Online Trauma Awareness Training for Educators and Youth-Serving Professionals
Free training designed for all youth-serving professionals including teachers, classroom aides, juvenile justice workers, social workers, youth counselors, and more.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TraumaInSight is a FREE virtual training that covers the principles of trauma awareness. When working with youth and young adults, using trauma-informed practices creates safe and secure environments for them. This course is designed for youth-serving professionals, can be completed in three hours, and is completely free.
NAMI TraumaInSight is designed to help youth-serving professionals in all communities better understand the effects trauma has on youth. In this training, learners can expect to receive lessons on:
- How to identify youth who are experiencing trauma
- What actions to take to support youth living with trauma
- Language to use (and avoid) when talking with youth about trauma
- How trauma impacts behavior
- Resilience’s role in healing trauma
- Exploration of individual, community, and institutional sources of trauma
- And more!
About NAMI TraumaInSight
NAMI TraumaInSight is free, self-paced, and can be completed in three hours. This course is designed for all youth-serving professionals including teachers, classroom aides, juvenile justice workers, social workers, youth counselors, and more.
Tested with 300 youth-serving professionals, NAMI TraumaInSight received overwhelmingly positive feedback. Participants shared that the course material felt helpful, relevant, and timely. Over 80% of participants indicated they would recommend NAMI TraumaInSight to others.
What You‘ll Gain
Working with youth experiencing trauma can be difficult to navigate. Now, there’s a new resource for you to learn the most current information about working with trauma-impacted youth. You’ll complete the training with new resources and practical advice on how to best support the young people you work with.
NAMI TraumaInSight teaches you:
- How to identify youth dealing with trauma
- Supportive actions that help youth living with trauma
- Ways to recognize individual, community, and institutional sources of trauma
- Strategies to navigate trauma from environmental and natural disasters
- Practical tactics to talk about trauma
Start the Course Today
Start NAMI TraumaInSight today to dive into lessons like:
- Creating Emotional Safety
- Trauma-Informed Practice
- Generational and Historical Trauma
- And more topics crucial to understanding trauma-informed support
Click HERE to learn more about NAMI and/or register for the course.
