Trauma Informed Care Training Collaborative
Overview
Trauma Informed Care (TIC) is a two-part training focused on expanding the practice, knowledge, and skills of psychologists who work in Full Service Partnership (FSP) programs in Los Angeles County. This training introduces the neurochemical stress response system (NSRS) to participants. It then proceeds to explore how human responses to stress, fear, and trauma can be adaptive and protective, but also have negative impacts. Additionally, this training reviews resiliency factors and how these factors can vary from person to person to counter the negative effects of stress, trauma, and fear. This training looks at a continuum of responses to stress, trauma, and fear from motivating to debilitating. Each participant is given an opportunity to identify their own resiliency factors and discuss how to further strengthen their resilience. In working with people facing serious struggles with mental illness, the course demonstrates how relationships, safety, trust, and control facilitate a path to recovery. Finally, a brief overview of specific treatment options and diagnoses related to stress, fear, and trauma will be provided. Anytime training recorded on January 16 & 18, 2024.
Learning objectives
- Identify the key mechanisms and systems involved in the neurochemical stress response system
- Articulate and list at least four (4) behaviors that people with trauma may demonstrate as a result of their past experiences
- Create a personal plan that lists current and new resiliency factors
- Apply the concepts of trusting relationships, safety, and control to daily practices by writing down one improvement opportunity per concept
- Articulate mental health diagnoses that may result from stress, fear, and trauma as well as appropriate treatment approaches
