Building Neuro-Inclusive and Trauma-Responsive Workplaces

3 hr session

August 20th from 1:00 PM to 4:15 PM EDT

Note

This course is offered via Zoom. You will receive additional instructions and a Zoom link in your confirmation email, one week before the training. We will send another reminder 24 hours before the session starts. They will be sent by the Institute for Human Services from the following email address: training@ihs-trainet.com. You may want to add this email to your contact list to ensure it comes through. Please check your spam folder in case you don’t receive the first email. Sometimes, employers’ firewalls and filtering services block communication from unrecognizable email addresses. We recommend including an alternative email address to prevent this.

About the Course

People's brains are unique, including yours, your colleagues, and your clients. Neurodiversity describes the ways that unique brains process and respond to the world. Trauma can be a contributing factor to some forms of neurodivergence, and being neurodivergent can result in increased levels of trauma. Human services work is complex. Using strategies that routinely support all kinds of brains increases the well-being and safety of everyone involved. Trauma Responsive and Neuro-Inclusive strategies go well together. We will discuss ways to incorporate these strategies at the individual, team, and organizational levels.

This intermediate-level virtual course is for a range of human services professionals, including social workers, psychologists, counselors, and others working in child welfare and related fields.

Objectives

As a result of participating in this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the concepts of Neurodiversity and Neuro-inclusion as they relate to human services work.
2. Discuss how Neurodiversity and Trauma interact with each other, impacting people's needs and behaviors.
3. Explain how trauma-responsive practices and Neuro-inclusive practices support and build on one another to benefit human services work.

View additional information and the course agenda

Continuing Education

The Institute for Human Services, provider #1802, 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: 03/26/2026 – 03/25/2029. This training is approved for 3 General Social Work CE Credits.

To earn CE credits, participants must attend the entire session, remain on camera, complete an evaluation, and pay the $15 CE fee at the time of registration.

Refunds

The Institute for Human Services understands that circumstances may arise that prevent registrants from attending a prepaid training. A training and continuing education credit (minus the Eventbrite platform fee and any credit card fees) will be refunded if a registrant cancels their training attendance on the registration platform at least 7 days before the training event. If the registrant does not cancel within 7 days of the continuing education session, no refund will be issued.

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