Subject: Trauma Learning Series for School-Based Clinical Trainees AVAILABLE NOW!

National Trauma-Focused Intern Training (T-FIT)

for Counseling, Psychology, Social Work,

and other School Mental Health Trainees

AVAILABLE NOW!


The National Trauma-Focused Intern Training (T-FIT) for Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, and Other School Mental Health Trainees is a 9-module video series designed for school-based clinical trainees that is divided into two separate courses: 1) Foundations of Trauma-Informed School Mental Health and 2) Trauma-Informed School Approaches, Classroom, and Counseling Supports. The presented content in each module is enhanced by opportunities for self-reflection and strategizing as well as interviews with educators, administrators, school counselors and clinical trainees, parents, and students. The series is available as an online certificate program. Both courses are now available. We encourage you to share this learning series with your students, colleagues, and supervisors! Access the training series flier.

Valuable learning materials for school mental health:

• Critical concepts and skills for understanding trauma in schools and responding to children’s and teens’ trauma

• Features interviews with educators, administrators, school counselors, clinical trainees, parents, and students

• Emphasis on cultural responsiveness, anti-racism, and equity

• Prompts for learner self-reflection and

strategizing

• Focus on research-validated approaches

• Led by expert faculty in K-12 school-based mental health

• Designed for school-based trainees in social work, counseling, school psychology, and other mental health disciplines

Course 1: Foundations of Trauma-Informed School Mental Health

  • Module 1: Comprehensive School Mental Health

  • Module 2: Introduction to Trauma

  • Module 3: Identifying Trauma in Schools

  • Module 4: Cultural Responsiveness, Anti-Racism, and Equity (CARE)

  • Module 5: Secondary Traumatic Stress

  • Module 6: Trauma-Informed Schools

Course 2: Trauma-Informed School, Classroom, and Counseling Supports

  • Module 7: School Approaches to Support Students

  • Module 8: Classroom Strategies to Support Students

  • Module 9: Early Identification, Intervention, and Treatment

The National Center for Safe Supportive Schools (NCS3) provides states, districts, and schools with the knowledge and tools to implement culturally responsive, trauma-informed policies and practices that promote equity and well-being. NCS3 is a collaboration between the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the Center for Childhood Resilience at the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and the Center for Trauma Care in Schools at the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention in Boston.