Use of Evidence-Based Complex Trauma Intervention Strategies to Educate & Support Parents & Caregivers of Children & Youth Impacted by Complex Trauma

This event is open to the public, and is appropriate for beginner and intermediate level professionals and paraprofessionals and other individuals working with children and families who may experience trauma.

This workshop will define complex trauma and review the essential role of parents and caregivers in supporting youth who have experienced complex trauma. Specifically, the workshop identifies strategies to enhance engagement and three key target areas for educating and supporting parents and caregivers of youth impacted by complex trauma. The key target areas include: helping caregivers to develop tools and resources for regulating their feelings; supporting caregivers in building positive relationships with their child/children; and building safe and effective responses to youth behaviors.

This module is a part of the Complex Trauma Training Consortium Master Series (CTTC Training Module #9). This project is supported by National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI) Category II Treatment & Services Adaptation Centers Grant # H79SM085102 awarded to Adelphi University through the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS).

Registered participants will receive an e-mail with instructions on how to join the session.

Target audience: This 1.5 hour workshop is appropriate for beginner and intermediate level professionals and paraprofessionals and other individuals working with children and families who may experience trauma

Learning Objectives:

Attendees will be able to:

1. Define Complex Trauma and identify the role of parents and caregivers with youth who have experienced complex trauma.
2. Describe strategies to improve engagement with parents and caregivers of youth who have experienced complex trauma.
3. Identify the three key targets for working with parents and caregivers: Support caregiver regulation; Cultivate positive relationships between c