Course Description
This online course provides educators, school staff, and dedicated professionals serving today’s youth with foundational knowledge and practical strategies to support students impacted by trauma. Through a series of evidence-based video lessons, participants will explore the critical role of attachment, the importance of emotional and physical safety, and the power of predictable, equitable environments. Each lesson offers actionable tools—such as fostering trust, modeling healthy relationships, and building routines—that help students shift from survival mode to meaningful engagement and growth.
Participants will gain insight into how trauma affects behavior, learning, and relationships, and how consistent, caring adults can become catalysts for resilience and healing. Whether you're a teacher, counselor, or program leader, this course equips you to create environments where all students feel safe, connected, and ready to thrive.
This Course Includes the Following Lessons:
- 10 Tips for Understanding Kids Who Have Been Through Trauma and Strategies to Build Resilience
- Designing Safe and Supportive Learning Environments
- Creating Calm: Five Keys to Supporting Students with Trauma
- The Safety Switch: Unlocking Learning Through Trust and Regulation
- The Attachment Factor
- Your Role as a Caring Adult
- Wired for Connection: Why Attachment Matters in a Child’s Life
$295.00
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Preview the Lessons:
10 Tips for Understanding Kids Who Have Been Through Trauma and Strategies to Build Resilience
Learn ten practical strategies to better support students impacted by trauma. This lesson focuses on empathy, routine, and relationships while helping you understand how trauma affects behavior, learning, and emotional regulation so you can create environments that promote resilience and healing.
Designing Safe and Supportive Learning Environments
Discover how to create environments where students feel physically and emotionally safe. This lesson explores how trust, consistency, and a sense of belonging can help students move from survival mode to meaningful learning and growth.
Creating Calm: Five Keys to Supporting Students with Trauma
Explore five essential elements of a supportive environment: predictability, consistency, positivity, safety, and equity. Learn how intentional routines and strong relationships can reduce anxiety and support student well-being and engagement.
The Safety Switch: Unlocking Learning Through Trust and Regulation
Understand how safety impacts a student’s ability to learn. This lesson highlights how consistent environments and social-emotional skill building help students regulate their emotions and shift from survival mode to learning and development.
The Attachment Factor
Examine how early attachment shapes a child’s behavior, learning, and relationships. Learn how consistent and empathetic interactions can help build trust, support healing, and foster resilience in students.
Your Role as a Caring Adult
Explore how you can build trust and create safe, supportive environments for students. This lesson focuses on practical strategies like active listening, understanding triggers, and modeling healthy boundaries to strengthen meaningful relationships.
Wired for Connection: Why Attachment Matters in a Child’s Life
Learn why attachment is foundational to emotional regulation, trust, and lifelong relationships. This lesson shows how caring adults can help students feel safe, supported, and ready to grow, even when early connections have been disrupted.