National 2-day Bounce Back Training
February 2, 11am - 6pm (8am - 3pm PT)
February 3, 11am - 6pm (8am - 3pm PT)
Bounce Back is a skill-based, group intervention that is aimed at relieving symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression among elementary aged (K-5th grade) children exposed to trauma. Children are provided with normalizing education about common reactions to stress and trauma and learn skills such as feelings identification, relaxation, helpful thinking, scheduling positive activities, building social support, and problem solving. Children also work on processing traumatic memories and grief in individual sessions with their group leader. The program consists of ten, 1-hour group sessions (4-6 children) usually conducted once a week in a school setting, 2-3 individual trauma narrative sessions, and a parent education session.
Two-Day Bounce Back Training: The 2 day training package includes 1) Thorough session by session demonstrations and supervised practice of each core concept for child group and individual sessions, including how to make the material culturally and contextually relevant to the audience. 2) An overview of child trauma and PTSD and the mental health and academic consequences,3) A review of the history and evidence base of CBITS and Bounce Back, 4) Review of parent sessions, and 5) Engagement activities around implementation issues and site planning.
