Trauma-Informed Care: Foundations (Part 1)

About the Course

This course introduces the foundations of Trauma-Informed Care. Practitioners learn definitions and key concepts of a trauma-informed care approach. They also gain context for the importance of this approach by learning the basics of defining trauma, its prevalence, and the impact a trauma history has on their clients. This course provides a firm foundation before learning about the principles and practice of trauma-informed care. The intended audience for this course includes the healthcare team and behavioral health providers.

Trauma-Informed Care: Foundations (Part 1) is a prerequisite course for Trauma-Informed Care: Foundations (Part 2). 

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Course Overview

  • Estimated Course Length: 2 hours 4 min
  • CE Credits: 2.00 continuing education/contact hours for psychologists and social workers / 1.50 continuing education hours for counselors, marriage and family therapists, case managers and coaches / 2.00 for  nurses, physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians
  • Course Includes: 2 modules consisting of a mixed media approach with roleplays, video interviews with subject matter experts, animation explainer videos, knowledge games, and more
  • Downloadable PDFs: 5 downloadable PDFs expanding on relevant course topics
  • Target Audience: Mental Healthcare Practitioners, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychologists, Mental Healthcare Students, Healthcare Team, Case Managers, Coaches, Social Workers
  • Level of Instruction: Intermediate
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Instructional Method: Self-paced, interactive, hybrid of audio, text, video, and learning checks
  • Accessibility Accommodations: Closed captioning of all audio and video components. Contact support@psychhub.com for more information.
  • Completion Requirements: To obtain your CE certificate, you must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post test quiz. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.
  • Financial/Commercial Support Statement: This course has no commercial support.
  • Conflict of Interest: This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.
  • Grievance and Refund Policies: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.
  • Participation Costs: The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.
  • Course Creation Date:  10/31/2022

Learning Objectives

  1. Define trauma and summarize the impact and prevalence in populations seeking healthcare

  2. Explain the necessity of trauma awareness and the rationale for care that is universally trauma-informed

  3. Demonstrate application of trauma awareness to patient care

 


Course Outline

Since the course is interactive and each learner will proceed at their own pace, timing is not exact. These are approximations based on average pre/post-test time of pilot testers as well as the run-time of course videos and voiceover. This course does not have to be completed in one session. 

COURSE ACTIVITIES FOR CE CREDIT (≥ 1 HOUR 48 MINUTES)

  • Pre-Course Assessment (~5 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]

  • Module 1: Introduction and Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care (~23 minutes)

  • Module 2: Trauma Awareness (~1 hour)

  • Post-Course Assessment (~10 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]

COURSE ACTIVITIES NOT FOR CE CREDIT

  • Participant Evaluation (~10 minutes)

  • (OPTIONAL) Supplementary Videos for Learner 

 


CE Information


American Psychological Association (APA)
Psych Hub is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Psychologists completing this course receive 2.00 continuing education credits.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Psych Hub, #1750, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 2.00 clinical continuing education credits.

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
Psych Hub is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CAMFT Approval #1000074. Course meets the qualifications for 1.50 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Psych Hub has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7051. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Psych Hub is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course receive 1.50 continuing education hours.

New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSED-SW)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0699. New York State social workers completing this course receive 2.00 contact hours.

Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC)
This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers.
The course is approved for 1.5 CE contact hour(s). Activity code: H00061351 Approval Number: 240003418. To claim these CEs, log into your CCMC Dashboard at www.ccmcertification.org.

New York State Education Department - Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSED-LMHC)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0257. New York State licensed mental health counselors completing this course receive 2.00 contact hours.

New York State Education Department - Marriage & Family Therapists (NYSED-MFT)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0109. New York State marriage and family therapists completing this course receive 2.00 contact hours.

National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC)
Psych Hub has been approved by the NBHWC to provide continuing education for National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coaches (CEP #100190).
Course Number: CEA-000156-1

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of AffinityCE and Psych Hub. AffinityCE is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Physicians completing this course receive 2.00 continuing education credits.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Nurse CE is provided for this program through collaboration between Psych Hub and AffinityCE. AffinityCE is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). Nurses completing this course receive 2.00 continuing education credits.

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
AffinityCE is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education (CPE). The cost to participate is included in the registration. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. This knowledge-based CPE activity will provide 2.00 contact hours for participants.
UAN: 0829-9999-22-422-H04-P To claim these CMEs, log into https://psychhub.cds.affinityced.com/#1505.

