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Emotional Trauma and Recovery:
Train-the-Trainer Workshop

Emotional trauma occurs when an external threat overwhelms a person’s internal and external positive coping resources (SAMSHA). An estimated 60 percent of adults in the United States experience an adverse life event (trauma) at least once in their lives. When unaddressed, people who experienced trauma can face poor health outcomes, such as mental health problems and addiction, increased risk of health problems and suicide.

Trauma-informed care is an approach to engaging people with histories of trauma that recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role that trauma has played in their lives. Staff will receive education about how trauma affects individuals seeking services, what trauma-informed care is, how to create safe environments for persons served, and ways to avoid re-traumatizing practices.

Completion of the Emotional Trauma and Recovery training is a pre-requisite to attending the Trauma Train-the-Trainer workshop and becoming a Trauma Trainer.

Individuals attending the Train-the-Trainer Workshop will be prepare to provide the Emotional Trauma and Recovery training for staff within their organization. These trainers will be offered a curriculum designed to offer basic knowledge, skills and values of trauma informed care. Participants will also review and practice methods of delivering the training information. 

Who Should Attend?
Staff within an agency/organization who meet the following criteria (this is NOT intended to be limited solely to clinical staff);

• Are advocates for trauma informed care and wish to be educators on the topic
• Are comfortable presenting and speaking in front of audiences
• Possess strong presentation, communication and listening skills
• Are willing to offer the training as part of new hire orientation and ongoing staff development within their agency and/or community
• Have previously attended the Emotional Trauma and Recovery training

Attendees will improve their understanding of;

• The definition of trauma and the effects of trauma on adults and children
• Review of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) study and the impact of trauma through the life span
• The impact of trauma work on staff and organizations
• Organizational strategies for trauma-informed care
• The stages of recovery and treatment interventions for trauma recovery
• Understand how to prepare and present the Emotional Trauma and Recovery curriculum to other staff
• Review methods of delivering training information, facilitating discussion, and answering difficult questions
• Practice presentation of training materials​

I am truly grateful for the Trauma training that you provided. The trainers were exceptional and the materials were presented in a manner that we could easily digest the information and make it meaningful to our respective audiences.”  
Deborah Neary
Executive Director
​Midlands Mentoring Partnership, Omaha, NE

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