Childhood Trauma Resources & Trainings
The Georgia State University Professional Excellence Child Welfare Training Collaborative values the work of different people, agencies, organizations, and universities that are providing training and resources to strengthen the work with families in Georgia who may be experiencing complex childhood trauma. The information below is presented as a resource for individuals who are interested in learning more about trauma, brain development, trauma informed care and work being done around these issues in the state of Georgia and nationally.
Please email Amy Mobley ([email protected]) with suggested additions.
Trauma, Brain Development and Resiliency Models and Resources
Our BBB Community Outreach Educators are professionals with experience teaching others, and who have opportunities to share the Better Brains for Babies message with groups in Georgia as part of their professional responsibility.
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Organizations using this model:
The Trauma-Informed Organizational Self-Assessment was created by Orchard Place/Child Guidance Center’s Trauma Informed Care Project. It was adapted from the National Center on Family Homelessness Trauma-Informed Organizational Self-Assessment and “Creating Cultures of Trauma- Informed Care: A Self-Assessment and Planning Protocol” article by Dr. Roger Fallot and Dr. Maxine Harris. The Agency Self-Assessment for Trauma-Informed Care is intended to help assess an organization’s readiness to implement a childhood trauma-informed approach. Responses to the survey help an organization (1) identify opportunities for program and environmental change, (2) plan professional development trainings, and (3) inform organizational policy change.
Organizations using this model:
- Dr. Sharon Hill in collaboration with child placement agencies
Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency Model (ARC) is a framework for intervention with youth and families who have experienced multiple and/or prolonged traumatic stress.
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Organizations using this model:
The NCTSN has developed a Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma that provides a foundation in childhood trauma concepts and issues.
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Organizations using this model:
- Georgia State University Professional Excellence Program
- Child Welfare Training Collaborative
- DBHDD/System of Care
- Georgia State University Center of Excellence
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
The PRESENCE Model (formerly Sanctuary Model) represents a theory-based, trauma-informed, evidence-supported, whole culture approach that has a clear and structured methodology for creating or changing organizational culture.
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Organizations using this model:
Trust-Based Relational Interventions (TBRI) is a family-based intervention that is designed for children who have experienced relationship-based traumas such as institutionalization, multiple foster placements, maltreatment, and/or neglect.
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Organizations using this model:
- Bethany Christian Services
- Faithbridge Foster Care
- Restoration Rome
- Family Hope Center/City of Refuge
- Foster4Love
- Hope 1312 Collective
To find a GA TBRI practitioner, you can click on this link to search https://myols.net/kpicd/user-directory/practitioner
The Community Resiliency Model (CRM) is an innovative, preventative, mental wellness intervention. It is a low-cost, low-intensity training, originally developed as a psychological first-aid tool in disaster situations where cognitive models were inadequate and too lengthy. CRM has evolved into a simple set of mental wellness skills that can be readily learned and practiced by anyone. The practice of these skills may contribute to enhanced resiliency and the ability to withstand stress. CRM is based on well-established somatic and sensory-motor psychotherapies—but it is not therapy. CRM has a “bottom-up” (sensory awareness) approach, as opposed to a “top-down” (cognitive) approach. CRM targets autonomic nervous system regulation through an awareness of sensation in the body. This awareness of internal sensation is also called “felt sense.” This ability to “sense-in” or practice sensory awareness may be learned and developed. In CRM trainings, participants learn to understand the biology of their reactions to stress and trauma, and they learn skills to track sensations connected to their wellbeing or resilience. The skills can increase the ability to return from a dysregulated emotional state to a balanced state when overwhelmed. Reinforcement of the skills is available at www.ichillapp.com, or the free app “ichill” can be downloaded on a smartphone.
The CRM training has been helpful for community members, teachers, healthcare, social service, and public safety personnel for prevention of secondary stress or trauma exposure, and it has been useful for many persons in healthcare, corrections, addiction treatment, and mental health settings.
Organizations Using this Model
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University (email Dr. Linda Grabbe at [email protected])
Support Systems for Students Affected by Trauma: https://www.publicservicedegrees.org/resources/students-who-experienced-trauma/
Here are some of the highlights:
- An overview of the many different types of childhood trauma, such as being the victim of neglect or physical abuse, grieving the sudden loss of a parent or friend, or losing your home due to a natural disaster.
