Online Trauma Awareness Training for Educators and Youth-Serving Professionals
NAMI TraumaInSight is a virtual training that covers the principles of trauma awareness. When working with youth and young adults, using trauma-informed practices creates safe and secure environments for them. This course is designed for youth-serving professionals, can be completed in three hours, and is completely free.
NAMI TraumaInSight now provides certificates of completion. However, the course does not currently offer CEU credits, but we hope to offer this in the future. Please check again soon!
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NAMI TraumaInSight is designed to help youth-serving professionals in all communities better understand the effects trauma has on youth. In this training, learners can expect to receive lessons on:
- How to identify youth who are experiencing trauma
- What actions to take to support youth living with trauma
- Language to use (and avoid) when talking with youth about trauma
- How trauma impacts behavior
- Resilience’s role in healing trauma
- Exploration of individual, community, and institutional sources of trauma
- And more!
About NAMI TraumaInSight
NAMI TraumaInSight is free, self-paced, and can be completed in three hours. This course is designed for all youth-serving professionals including teachers, classroom aides, juvenile justice workers, social workers, youth counselors, and more.
Tested with 300 youth-serving professionals, NAMI TraumaInSight received overwhelmingly positive feedback. Participants shared that the course material felt helpful, relevant, and timely. Over 80% of participants indicated they would recommend NAMI TraumaInSight to others.
What You‘ll Gain
Working with youth experiencing trauma can be difficult to navigate. Now, there’s a new resource for you to learn the most current information about working with trauma-impacted youth. You’ll complete the training with new resources and practical advice on how to best support the young people you work with.
NAMI TraumaInSight teaches you:
- How to identify youth dealing with trauma
- Supportive actions that help youth living with trauma
- Ways to recognize individual, community, and institutional sources of trauma
- Strategies to navigate trauma from environmental and natural disasters
- Practical tactics to talk about trauma
Start the Course Today
Start NAMI TraumaInSight today to dive into lessons like:
- Creating Emotional Safety
- Trauma-Informed Practice
- Generational and Historical Trauma
- And more topics crucial to understanding trauma-informed support
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