Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma and Adversity

Applying Trauma Informed Parenting Principles to Help Children Thrive

4.45 (180 reviews)
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English
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Parenting & Relationship
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810
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3 hours
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Aug 2017
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$49.99
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What you will learn

Understand the impact of trauma on children.

Know how to link challenging behaviors with trauma related changes in the brain. U

Understand how to respond sensitively and therapeutically.

Know how to create a developmentally appropriate trauma narrative for pre-verbal trauma.

Understand the prevalence and impact of adverse childhood experiences.

Understand practical steps to build and nurture resilience in children.

Description

You want to help your child heal from a traumatic experience, but you’re not sure how.  Responding to behavior is just a band-aid that doesn’t address the deeper, underlying issues. You know that there has to be a better way.  

In this course, you’ll learn about how trauma impacts brain development and how you can harness the power of narrative to help your child heal.  You’ll learn how to create a healing trauma narrative to promote resilience and post-traumatic growth. You’ll learn how to implement Trauma Informed Parenting on a daily basis to help support your child in moving through their own healing process.

The Trauma Informed Parenting course is made up of eight modules, each consisting of three individual lessons.  Course materials include a mix of videos, reading assignments, and worksheets.  Don’t be intimidated – this is not graded and there is nothing to turn in! Once you purchase the course, you will have lifetime access to the course materials, including all future updates. You’ll also be invited to join our exclusive Trauma Informed Parenting Facebook group where you can ask questions and share information with other trauma informed parents.

Module 1: Getting Started 

This module welcomes you to the course! You’ll learn about what to expect, take a look at the course syllabus, and join the private Trauma Informed Parenting Facebook group for support as you move through the modules.  You’ll take a look at where you are now and set goals for your time in the course to make sure that you can apply the information to your own life in a meaningful way.

Module 2: Adverse Childhood Experiences 

In this module, you’ll learn all about the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) study and how it applies to your own life, as a parent, and how it applies for your child.  You’re learn about what the ACES study means and have the opportunity to journal and reflect on how this has had an influence on your own life.

Module 3: The Impact of Trauma on Brain Development 

If you want to respond to your child and others in a truly trauma-informed way, you have to understand how adversity in childhood impacts the development of the brain.  After completing this module, you will understand the basics of early brain development and some significant ways that trauma impacts brain development. You will practice linking your child’s behavior to trauma and uncover triggers for challenging behaviors.

Module 4: Resilience 

Understanding all of the science and theory of adversity is super important, but let’s be real, it doesn’t do any good if you don’t know how to apply that science and theory to your own life.  In this module, you will learn about neuroplasticity, how to help the brain change, and how to help your child build resilience by strengthening emotional regulation.

Module 5: Healing

Breathe a deep sigh of relief, module 5 is where the work of healing truly begins.  In this module, you’ll learn how to harness the power of story to help your child heal.  You’ll learn about implicit memory and figure out how those hidden memories locked away in your child’s amygdala continue to impact their behavior every day.  Finally, you’ll start to sketch the skeleton outline of your child’s healing narrative by identifying emotional anchor points in their life.

Module 6: Creating a Trauma Narrative 

In module 6, all of the works begins to come together as your child’s trauma narrative takes shape.  This is the place where you write the story that will help you walk the sacred path of helping your child heal and move forward with intention.  It’s hard work and your child is so incredibly lucky to have a parent who is so invented in facilitating the healing process.

Module 7: Trauma Informed Parenting 

You’ve created your child’s healing narrative and now it’s time to talk about how to use the narrative and how to identify and respond to challenging behaviors through the lens of the Trauma Informed Parenting Guidelines.

Module 8: Wrapping Up 

This is the time for me to remind you that you can’t give what you don’t have and that self-care is an act of service.  You have to take care of yourself in order to be able to take care of anyone else.  Expect a little gushing from me as I thank you for allowing me to be a part of your sacred journey.  So much respect, my friend.

Ready to start helping your child heal?  Congratulations! Working through this course takes courage and commitment. Once you have made the decision to enroll in the course, you and your child can begin to move forward together on an intentional journey of healing and growth.  

