iSTEP-GLOBAL’s Tier 2: Trauma-Sensitive Targeted Interventions in Schools course is a short course focused on understanding small-group support for students who show signs of trauma-related challenges but do not require intensive clinical care.
These interventions build on universal Tier 1 practices and offer more focused strategies such as social-emotional skill groups, trauma-specific interventions, check-in/check-out systems, and mentoring.
Participants will learn how to identify students in need of Tier 2 support, implement evidence-informed interventions, and monitor progress within a trauma-sensitive and culturally responsive framework.
The course can be taken as this short-course or as part of the 3 Tier framework course ‘Trauma-informed Multi-tiered Systems of Support (TI-MTSS). For the latter, please click on the link below.
https://istep-global.com/our-courses/
Who is the course designed for
The course has been designed for educators, support staff, and paraprofessionals who deliver services directly or indirectly to children, adolescents, and teachers in the public, independent/private, and international sectors.
Relevant professionals include teachers, school counselors, adjustment counselors, child-care staff, college counselors, education-related health professionals, educational psychologists, juvenile-detention and youth prison educators, and social workers.
Organizations include independent/private, public, and international preschools, middle schools, elementary schools, high-schools, colleges, residential settings, juvenile detention centers, and children’s homes.
Course duration & pace of learning
✓ 4 hours
✓ Self-paced learning of 18 micro lessons
✓ Recommended over 4 weeks.
Course availability
✓ 12 months
Course certification
✓ Following course completion, click on the link to download your Certificate of Course Completion with the stated number of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours.
Course credits
✓ Completion of this course course provides 4 points towards the purchase of future courses.
Course objectives
- To learn to recognize early signs of trauma-related stress and determine which students may benefit from targeted group-based interventions.
- To develop approaches to build consistent, supportive connections that foster trust and emotional safety for students receiving Tier 2 support.
- To gain practical knowledge in understanding small-group interventions, such as emotion regulation activities, check-ins, and peer support systems.
- To understand how to track student response to interventions using simple, school-based data tools to adjust strategies.
- To consider trauma-sensitive practices that are respectful of and adaptable to diverse cultural backgrounds, family contexts, and student identities.
Books, video, websites & academic references
Books, video, websites and academic references are provided to help educators access and explore rigorous practice and research findings.
Open AI
You are advised to utilize ChatGPT to ask questions throughout lessons. To ask your questions, open the ChatGPT search page (click on the link below or copy the link into your browser).
NB: There is no research evidence to support ChatGPT strategies for individual client’s mental health.
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