Trauma-Informed Practice | Online

Concordia Graduate & Continuing Studies is an approved provider of social work continuing education for MN (MNBSW) and ND (NDBSWE).

Welcome to our course on Trauma-Informed Practice. We have heard this term quite a bit these past few years, however it is often unclear how this looks in helping professions. With the past few years navigating the collective trauma as a nation with the Covid-19 pandemic, helping professionals are at a high risk of secondary trauma. This course will explore trauma-informed framework and how to apply it to your organizations and supervisory practices. While we have come a long way in trauma-informed work with our clients, we struggle as a field to put it in practice with our colleagues, staff, and agencies.

Through video lecture, this course will explore the meaning of trauma-informed practice and how this strategy impacts helping professionals, supervisors and organizations. We will examine the definition of trauma and the various types of trauma that people endure. Lastly, we will discuss the different ways an agency and/or staff can be trauma-informed and practical ways to support helping professionals. Following to the lecture, a short quiz will be taken to validate understanding of the topic. A certificate will be awarded following successful completion of the course.

Outcomes
Participants will:

Learn about the Trauma-Informed Framework and how it applies to working with staff and professionals

Identify three ways to integrate knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices

Recognize important tools to improve relationships with staff

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Each person registering for training needs an individual account in order to be awarded a certificate of completion.

Organizations that require payment through an administrative office may be invoiced for employees taking the course. Please contact us at [email protected] for instructions on this payment method.

Kelli Gast, LCSW, LICSW, IECMH

Kelli Gast, Assistant Social Work Professor at Concordia College, received her BA from Concordia College, with a major in Social Work and a minor in Psychology. She earned her MSW from the University of Minnesota in 2005 and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Minnesota and North Dakota. She has worked in the Fargo-Moorhead community since then in several capacities, including doing professional home-based services, children’s day treatment, and outpatient services. Professor Gast is certified in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health from the University of Minnesota and has extensive training in early intervention and trauma work with young children and families. Most recently, she worked full time in a faculty position at the University of North Dakota. Her teaching included Trauma-Informed Practice, Mental Health Assessment, Social Work Policy, Supervision, Children’s Mental Health, Clinical Diagnosing and Working with Individuals.

In her most recent clinical work, Ms. Gast directed early intervention services, including the management of several grants focused on children’s services. She is a trainer for The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Program and along with her colleague, has trained over 500 teachers in the Fargo-Moorhead area. She also has provided reflective supervision to various programs including Head Start, school districts and childcare centers. She has been trained/certified in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Incredible Years Child, Parent and Teacher programs, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Managed and Adaptive Practice and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Graduate & Continuing Studies
901 8th St S
Moorhead, MN 56562
Concordia College
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