In this free eight module course, participants will gain an understanding of how children’s earliest experiences and the nature and quality of their attachment to their primary care-giver can impact their ability to feel safe in the world, to regulate their emotions, to trust other people, to learn, experience good physical and mental health, enjoy positive, reciprocal relationships and behave in prosocial ways.
In particular, participants will learn about:
Human brain development
Attachment
The importance of a felt sense of safety for flourishing
Toxic stress
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Adverse Community Environments and inequity
Historical, racial and cultural trauma
The ecological context of child development
Covid-19 as a form of collective trauma/overwhelm
Resilience, relational health and positive childhood experiences
The physical and mental health impacts of trauma
Manifestations of trauma in the classroom
The link between trauma, addiction and criminality
Working more effectively and humanely with trauma survivors
Signs of vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue and burnout
The role of the community in preventing and healing trauma
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