New York State Education Department - Psychology (NYSED-PSY)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0208. New York State licensed psychologists completing this course receive 2.00 contact hours.

National Association of Social Workers - New Jersey (NASW-NJ)
This course is approved by the New Jersey Social Work Continuing Education Approval Collaborative, which is administered by NASW-NJ. CE Approval Collaborative Approval period through August 31, 2026. New Jersey social workers will receive 2.00 CE credits for participating in this course.
Approval #: 11132024-289 CE Credits Approved: Clinical

Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider Number 50-45376. Participants completing this course earn 2.00 continuing education credits.

Experts


Kelly Workman, PsyD, BCBA
Dr. Kelly Workman is the founder of Mindset Wellness and Consulting and a licensed clinical psychologist with board certifications as a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™ and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of La Verne in Southern California and completed her predoctoral fellowship and 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine. She currently serves on the voluntary faculty as an adjunct Assistant Professor at Yale University School of Medicine where she supervises training clinicians and conducts didactic seminars. Dr. Workman is also a consultant for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health DBT Roll Out (LACRO-DBT). Prior to founding Mindset Wellness and Consulting, Dr. Workman developed the Accelerated DBT Program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and held academic appointments including Clinical Instructor of Medical Psychology and Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology. Dr. Workman has advanced expertise in a number of evidence-based treatment modalities, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Mindfulness Self-Compassion (MSC). Her primary clinical specializations include working with transitional age youth and adults who struggle with a range of internalizing and externalizing difficulties, including Borderline Personality Disorder, suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors, trauma, interpersonal difficulties, and other issues associated with emotion dysregulation. Additionally, Dr. Workman has expertise in providing behavior management training to parents and caregivers as well as consulting with residential treatment centers, group homes, and elementary, middle, and high schools.

Emily St. Amant, MA, LPC-MHSP

Emily served as a Clinical Manager at Psych Hub from 2019 to 2021, helping to bridge the gap between research and academia to the practical real-life application of theory and therapeutic interventions. She assisted the team throughout the content development process by reviewing and creating content to ensure it will resonate with her fellow clinicians and be beneficial to all audiences.

Currently Emily works for the American Counseling Association as Counseling Resources and Clinical Education Specialist.

Emily is a licensed professional counselor, mental health service provider. She completed her Master’s in Counseling with an emphasis in Mental Health at MidAmerica Nazarene University. She is a Tennessee counseling licensure board approved supervisor and has been designated as a mandatory pre-screening agent.

Before joining Psych Hub, she gained many years of experience in the mental health and substance abuse treatment field, much of which was spent serving as a therapist to a diverse caseload in a community mental health setting. She also has experience in crisis counseling and assessment, intake evaluations for level of care placement, outpatient and inpatient treatment, and utilization review.


Paul Deger, MA, LPC, PT
Paul has learned from his over 35 years of experience in health care that, with patient and compassionate support, we are far more capable of responding to challenges and growth than we tend to believe. We can all access a deep well of peace, wisdom and courage within. Paul began his health career as a Physical Therapist, specializing in neurological rehabilitation. Paul then shifted focus from physical to psychological health, specializing in mindfulness-based interventions. Recognizing the importance of a holistic approach, Paul also did graduate studies in pastoral care. He has worked as a Licensed Professional Counselor in hospital-based, private practice and home-based settings. Paul has taught mindfulness meditation, stress management and health behavior change nationally as well as an invited speaker at professional conferences. Paul is known for creating and delivering insightful and engaging mental well-being learning experiences with NPS scores over 90 and mental well-being products that drive measurable improvements in mental well-being. He is committed to the integration of clinical and creative design towards making engageable and effective education that moves us out of stigma and into mental wellbeing as an attainable right for all! When not working, Paul enjoys rock climbing and vintage car shows with his son.

Melissa Leeth, MA, LMHC
Melissa (she/her) is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with care delivery, volunteer, teaching, and research experience within the field of psychology. Melissa’s passion for aiding others first ignited when she began volunteer work at a domestic violence shelter during her undergraduate years at Indiana University. Since that time, Melissa has earned a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Indianapolis, gained clinical experience as a mental health therapist in both inpatient and outpatient settings, and taught introductory psychology courses at the community college level.