is to support human service organizations to foster innovative solutions, through authentic partnership with service recipients and communities, that respond to and heal trauma and toxic stress experienced by young children and their families. A significant corpus of research suggests unaddressed trauma and toxic stress can negatively affect key life outcomes such as perinatal experiences, child development, school readiness, and psychosocial and physical health.
To increase the capacity of service providers across western and central New York, CCWB participants were provided with training and technical support on trauma-informed care (TIC) in the perinatal and early parenting period, human-centered design (HCD) strategies, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles. A central component of the CCWB project was to evaluate its provision of capacity-building training and supportive HCD expertise, as well as the development and provision of trauma responsive programming.
The current presentation presents initial findings from a comprehensive qualitative exploration of the early effects of CCWB, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss key findings from a qualitative study focused on human service providers’ impressions of the early effects of the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York’s Co-Creating Well-Being (CCWB) initiative.
- Identify potential successes and challenges experienced by human service organizations when pivoting toward a more trauma-informed and human-centered programmatic approach.
- Describe the ways COVID-19 and nationwide demand for racial justice shaped the perspectives and work of CCWB participants.
Acknowledgements: We would like to acknowledge all the authors involved in this research project: Mickey Sperlich, PhD, Assistant Professor; Erin W. Bascug, LMSW, PhD; Candidate; Qi Zhou, MSW, PhD Student; and Megan Bailey, MSW, PhD Student
Research: Information about the work being done by the Co-Creating Well-Being project can be found on the Health Foundation for Western & Central New York website.
Target Audience: social workers, mental health practitioners, creative arts therapists, marriage and facility therapists, psychologists, addiction professionals, case managers, and other interested individuals.
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University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0001. Continuing education contact hours: 1 Self Study
University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0008. Continuing education contact hours: 1 Self Study
University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0007. Continuing education contact hours: 1 Self Study
University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists #CAT-0003. Continuing education contact hours: 1 Self Study
University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0062. Continuing education contact hours: 1 Self Study
NYS OASAS Provider #0045: 1 hours for CPP & CPS Initial, Section 1; CASAC, CPP & CPS Renewal.
Handouts
Outline (0.05 MB) | Download |
CCWB Powerpoint 2 slides per page (1.99 MB) | Available after Purchase |
CCWB Powerpoint 3 slides per page (1.81 MB) | Available after Purchase |
References (0.14 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Trainer

Mickey Sperlich, Ph.D. Related Seminars and Products
Associate Professor
Mickey Sperlich, an associate professor, is an experienced midwife and researcher who studies the effects of trauma and mental health challenges on women's childbearing and postpartum experiences and outcomes. She originally became interested in research in order to better understand the needs of her midwifery clients who were trauma survivors. Her first research project culminated in the book "Survivor Moms: Women's Stories of Birthing, Mothering and Healing after Sexual Abuse," which was named the 2008 Book of the Year by the America College of Nurse Midwives.
Sperlich has taken part in several trauma-focused perinatal studies and is co-author of a psychosocial intervention for pregnant survivors of abuse, the "Survivor Moms' Companion." She completed her PhD with a dual-title in Social Work and Infant Mental Health at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, in 2014. Sperlich is committed to developing and evaluating trans-disciplinary interventions to understand and address the sequelae of sexual violence and other trauma, particularly in relation to women's reproductive health and childbearing. Sperlich's research also examines the importance of a trauma-informed approach for positioning such interventions and fostering their success. Owing in part to its contribution to maternal mortality, a recent research focus includes looking at gun violence and how to better involve social workers in intervening to prevent such violence.
Qi Zhou, MSW Related Seminars and Products
Qi Zhou, MSW, Peking University and BA, Nanjing University is a doctoral student at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. Her research area is focusing on cross-sector collaboration in child welfare, with a particular focus on the role of trust in cross-sector partnerships. She has been working as a Graduate Assistant on a National Child Welfare Workforce Institute project, whose purpose is to build child welfare leadership and workforce, for more than 2 years.
Erin Bascug, LMSW, PhD Candidate Related Seminars and Products
Erin W. Bascug, LMSW, MS, is a doctoral candidate and adjunct faculty member with the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. She has a BA (Psychology) from Drew University, an MS in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Delaware, and an MSW from the University at Buffalo. Her research interests include understanding the ripple effects of early childhood trauma and later behavioral and sexual health outcomes in adolescence; youth experiences of sex trading, commercial sexual exploitation, and intimate partner violence; and mixed methods approaches. Ms. Bascug is Co-PI of the University at Buffalo's Co-Creating Well-Being Qualitative Study (CCWBQ), which examined the early effects of the Health Foundation for Western & Central New York's "Co-Creating Well-Being (CCWB): Supporting Children and Families Through Trauma" capacity building and grant-making initiative. Previously, Ms. Bascug served as associate director of the Department of Educational Initiatives and Research at the Council on Social Work Education. She also has experience in the fields of sexual assault prevention and response, domestic violence and human trafficking victim advocacy, and psychological health outreach for military service members.
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