Creating, Implementing, and Sustaining Trauma-Informed Policies and Practices

Description:

This online, self-paced training is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to integrate trauma-informed principles into policies and practices within their organizations and communities. This training will share case examples from organizational practice. By understanding the significance of trauma-informed practice, identifying strategies for policy revision, and learning about sustainable implementation components, participants will be prepared to create and maintain supportive environments that promote ongoing trauma informed organizational practice.

This is a recorded presentation.

Objectives:

As a result of this course, participants will be prepared to:

1. Define trauma-informed practice and explain its significance in policy and practice.

2. Identify strategies for revising existing policies to better align with trauma-informed practices.

3. Understand implementation components to ensure sustainable practice over time.

Format: Online, Asychronous-Self-paced (once registered you will find the course materials on the online event page)

CECHs: 1 Continuing Education Contact Hours.

Skill Level: Beginner

Refunds: Reach out to swkce@msu.edu

Accommodations: Please email us directly with any special accommodations you may need at swkce@msu.edu

Contact Info: swkce@msu.edu

Instructor:

Kelley Blanck, LMSW, has been an instructor at the MSU School of Social Work since 2016. Before joining MSU, she spent 20 years in the public mental health sector, gaining experience in both clinical and macro-level roles. Her clinical work includes youth foster/adopt/post-adoptive care, adolescent residential treatment, and adult supported employment. Trained and coached as a Resource Parent Trainer through the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Kelley has broadened her expertise from foster/adoptive trauma to encompass trauma-informed practices in higher education, teaching methods, organizations, and communities. She is now entering her second year as co-chair of the TSTN Learning Community and actively serves on the MSU February 13 Permanent Memorial Committee. As a founding member of the MSU Trauma Services and Training Network (TSTN) and a designated member of its Steering Committee, Kelley integrates her extensive real-world experience into her teaching and work.