Trauma-Informed Care for Behavioral Health Service Providers

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CE Course Description

Many individuals who seek treatment in behavioral health settings have histories of trauma, but they often don’t recognize the impact it has on their lives. Additionally, treatment providers may fail to elicit a detailed trauma history or may struggle with the skills needed to address these issues. This intermediate level continuing education course, developed using information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, provides an overview of specific trauma-informed intervention and treatment principles that guide clinicians and other behavioral health professionals. It summarizes the nature of traumatic experiences, covers various types of trauma, addresses the socioecological and cultural factors that influence the impact of trauma, and discusses trauma-related stress reactions and associated symptoms. Additionally, assessment and screening processes, clinical issues, and specific treatment models for trauma are outlined.

Author: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

CE Course Objectives

1. Describe the variety of ways that substance abuse, mental health, and trauma interact, and the importance of context and culture in a person’s response to trauma.
2. Discuss specific trauma informed intervention and treatment principles that guide clinicians, other behavioral health workers, and administrators.
3. Distinguish among traumas that affect individuals, groups, and communities and describe trauma characteristics.
4. Exhibit an understanding of the impact of trauma, trauma related stress reactions, and associated symptoms.
5. Identify screening and assessment processes and tools that are useful in evaluating trauma exposure, its effects, and client intervention and treatment needs.
6. Summarize clinical issues that counselors and other behavioral health professionals encounter and when treating clients who have histories of trauma.
7. Differentiate between specific treatment models that treat trauma alone and those which address substance use disorders, mental disorders, and trauma simultaneously.
8. Review case illustrations, exhibits, and other practical information that will help professionals as they implement trauma-informed services.

CE Course Outline

Introduction (60 mins)

1. What Is a TIP? (10 mins)
2. Foreword (10 mins)
3. How This TIP Is Organized (15 mins)
4. Terminology (25 mins)

Chapter 1: Trauma-Informed Care: A Sociocultural Perspective (120 mins)

1. Scope of the TIP (5 mins)
2. Intended Audience (5 mins)
3. Before You Begin (5 mins)
4. Structure of the TIP (10 mins)
5. What Is Trauma (15 mins)
6. Trauma Matters in Behavioral Health Services (25 mins)
7. Trauma-Informed Intervention and Treatment Principles (50 mins)
8. As You Proceed (5 mins)

Chapter 2: Trauma Awareness (90 mins)

1. Types of Trauma (30 mins)
2. Characteristics of Trauma (30 mins)
3. Individual and Sociocultural Features (30 mins)

Chapter 3: Understanding the Impact of Trauma (120 mins)

1. Sequence of Trauma Reactions (20 mins)
2. Common Experiences and Responses to Trauma (30 mins)
3. Subthreshold Trauma-Related Symptoms (20 mins)
4. Specific Trauma-Related Psychological Disorders (20 mins)
5. Other Trauma-Related and Co-Occurring Disorders (20 mins)
6. Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services (10 mins)

Chapter 4: Screening and Assessment (90 mins)

1. Screening and Assessment (20 mins)
2. Barriers and Challenges to Trauma-Informed Screening and Assessment (15 mins)
3. Cross-Cultural Screening and Assessment (20 mins)
4. Choosing Instruments (15 mins)
5. Trauma-Informed Screening and Assessment (15 mins)
6. Concluding Note (5 mins)

Chapter 5: Clinical Issues Across Services (90 mins)

1. Trauma-Informed Prevention and Treatment Objectives (30 mins)
2. Treatment Issues (40 mins)
3. Making Referrals to Trauma-Specific Services (20 mins)

Chapter 6: Trauma-Specific Services (120 mins)

1. Introduction (10 mins)
2. Trauma-Specific Treatment Models (40 mins)
3. Integrated Models for Trauma (30 mins)
4. Emerging Interventions (30 mins)
5. Concluding Note (10 mins)

Total Time: 720 minutes (12 hours)
Course Level: Introductory

Course Date: 2015-04-21

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