NASW-TX: It's All in Your Head: Incorporating Brain Science & Trauma-Focused Interventions

Course overview

This interactive workshop will share the basics of brain development with specific focus on how it is impacted by trauma and adversity. With that knowledge, presenters will provide ideas for small, therapeutic interventions, based on TBRI principles, that promote healthy brain reorganization and healing. Participants will learn to: 1) Identify which areas of the developing brain are most impacted by adverse experiences in the early years of life 2) Recognize how early trauma manifests in behaviors seen in later childhood and adolescence 3) Identify several micro-interventions' to easily weave into work with children that help reorganize the child's brain in healthy, relationally-rich ways.