- How to recognize the symptoms and signs of trauma in young students
- Where young students can get trauma-informed care and professional help if needed
- Tips for teachers on how to create supportive learning environments for students affected by trauma
Groups Providing Childhood Trauma and/or Brain Development Trainings and Resources in Georgia
Target Audiences:
- Division of Family and Children Service staff
- Child Placing Agencies/Child Care Institutions
- Department of Juvenile Justice staff
- DBHDD staff
- DPH staff
- Foster/Adoptive parents
- Healthcare providers
- Juvenile courts/law enforcement
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Self-Paced Online Training
- Face-to-Face Training
- Specialty Training:
- Youth Mental Health First Aid
- Darkness to Light Stewards of Children
- Connections Matter
- Vicarious Trauma Vicarious Resilience
Contact:
For additional information, visit https://providers.amerigroup.com/Pages/GAFosterCare.aspx
For training requests, e-mail: [email protected], Chanda [email protected] or [email protected].
Target Audiences:
- Birth parents
- Foster parents
- Adoptive parents
- Caregivers
- School Systems
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Online Support for parents/caregivers
- Webinars for parents/caregivers
- Classroom Training for schools
Target Audiences:
- Foster parents
- Adoptive parents
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Foster Parent Summits
- Webinars
- Classroom Training
Contact:
Cheryl Williams, Assistant Branch Director of Pre- Permanency Services: [email protected]
Chanda Floyd-Bryant Program Manager for Foster Parent Education Advocacy and Training Program: [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Train the trainer for
- Approved trainers
- Professionals
- General public
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Podcasts
- Webinars
- Train the Trainer Classroom Training
Contact:
Diane Bales, Associate Professor and Extension Human Development Specialist: [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Professionals and general public
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Online Training
Contact:
https://www.cdc.gov/learning/continuing-education/index.html
Lara Robinson (CDC/ONDIEH/NCBDDD):[email protected]
Jennifer Wyatt Kaminski, (CDC/ONDIEH/NCBDDD): [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Foster Parents
- General Public
- Division of Family and Children Services Staff
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Webinars
- Classroom Training
Target Audiences:
- CHRIS 180 staff
- Clinicians and Mental Health Professionals
- School Systems
- Refugee and Immigrant populations
- Law enforcement
- Homeless shelters
- Case Management Staff
- General Public
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Classroom Training
Contact:
Melissa Graves, Director of Training: [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Social Service and Public Safety Personnel
- Clinicians and Mental Health Professionals
- School Systems
- Refugee and Immigrant Populations
- Law enforcement/Corrections
- Homeless Shelters
- Case Management Staff
- General Public
- Healthcare
- Addiction Treatment
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Classroom Training
Contact:
Dr. Linda Grabbe, Certified Community Resiliency Model Teacher, Community Advanced Practice Nurses and Clinical Assistant Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University: [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Birth Parents
- Foster/Adoptive Parents
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Training
Target Audiences:
- Contracted Behavioral Health Providers
- Private Practice Behavioral Health Providers
- Direct Support Professionals
- Clinicians, Supervisors, and management staff
- Department of Education
- Division of Family and Children Services
- Department of Juvenile Justice
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Classroom Training
Contact:
Tricia Mills, System of Care Expansion Implementation Project Director: [email protected]
Dr. Stephanie Pearson, Clinical Psychologist: [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Contracted Behavioral Health Providers
- Private Practice Behavioral Health Providers
- Direct Support Professionals
- Clinicians, Supervisors, and management staff
- Department of Education
- Division of Family and Children Services
- Department of Juvenile Justice
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Classroom Training
Target Audiences:
- Faith Bridge Staff
- Foster parents
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Classroom Training
Contact:
Crystal Williams, Training Content Manager: [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Foster Parents
- Adoptive Parents
- General Public
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Webinars
- Classroom Training
- Virtual Certificate Training
Contact:
Brenda Gillespie, Program Manager: [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Division of Family and Children Services Staff
- Law Enforcement
- Placement Providers
- Early care
- Education
- Behavioral Health
- Juvenile Courts
- Pediatric Health Providers
- Court Appointed Special Advocates
- Other Community and Government Organizations
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- In-person and virtual training
Target Audiences:
- Therapists
Trainings/Resources Offered:
Contact:
Dr. Shannon Self-Brown: [email protected]
Dr. Kelly Kinnish: [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Child Serving Organizations
