“The Nature and Extent of Trauma Exposure in Children and Adolescents” is an in-depth overview course, designed by iSTEP-GLOBAL international experts, to explore the wide range of traumatic experiences children face including single event trauma, cluster trauma, and cumulative trauma.
Participants will learn about
(i) historical, inter-generational trauma, violence traumatic and cumulative loss, adverse childhood experiences, racial trauma, betrayal trauma, etc.
(ii) how trauma exposure varies across age-groups, cultures, and contexts,
(iii) and gain insight into the prevalence and impact of trauma exposure on development, behavior, and learning.
This transformative course helps educators and staff in educational settings develop awareness and empathy, forming the basis for effective trauma-sensitive support.
This course can be taken as an independent in-depth overview course or within the deep dive course Child Trauma – Exposure, Symptoms & Neurobiology. If interested in the latter, 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, 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 (19 micro-lessons)
✓ Self-paced learning
✓ 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 what constitutes trauma and how it differs from stress across periods of development.
- To recognize a wide range of types of trauma children and adolescents experience, including historic, interpersonal, systemic, and environmental factors.
- To understand the prevalence of trauma by examining current data and research on how widespread trauma exposure is among youth, globally and within specific communities.
- To recognize developmental impacts by exploring how trauma affects cognitive, emotional, social, and behavioral development across different age groups.
- To acknowledge cultural and contextual factors by considering how cultural identity, family dynamics, and socioeconomic conditions influence the experience and expression of trauma.
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
NB: There is no research evidence to support ChatGPT strategies for individual client’s mental health.
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