This short course explores the development of Tier 3 for children in schools and educational settings.
iSTEP-GLOBAL’s Tier 3 Intensive individualized interventions course involves exploring individualized, therapeutic interventions for children who experience severe or complex trauma. Delivered by licensed mental health professionals, this level of support goes beyond classroom-based and group-based strategies to include empirically based trauma therapies for child trauma, i.e. trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), as well as other promising trauma therapies.
Tier 3 interventions are designed to address deep emotional and psychological wounds, helping children process traumatic experiences, build coping skills, and restore a sense of safety and stability in their lives. Therapy is coordinated with caregivers, schools, and other support systems.
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). Click 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, youth prisons, and children’s homes.
Course duration & pace of learning
✓ 4 hours
✓ Self-paced learning of 13 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 understand the purpose and scope of Tier 3 trauma therapy within a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) framework.
- To recognize the signs of trauma in children that require referral to intensive, individualized therapeutic services.
- To gain foundational knowledge of key Tier 3 interventions such as TF-CBT, EMDR, and other promising therapies, including their goals and target populations.
- To explore collaboration and continuity of care strategies to effectively collaborate with mental health professionals and caregivers to ensure consistent, trauma-sensitive support across settings.
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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