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Study Session: A Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach

MARCH 20, 2024

In August & September of 2023, we hosted a Back to School Trauma Informed Practice Series. Now that the school year is midway, we’re back! 

Join Leora Wolf-Prusan and the Pacific Southwest MHTTC for a special six-part workshop series designed to offer deep dives into what it means to be trauma-informed in this moment, future directions for the work, and ways to deepen our praxis (theory into action) for our school communities. We’ll come together in purposeful and powerful learning over the course of the series to bring trauma-informed principles and approaches into practice. Come for one, some, or all: we’ll see you there!

Series Overview

SESSION 1

Study Session: A Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach

The Framework: Grounding us in Trauma-Informed Principles and Domains

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

2:30 - 4:00 p.m. PT

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Description:

In June 2023, SAMHSA released the updated and expanded practical guide from the 2014 resource, Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach. Drawing on the domains of trauma-informed work, the new guide offers implementation strategies.

Join PS MHTTC School Mental Health Field Director Leora Wolf-Prusan for an interactive study session. Together, we’ll familiarize ourselves with the guide by 1) defining trauma, trauma-informed care, and connected terminology; 2) identifying resources to support our work; and 3) exploring the guide’s case studies. Walk away with deeper fluency in trauma-informed language, ideas for moving the work forward in your environment, and connections to other trauma-informed practitioners. 

Audience:

Educators, school site leaders, school mental health professionals, youth advocates, trauma-informed professionals, and anyone interested. If you attended this session in our Fall Series, this is a great opportunity for a refresher!

Priming Materials:

• Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach | SAMHSA Publications 

Meet the Faculty

Leora Wolf-Prusan, EdD (she/hers) is the School Mental Health Field Director for the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, a project of SAMHSA that provides no-cost professional development to support the school mental health workforce in the Pacific Islands, Hawaii, California, Nevada, and Arizona. She also serves as the project director for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Category II site, the School Crisis Recovery & Renewal project (SCRR), formerly served as the field director for a SAMHSA Now is the Time Initiative, ReCAST (Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma), and in addition to these national grants, she provides consulting and training for numerous other clients around issues related to school climate and positive youth development, educator mental health and wellness, and trauma-informed approaches to education. Leora works for the Center for Applied Research Solutions (the home of all these projects), lives in the Bay Area of California (unceded Ohlone land), and is a new parent to a brilliant little human.

Contact the Pacific Southwest MHTTC

Toll-Free: 1-844-856-1749  Email: pacificsouthwest@mhttcnetwork.org  

Website: https://mhttcnetwork.org/pacificsouthwest

This announcement is supported by SAMHSA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award over four years (2019-2023) with 100 percent funded by SAMHSA/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by SAMHSA/HHS, or the U.S. Government.