Community Organizing for Trauma Recovery - How to be Effective, Ethical and Inclusive

Course overview

This course prepares practitioners to deliver community-based, trauma informed care in group acupuncture settings, and helps them establish community based projects that address the health needs of traumatized, underserved diverse populations. By the end of the course, participants will have a deep understanding of using trauma-informed care principles in community treatment, ethics when working in communities (creating safe spaces, confidentiality, practitioner/patient boundaries), safety issues in community based settings; providing culturally sensitive care; how to create treatment teams, practitioner team-building and problem solving strategies, case studies presented by experienced practitioners to help participants learn and implement best practices.