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Trauma-Informed Futures© Foundational Training for Middle School Settings
$129.00
One time

Adolescence is a pivotal time for addressing trauma and building lifelong skills for resilience. Our Trauma-Informed Futures© Foundational Training for Middle School Settings is designed for educators and youth-serving professionals to become trauma-informed and supportive of adolescents affected by trauma. It provides practical strategies for creating supportive, inclusive environments that foster learning, resilience, and healthy development for middle school students.

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Course Summary

Our Trauma-Informed Futures© Foundational Training for Middle School Settings is designed for educators and youth-serving professionals to become trauma-informed and supportive of developing adolescents affected by trauma. It provides practical strategies for creating supportive environments that foster learning, resilience, and healthy development for Middle School students.

Led by Resilient Futures Co-Founders Dr. Megan Brennan, PsyD, Dr. Ellie Cahill, PhD, and Dr. Laura McArthur, PhD, the course explores the core principles of trauma and its profound effects on adolescents' brains, behaviors, and relationships. Participants will learn how to recognize signs of trauma in adolescents and respond with empathy, understanding, and effective trauma-informed practices.

Whether teaching in Middle Schools, working in youth-serving organizations, or mentoring adolescents, participants will gain tools to create environments that promote safety and connection for all students to thrive. The training acknowledges the disproportionate impact of trauma on marginalized communities and the importance of cultural humility in Secondary Education settings.

Adolescence is a pivotal time for addressing trauma and building lifelong skills for resilience. By understanding the challenges faced by young people and responding with care, educators can create supportive spaces where every student feels valued and empowered to heal, grow, and succeed.

Course Modules are broken into multiple Lessons covering the following subject matter within the context of Middle School Settings:

  1. Introduction to Trauma-Informed Practices

  2. Understanding Stress & Trauma

  3. Cultural Humility

  4. Resilience & the 3 C’s: Connection, Coping & Competence

  5. Adult Wellness

  6. Creating Trauma-Informed Middle School Settings

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Detailed Course Information

  • The short answer: EVERYONE in Middle School Settings

    This course is designed for Middle School educators, administrators, school mental healthcare professionals, and all Middle School community members. Whether participating at an individual or institutional level, our Foundational Training for Middle School Settings is an invaluable tool designed to ignite sustainable change, creating trauma-informed communities of care for adolescents.

    A COURSE 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

  • Estimated Time Commitment: 10 HOURS maximum

    The 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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  • “Just today, I addressed a racial statement made by another person. My training has made me more efficacious about my anti-racist actions.”

  • "This training forced me to continue pushing for more diverse curriculum in an area that is comfortable with what they know. It's reminded me that relationships come before academics when trauma is involved."

  • "I leave each workshop knowing that I have a lot of work to do on my own equity journey. My biggest area of growth is I have learned to listen and empathize.”

  • “I just want to say that it was an incredible panel and a really good workshop series. Just super good to remind future teachers about the compassion that you should have for your students.”

  • "The first training was so impactful that I decided to study Trauma Informed Teaching for an entire semester for a research course. This is such important work, I wish everyone (in and out of education) could be exposed to this information!”