Introduction to Trauma-Informed Technology and the Vital Role Clinicians Play
Credit Available - See CEs/Contact Hours tab below.
Total Credits: 2.25 NYSED LMSW & LCSW CEs/Contact Hours, 2.25 NYSED LMHC CEs/Contact Hours, 2.25 NYSED LMFT CEs/Contact Hours, 2.25 NYSED LCAT CEs/Contact Hours, 2.25 NYSED PSY CEs/Contact Hours, 1.75 ASWB ACE approved continuing education, 2.25 UBSW - NYS OASAS
- Average Rating:
- 20
- Categories:
- Care & Counseling: Elective Courses | Certificate Program: Online Trauma-Informed Clinical Foundation | Certificate Program: Trauma-Informed Care & Counseling | Online Trauma-Informed Clinical Foundation: Elective Courses | Trauma and PTSD
- Trainers:
- Carol F. Scott, PhD, MSW | Melissa Eggleston
- Course Levels:
- Beginning and Intermediate
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 51 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Recording Date:
- Sep 06, 2024
- Format:
- Self-Study
Tags: PSY Contact Hours ASWB Short Self-Study
Description
Recorded webinar.
Description: Today, almost everything we do has at least an atom of technology – from the websites that tell the world what we offer to the online forms and technology we use with clients. Much of our personal and professional lives are saturated with technology.
Trauma-informed technology can help prevent or mitigate the harms of designing and using technology. With trauma on the rise, tech professionals inevitably conduct research with and design products for people with trauma histories. But what does trauma-informed technology mean, and what role do clinicians play?
In this workshop, you’ll learn about trauma-informed technology, including user experience research and design, an overview of how technology is not currently trauma-informed, and first-hand examples of tech harms. We’ll explore synergies between trauma-informed approaches, human-centered design strategies, and clinicians' vital roles. Together, we’ll work through hands-on examples of how clinicians and designers can co-create trauma-informed technology. We’ll conclude with a call to action and ways to move forward to co-create a world where tech is helpful and healing instead of harmful and exclusionary.
Learning Objectives:
- Develop an understanding of trauma-informed technology, including the theoretical, practical, and research-based underpinnings.
- Compare trauma-informed practice with human-centered design, and in doing so, realize the similarities and differences between user experience designers and clinicians.
- Discover and co-construct trauma-informed technology examples that can be applied in daily practice or work.
- Analyze/Compare current perspectives on tech and experiment with alternatives.
- Formulate next steps and ideas for future practice.
Research: See the learning page on Carol and Melissa’s website for various articles, books, and blog posts on this topic.
You can also read Carol’s trauma-informed social media paper.
Read Melissa’s paper about repairing digital design harm using a trauma-informed approach.
Carol and Melissa co-authored this paper about the critical role of interdisciplinary partnerships between social work and tech with fellow social work researchers, including Maria Rodriguez (UBSSW Assistant Professor).
Here’s their UPXA article. It briefly outlines trauma-informed design.
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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CEs/Contact Hours
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: 2.25 Recorded webinar
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: 2.25 Recorded webinar
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: 2.25 Recorded webinar
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: 2.25 Recorded webinar
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: 2.25 Recorded webinar
University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education, #1773, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 02/23/2022 - 02/23/2023. Social workers completing this course receive 1.75 continuing education credits.
NYS OASAS Provider #0045: 2.25 hours for CPP & CPS Initial Hours in Section 1; CASAC, CPP & CPS Renewal Hours.
Handouts
| Trauma & Tech Workshop Agenda (0.09 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Intro to Trauma-Informed Tech PPT 3 per page (3.30 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Intro to Trauma-Informed Tech PPT 2 per page (9.62 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| UBSSW Workshop References for Further Learning_Updated (0.18 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Trainer
Carol F. Scott, PhD, MSW Related Seminars and Products
As a UBSSW grad, Carol F. Scott, Ph.D., M.S.W., has studied trauma and applied trauma-informed approaches since 2012. After graduation, Carol obtained four years of Postdoctoral training from the University of Michigan School of Information, wherein she leveraged her social work and trauma-informed training in social computing, human-computer interaction, and health informatics research. Carol’s research focuses on the impact digital technologies like social media have on the health and well-being of young users, including anxiety, depression, and substance misuse. As the Co-Founder of Trauma-Informed Technology, Carol now applies her interdisciplinary training and trauma expertise to help user experience designers and researchers become more trauma-informed.
Melissa Eggleston Related Seminars and Products
With 15 years of tech experience, Melissa Eggleston, M.A., Ph.D. student, is an expert in user experience design and research. She has worked with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare, and SAMHSA’s 988 Office, among others. Melissa won the Aquent Design for Good grant in 2017 to apply trauma-informed principles to a domestic violence agency website. Since then, she has been designing digital technology for people with lived experience of trauma, including interpersonal violence, human trafficking, PTSD, and severe mental illness. In 2022, Melissa co-founded Trauma-Informed Technology. She helps others in the tech industry become more trauma-informed.
Self-Study Equipment Requirements
Required Hardware
- A computer (desktop/laptop) or mobile device (smartphone/tablet).
- Speakers/headphones/earbuds
Internet Connection
- A stable Internet connection of 56K or greater is required. (However, please note that a 56K connection may degrade the quality of your experience.)
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Completion Requirements
Self-Study Completion Requirements
In order to receive a certificate of completion for this course participants must complete the following.
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- Watch the video(s) in it's entirety.
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Self-Study Cancellation Policy
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