The total value of the course materials is approximately $2500, but the changes you will be able to make after applying the course materials to your life will be truly priceless. Remember, once you purchase the course, you will have lifetime access to all materials, including updates. 



Content

Getting Started

Introduction
Guiding Principles of Trauma Informed Parenting
Building Reflective Capacity and Self-Assessment

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Introduction to the ACES Study
ACE Pyramid
ACES and Parenting
Parenting a Child with ACES

The Impact of Trauma on Brain Development

Early Brain Development
Impact of Trauma on Brain Development
Toxic Stress
Linking Trauma and Behaviour
Trauma and Behavior

Resilience

Neuroplasticity
Building Resilience
Strengthening Resilience
Tools for Emotional Regulation
Flip It! Method
Mindfulness for Children

Healing

The Power of Story
Attachment Styles in Infants and Toddlers
Implicit Memory
Emotional Anchorpoints

Creating a Trauma Narrative

Creating a Story
Tying It All Together
Using Narrative as a Tool

Trauma Informed Parenting

Becoming a Behavior Detective
Understanding Challenging Behaviors
Practicing Trauma Informed Parenting
Putting the Pieces Together

Wrapping Up

Self-Care
Moving Forward
Until We Meet Again

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Reviews

David
November 3, 2022
I have a seven year old adopted child that experienced past trauma prior to coming to us. So I been looking for ways to improve my parenting. She already came a long way from when we started. I am grateful to learn more. Thank you this course has really helped so far to understand my child and also myself.
Pamela
October 1, 2022
I love the fact that we can have refreshers when caring for others and what they may be experiencing. Tips on triggers and understanding where and why.
Jenice
February 2, 2022
Yes.. Most definitely. My ex husband is narcissist. He’s acted out all sorts of odd behaviors the kids have been witnesses to everything
Kristen
October 30, 2021
Right off the bat. I know she had the education AND the experience to teach us parenting children who have experienced trauma and adversity.
Lisa
September 24, 2021
My grandchildren who now live with me suffered extreme sexual and physical abuse by their father and step-mother. I need to learn the best way I can help them in their healing process. I am learning that a healthy me is necessary to help my grandchildren. By meditating I can focus my thoughts and energies on having a healthy mind.
Jessica
July 21, 2021
Great information! I’m a mom with a 9 year old girl who recently went into heart failure and had a heart transplant within just a few months. And a son with sensory disorder and adhd. So this great information and something I’ve been looking for, thank you!
Greta
April 24, 2021
This course was extremely informative, and have me the told to achieve parenting on a higher scale than I ever imagined.
Tonya
August 27, 2019
I thought it was a wonderful course. I learned many techniques that I can use on my foster child. It just gave a glimpse into the world of children that were raised in traumatic households!
Jordon
August 13, 2019
The course itself was good and informative, however there were several issues with the volume. Many videos are extremely difficult to hear, even with volume on max.
Kailla
July 12, 2019
So far it is making sense but I am only in the first module so fingers crossed the rest of the course will be something that I will be able to use all of in caring for my children
Cinda
March 25, 2019
I really enjoyed the course and really learned a lot as she expanded on attachment and on a trauma narrative for very young children.
Kira
March 1, 2019
My child has experienced a lot of trauma and I've struggled with her behaviors. This course will hopefully help me understand her more and help her through her emotions.
Katerina
October 19, 2018
Specialist is probably rather competent, but the format that keeps her sitting in front of a camera seems to make her a bit uncomfortable and that makes me feel uncomfortable and question her competence (I realize it might be simply that she is not well edited). Also the details about the Ace study makes me doubt the liability of the whole course. This study seems unreliable.
Tyler
September 6, 2018
There are so many ideas and key points made in this class. Things I would've never thought of that will be vital in my parenting success and more importantly my children's success and happiness.
Rebecka
March 2, 2018
it was a great breakdown and explanation of the 10 guiding principles. I think it would be a nice touch after each module to have a quiz to make sure the person completing the course really understands what is being explained and taught. It is very in depth and informational and it was put together in a user friendly way.

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