Regional Trainings on Trauma Informed Care for Substance Abuse Professionals

 

 

Training Information

 

This training will provide participants with an overview of the overwhelming effects of trauma, trauma-informed care, trauma-informed services and the physiological responses to trauma. This training will highlight best practices on trauma issues impacting clients, including veterans, how being trauma-informed changes your perspective of individuals from “what’s wrong with you” to “what happened to you”.

 

Attendees who participate in this training will learn:

 

• Defining trauma
• Principles of trauma-informed care and services
• Consequences of unresolved trauma
• Neurobiological mechanisms of trauma
• Trauma sensitive care and tools specific for clinical settings and diverse populations

 

Who Should Attend

• AOD Substance Abuse Treatment Providers
• County Administrators
• Mental Health Providers
• Policy Makers
• Students