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Working with Childhood
Trauma
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Understanding The Neurobiology of Childhood Trauma
Dr. Phoenix J. Cooper
Participants will gain a basic understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms that impact the symptoms that traumatized individuals present with.
This course explores the evolutionary function of homeostasis, allostasis, and the HPA-axis stress response, as it relates to trauma exposure. This course also discusses various Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and research demonstrating how these experiences lead to negative mental and physical health outcomes later in life. Clinical case study examples of the detriments of non-trauma informed care as well as strategies that mental health workers can use to assist in delivery trauma informed care are reviewed as well.
Course Objectives
Define and explain the neurobiology of trauma
Increase knowledge and skills to begin working from a trauma informed lens
Analyze Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and its impact on mental and physical health, later in life.
Empowering The Traumatized Child: It Takes A Village
Sharea Farmer, LCSW
Adolescents within child protective services have reported trauma incidence rates as high as 90% and the trauma exposure is more likely to be recurring, creating toxic stress.
This course evaluates and discusses advances in our understanding of the development of the adolescent brain and epigenetics coupled with the social work perspective of the Family Systems Approach. Person-in-environment remains at the root and the village is a representative of the micro, mezzo, and macro systems that the teen interacts with.
Course Objectives
Analyze the latest research regarding adolescent brain development
Recognize and evaluate the historical and current disparities within adolescent case practice and the impact on adolescent trauma
Discuss how family systems solutions (FSA) can be implemented in case practice with teens in child welfare
