ODL 273: Promoting Resilience and Growth: Practicing through a Trauma Informed Lens

Created on 4/25/2024

* Some states do not require/accept ethics hours for counselors, for those cases contact hours will be awarded.

Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credit for an asynchronous course. Some state boards may place restrictions regarding the modality of training required for ethics credits to be awarded. If this training indicates ethics credits are available, please verify that your state allows them to be earned through an on-demand course format.

3 CREDIT HOURS APPROVED FOR:

Social Workers
ASWB ACE – 3 Ethics CE Credits
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 3 Contact Hours
Psychologists
APA – 3 CE Credits
Counselors 3 Ethics Hours or 3 Contact Hours*
NBCC ACEP – 3 Contact Hours
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 3 Contact Hours
Substance Abuse Counselors
NAADAC – 3 Contact Hours
Nurses
California Board of Registered Nursing – 3 Contact Hours
Case Managers
CCMC – 3 Ethics Hours

Target Audience:

This course is targeted for social workers, psychologists, counselors, nurses and case managers.

Counselor Skill Groups:

4. Counseling Services
6. Case Management

Overview:

Trauma Informed Care has been all the buzz with organizations being trauma informed and practitioners utilizing a trauma informed approach, but have you wondered what this actually looks like? Do you want to know how you can be trauma informed or how to assess your own trauma informed approach? If you answered “yes”, then this course is for you! Participants learn how to implement a framework in which they  recognize, respond, and empower the populations they work with. Throughout the course we discuss the importance of relationships, regulation, and resilience and learn about many different strategies to promote the three R’s.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the session – the participant will be able to:

• Describe the three R’s of trauma informed care
• Discover strategies that are trauma informed to use in practice
• Evaluate their own practice and whether it is trauma informed

Presenter:

Jessica Patterson, LMSW, DSW, is a licensed social worker with over ten years of experience working in different systems. Jessica has a strong passion for teaching, training, and professional development. She also has a strong background around creating trauma informed systems, social emotional behavioral health and the implementation of community and individual support systems. 

Jessica has created and facilitated many professional development trainings throughout her career. Jessica’s role at CEU Creations includes developing curriculum, working with licensure boards, and presenting at various CE trainings. 

Jessica holds a Bachelor’s degree in organizational management and sociology from Ashford University. She received her Master’s in Social Work from University of Iowa and her Doctoral degree in Social Work from Capella University. Jessica is a licensed Social Worker through the state of Iowa. Jessica currently lives in Iowa with her husband, four children, two dogs, and cat. Any spare moment that Jessica has is usually spent running or reading.