Description
Understanding the impact of trauma on development, identity and behaviours is imperative when providing support. This Trauma-Informed Care: Building Capacity for Direct Support Professionals training will explore the neurobiology of trauma and its impact on those with a developmental disability and/or mental health problems. It will offer a reframing of behaviours through a trauma-informed lens. Participants will walk away with a toolbox filled with strategies to best support individuals using evidenced-based strategies. Trauma Informed Care: Building Capacity for Direct Support Professionals will use a variety of modalities to meet the diverse needs of learners such as audio/media, interactive activities, and times for reflection.
Note: For those who may have taken “Trauma-Informed Supports: Building Capacity for Direct Support Professionals,” this is a similar training with a few new components.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe types of trauma, their effects and impacts
- Examine the neurobiology of trauma
- Identify signs and symptoms of trauma
- Redefine and reframe an understanding of behaviours through a trauma- informed lens
- Develop a toolbox of strategies
Who Should Attend
This course is recommended for direct support professionals and others that work with people with developmental disabilities.
Course Format
This course is delivered online as two 3-hour interactive virtual sessions using Zoom.
Price
Member Fee: $135.00 + $17.55 (HST) = $152.55
Non-Member Fee: $170.00 + $22.10 (HST)= $192.10
See Group Registration for additional savings on fees.
Course Dates & Location
January 31 & February 1, 2023
12:30 pm – 3:30 pm ET
This course consists of two 3-hour interactive virtual sessions using Zoom.
Instructor
Leah Jeffery, MSW, RSW
Leah Jeffery is a Registered Social Worker with a degree in Psychology and a Master’s in Social Work. She has spent the last two decades working in the field of mental health and developmental disabilities. She currently works as a Clinical Manager within the Developmental Sector supporting a team of diverse clinicians who support adults with intellectual disabilities and is a part time professor at Mohawk College in the Continuing Education department where she teaches within the Human Services programs. She has been teaching Mental Health First Aid and training in Trauma and Developmental Disabilities for over 10 years. She has worked in Canadian Mental Health Association’s crisis programs including COAST, Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Team and their residential crisis bed program. She is currently a member of the CMHA Niagara’s Board of Directors. Leah’s passion is to equip and develop capacity in the field of developmental disability and mental health with a foundation of Trauma-Informed Care.
Group Registration
GROUP DISCOUNT: Save 20% off individual fee with group registration of 4 or more participants.
Download the group registration form HERE.
