Understanding the Importance of Screening & Assessing for Trauma in Young Children
A free live training that focuses on the impact of trauma on young children and teaches you how to identify when a young child might need a referral for assessment.
Why Screen for Trauma
- Many children entering the foster care system have experienced trauma.
- Young children can especially be affected by chronic exposure to trauma.
- Children with trauma symptoms have a 46% higher chance of placement instability
- Identifying trauma and appropriately responding is critical to ensuring a young child's well-being.
- Screening helps identify trauma symptoms earlier and have children referred to appropriate treatment
What You Will Learn
- An overview of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH)
- Why addressing early childhood trauma is so important
- How to recognize concerns
- When to make a referral
- Which types of clinician to refer to
95% of our past trauma training participants learned new information that they could apply in their work.
Cost
Free
Training Duration
3 Hours
Who Should Attend
Guardians ad litem, county attorneys, parents attorneys, Judges, CASA, FCRO, caseworkers, and other professionals in the child welfare, alternative response, or other systems working with at-risk children.
Continuing Education Credits
You will receive a certificate of attendance, agenda, and handouts, which can be used for submitting and requesting CE credit on your own.
Upcoming Training Dates
There are no upcoming Understanding and Screening for Trauma in Young Children training currently. Please check back or join our email list to be notified.
Explore Other Available IECMH Trainings & Courses
Early mental health intervention is needed across Nebraska. We offer a variety of training and courses to help clinicians and other professionals work with young children on a variety of infant and early childhood mental health issues.