DESCRIPTION

This presentation will utilize a social-ecological approach to explore trauma and toxic stress and discuss how to counter the effects. Participants will learn about protective factors that help reduce the impact of experienced trauma, reducing the likelihood of exposure to new trauma, and actionable trauma-informed skills that they can use in their personal and professional lives.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Identify and define trauma
• Identify sources of trauma
• Define the impact of trauma on individuals and systems, particularly communities
• Explain how ecological factors impact trauma and resilience  

Closed Registration (State Local Management Board and Local Care Team members only)