A Master Course for Educators, Youth-Serving Professionals, and all individuals looking to gain a deep understanding of trauma-informed practices & strategies. The course is grounded in Resilient Futures' Four R’s Process© of Relate, Reflect, Renew, and Restore. Through situational & historical context, research, science, and personal stories, participants learn how to turn education into action to support your school and professional community in driving sustainable, trauma-informed change.
Course Summary
Our Trauma-Informed Futures© Foundational Training Online Course is designed to inform and empower educators, administrators, social workers, youth-serving professionals, and anyone seeking a deep understanding of trauma-informed care. This training provides essential strategies and tools to implement across classrooms, schools, and community organizations, helping to create environments that support healing, safety, and strong relationships.
Led by our Co-Founders—Dr. Megan Brennan, PsyD, Dr. Ellie Cahill, PhD, and Dr. Laura McArthur, PhD—this course explores the widespread impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), historical trauma, and toxic stress on both children and adults. Grounded in our 4 R’s Process, we emphasize reducing the risk of harm to survivors of trauma, fostering resilience, and developing new, supportive practices that promote growth.
Whether working in education, mental health services, or youth development, participants will gain practical tools to create trauma-informed spaces where all students and adults feel seen, valued, and empowered. The training highlights the disproportionate effects of trauma on marginalized communities and the necessity of cultural humility in trauma-informed practices.
By understanding how stress impacts the brain and learning to respond with care, educators and professionals can improve emotional and academic outcomes for students of all backgrounds.
Course Modules & Lessons Cover:
Introduction to Trauma-Informed Practices
Understanding Stress & Trauma
Cultural Humility
Resilience & the 3 C’s: Connection, Coping & Competence
Adult Wellness
Creating Trauma-Informed Schools
Enroll today or explore group training options at a discounted rate by contacting us at info@resilientfutures.us.
Detailed Course Information
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The Trauma-Informed Futures© Foundational Training is designed to inform & empower Educators, Administrators, Youth-Serving Professionals, and all individuals with a deep comprehension of trauma-informed practices, along with strategies & tools to implement in the classroom, and across academic & community agency settings. Grounded in the Resilient Futures 4 R’s framework for trauma-informed practices - Relate, Reflect, Renew, and Restore - we’ll cover a foundational, shared understanding of stress and trauma, the science and biology of the trauma response and the stress cycle, and strategies for fostering resilience.
Course Modules are broken into multiple Lessons covering the following subject matter:
Introduction to Trauma-Informed Practices
Understanding Stress & Trauma
Cultural Humility
Resilience & the 3 C’s: Connection, Coping & Competence
Adult Wellness
Creating Trauma-Informed Schools
It is imperative for all adults interacting with youth to gain this knowledge to challenge misunderstandings of student behavior and deficit narratives. Participants are provided evidence-based strategies to mitigate the potential long-term physical and psychological effects of experiences of trauma. There is a strong focus on Adult Well-being to give our adult educators the skills and understanding they need to mitigate the impact of burnout and secondary trauma that is often experienced in educational settings. All participants are provided a comprehensive Learning Tool complete with activities, prompts, case studies, and classroom tools to be used as an ongoing resource during and after the training series.
Through a multifaceted approach encompassing situational and historical contexts, breakthrough research from experts in the field, neuro-scientific perspectives, and poignant personal narratives, you'll learn about the intricate layers of trauma's impact - specifically on children and adolescents. This course focuses on reducing further risk of harm to people who have experienced trauma, promoting healing and growth, and creating new supportive behaviors for the future.
You'll emerge equipped with invaluable knowledge and practical strategies to foster supportive environments for those impacted by trauma. Our goal is to educate & empower Educators, Administrators, Community Leaders, and all participants, helping to build sustainable trauma-informed practices across academic & community agency settings.
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The short answer: EVERYONE.
This course is designed for school educators, administrators, institutional & agency leaders, mental healthcare professionals, and community members alike. Whether participating at an individual or institutional level, our Foundational Training is an invaluable tool designed to ignite sustainable change, creating trauma-informed communities of care.
AN INVALUABLE TOOL FOR:
Individual education and self-reflection
Onboarding and enrolling new employees
Continuing education within existing communities [Continuing education credits offered in some areas]
Leadership training to drive culture and policy shifts at the organizational level
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Estimated Time Commitment: 10 HOURS maximum
The Foundational Training is a series of learning modules presented in video presentation format varying in length between 25-40 minutes each.
Each Module and subsequent Lessons include activities, reflections, and additional resources to help bolster your knowledge of each topic.
We estimate the maximum 10-hour time commitment based on the completion of all video lessons, accompanying activities & reflections, as well as intro and thank you videos.
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Our self-directed course format includes multimedia resources, such as self-paced narrated training modules, informative videos, downloadable activities, and interactive supplemental resources to further your learning - all designed to explore at your own pace. Upon successfully completing the course and submitting our feedback survey, each participant is eligible to download a certificate of course completion.
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Our course offering is accessible from any device, anywhere, anytime. After your initial registration, you can log in using your account credentials from your phone, tablet, or desktop computer to track your course progress and experience the lesson curriculum.
All video content is available with closed captioning.
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