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Trauma-Informed Organizational Self-Assessment
Contact:
Dr. Sharon Hill: [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Methodist Home Staff
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Classroom Training
Contact:
Janet Whitten: [email protected]
Cameron Bishop: [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Parents, Caregivers, and Community Members
- Child Serving Professionals
- Medical/Human Services Providers
- Faith Organizations
- Educators
- Businesses
Trainings/Resources Offered
In-Person and Virtual Training that addresses the following:
- Interactive, discussion-based curriculum that helps people better understand trauma, brain development, resilience, and health
- Concrete knowledge about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) using Georgia data
- Strategies for increasing and improving your own connections and tools for strengthening both personal and community resilience
Contact:
Trainings/Resources Offered:
- Trust Based Relational Interventions (TBRI) caregiver training
Target Audiences:
- Foster/Adoptive Parents
- Caregivers/Birth Parents
- Child Serving Providers
Training Resources Offered:
-
Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Caregiver TrainingParenting Classes based on the TBRI Model
Target Audiences:
- Birth Parents
- Foster Parents
- Department of Public Health Nurses
- Daycare/Early Learning Staff
Trainings/Resources Offered:
Contact:
Arianna Weldon: [email protected]
Target Audiences:
- Child and Family Service Providers
Resources Offered:
- Data
- Fact Sheets
Target Audiences:
- Parents
- Child and Family Service Providers
Resources Offered
Mobile friendly tips for parents and providers serving familes.
Contact:
Resilient Georgia
The mission of Resilient Georgia is to lead a state-wide coalition to develop a closely-aligned and trauma-informed public and private network working toward a united vision to create a birth through 26-year-old integrated behavioral health system. Key components to be implemented by our partners include prevention, early intervention, research, advocacy and policy, and System of Care implementation and coordination.
Visit their website to view the roadmap of trauma-informed organizations https://www.resilientga.org/trainingroadmap and training resources https://www.resilientga.org/tools.
Georgia Adverse Childhood Experiences
Children are our most valuable asset, and we all play a role in their healthy development. With this in mind, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) introduced the Essentials for Childhood framework which outlines approaches and strategies to ensuring safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for all children. Georgia formed an Essentials for Childhood Steering Committee and the members are currently drafting a plan and recommendations to meet these CDC goals.
As a committee, we are excited to announce a new opportunity for you to connect with others across the state of Georgia who are actively engaged in supporting the healthy development of children, families, and communities; and preventing child abuse and neglect in all forms. ACEs Connection is an action-based social network for individuals, sectors, and communities that are utilizing the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) science to implement trauma-informed and resilience-building practices and policies. With nearly 20,000 members (and counting!) worldwide, ACEs Connection empowers individuals, families, communities, and systems to share resources, research, best practices, lessons learned, and success stories. This will be a great tool for us to utilize across the state to connect with others who are working toward better outcomes for all children!
The Georgia ACEs Connection community is a group of professionals, providers, and concerned citizens sharing relevant information about this critical topic. Developed by the Georgia Essentials for Childhood State Steering Committee, this group hopes to be able to make connections and enhance communication among those with an interest in the field. To join our movement, please click here. Please share this invitation broadly with your networks. We would like to be able to capture all of the great work around ACEs in our state so that we can make those valuable connections.
Communities Engaging on Trauma and the Brain and Building Resiliency
- The Troup County Trauma Responsive Community Project launched in January 2014. Their vision was for the court and the community within which it operates to work together to minimize trauma and the effects of trauma experienced by its children, adults, and families.
Their mission was that the Troup Juvenile Court and other community members would work together to:
- Prevent, minimize, detect, mitigate, and respond to the impact of trauma exposures and experiences to and by its children, adults, and families.
- To minimize and mitigate the impact of traumatic experiences by meeting the needs of those affected by trauma in timely, appropriate, and effective ways.
To find out more information, email Judge Michael Key at [email protected].
- Resilient Georgia Coalitions
All 16 Resilient Georgia regional grantee coalitions are deeply engaged in their work to prevent and heal childhood adversity, provide an emphasis on trauma-informed awareness and care, and promote resilience among the children and their families in their communities.