The Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit: Trauma 101

Course overview

Trauma 101 is the first of multiple training curricula from the nationally recognized NCSTN Child Welfare Trauma Toolkit (v3). This training is for all segments of the child welfare workforce and focuses on understanding the types of trauma and their impact on those who experience it; how trauma intersects with safety, permanency, and well-being; and the critical role of resilience in helping children, youth, and families heal. This training prepares learners to: -Define acute, chronic, complex, racial, historical, and intergenerational trauma -Recognize the relationship between a child's lifetime trauma history and their behaviors and responses -Understand how cultural factors influence how a child may identify, interpret, and respond to traumatic Understand how traumatic experiences affect development throughout the lifespan -Recognize the importance of trauma-informed practices in achieving safety, permanency, and well-being for children and families in the child welfare system -Identify internal and external factors that promote healing and resilience among children who have been impacted by trauma This training is designed to support the infusion of trauma-informed knowledge and skills into child welfare organizational cultures. It is appropriate for child welfare case managers, social workers, counselors and others, who support children, youth and families in the child welfare system.