Live via Zoom Trauma-Informed Care for Helping Professionals Learning Collaborative University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children

Jun 2, 2026, 10:00 AM – Sep 15, 2026, 2:30 PM

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The Trauma-Informed Care Learning Collaborative guides professionals along a developmental path—from foundational trauma awareness to the integrated, advanced practices that define trauma-informed care. Through four interactive learning sessions, participants build the knowledge and skills needed to recognize trauma's impact and respond effectively. Each team/participant will develop an actionable implementation plan and can continue the work through four follow-up implementation sessions designed to translate learning into lasting practice change.

Throughout the collaborative, participants receive the resources, tools, and ongoing support needed to embed trauma-informed practices into their daily work—and to sustain them over time.

This collaborative is designed for any professional who works with children, youth, or adults who have experienced traumatic events. While the content benefits practitioners across a wide range of settings, it is especially well suited for those working in juvenile justice and child welfare, where trauma-informed approaches are essential to serving the populations they support.

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Trauma-Informed Care for Helping Professionals Learning Collaborative

Teams approach

We highly recommend that you and your colleagues attend this learning collaborative together as a team, although we allow individual participants to attend this collaborative. Please note that some of the activities within this learning collaborative were created for teams, however these activities can also be completed as an individual with minor modifications.

Learning Sessions will help participants:

Develop goals and a plan for the implementation and sustainability of trauma-informed practices based on TIC assessment results.
Understand the types and sources of trauma exposure children and adolescents experience.
Recognize the signs and symptoms of traumatic stress.
Learn the effects of trauma on the developing brain.
Understand the impact of trauma on cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral functioning of children and adolescents.
Identify and practice strategies to build resilience and support improved emotional regulation of children who have been exposed to trauma.
Increase knowledge of child traumatic grief and learn about treatments and resources that can be utilized with youth experiencing grief reactions.
Learn how to complete trauma-informed safety plans, as well as develop an understanding of youth who will benefit from the safety planning intervention.
Learn about trauma-informed assessment and screening practices, evidence-based trauma-focused interventions, and the relationship between trauma and substance use disorders.
Recognize and increase awareness about the impact of secondary traumatic stress (STS) on providers and develop strategies for managing and reducing the risk of STS symptoms.

As a participant in this learning collaborative, you will be expected to attend each of the learning sessions and learning calls listed below.

Learning Collaborative Schedule

Pre-training Call: Introduction of Learning Collaborative and Overview of LC expectations	1	06/2/26	10:00-11:00 ET
Session 1: Introduction to TIC and Trauma Awareness, Agency TIC assessment pre-test	4	06/09/26	10-2:30 pm ET
Implementation Session: Prioritizing Domains and Documenting Evidence	1	06/23/26	10:00-11:00 ET
Session 2: Understanding challenging behaviors; Impact of trauma on brain development; Strategies to enhance self-regulation in clients, Sustainability w/homework	4	07/07/26	10-2:30 pm ET
Implementation Session: Resource Mapping across Domains	1	7/21/26	10:00-11:00 ET
Session 3: Trauma Screening and Assessment; Evidence Based Treatments for Youth; Writing SMART goals; Childhood Traumatic Grief	4	08/04/26	10-2:30 ET
Implementation Session: Creating a Trauma-Informed Plan	1	08/18/26	10:00-11:00 ET
Session 4: Trauma and Substance Use Disorders, Agency Self- Assessment Post-test; Secondary Traumatic Stress	4	09/01/26	10-2:30 ET
Implementation Session: Agency TIC assessment data; Looking forward	1	09/15/26	10:00-11:00 ET

Continuing Education

20 Continuing Education Units are available for:

Kentucky Social Work Board
Kentucky Psychology
Kentucky Licensed Professional Counselors (pending approval)

If attending from another state, you must independently verify if your board will accept approvals from Kentucky.

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(859) 218-6901	Center on Trauma and Children
(877) 597-2331	Kentucky Child Abuse Hotline
(888) 373-7888	National Human Trafficking Hotline
Call or Text 988	National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Information on childhood trauma	National Child Traumatic Stress Network