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March 20, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: $10.00
Respecting the Impact of Trauma
via Webinar
Thursday, September 21, 2023
9:00am – 12:00pm
Cost: $25
3.0 Social Work CEUs Available
Cost: $15 per NASW Member and $25 per non-member
In order to receive Social Work CEUs, you must complete the online evaluation that will be sent after the training.
You will be asked to pay the above fee on the NASW website once you complete the evaluation.
3.0 Nursing CEUs Available
Cost: $65
You must purchase these as a separate ticket below along with your registration ticket.
Description:
At the completion of their training, attendees will leave with a working knowledge of Trauma Informed Care and will be able to apply their new skills and knowledge immediately upon returning to the field. Participants will understand that the commitment of a trauma-informed system is to provide all services in a manner that is welcoming and appropriate to the needs of consumers who are experiencing or who have experienced trauma. The training will review responses and changes in cognition relative to trauma experiences. The training will also discuss the definition of resilience and how to build resilience in self or others.
Objectives:
- The meaning and definition of trauma, identify examples of trauma experiences or events, and gain understanding of prevalence of trauma.
- The 4 R-s of a trauma informed approach and examples of their application
- The 6 key principles of trauma informed care and examples of application
- Some common behavioral and perceptual expressions of trauma
- Understanding of the word resilience and some ways to develop greater resilience
Facilitator:
Erin Edwards is a Board Certified Behavior Analysts, with a Masters in Psychology. Erin currently works for Penn State College of Medicine/ Hershey Medical Center with the Division of Autism within the Department of Psychiatry. Erin and PennCares Support Services have worked together for many years developing trainings encompassing older adults and issues surrounding behavioral health. Erin has worked with children with autism and other mental health diagnoses across a variety of services, including specialized schooling, home and community BHRS services, intensive family based mental health services and currently outpatient services. Erin has also worked with adults, in community, home and work settings, with autism and co-morbid mood and mental health diagnoses, as well as hoarding behaviors and anxiety, depression and matters surrounding suicide. In supervisory positions, Erin has provided a large variety of trainings to direct care staff with a focus on practical interventions strategies and reducing frustration or fatigue in caregiver positions.
CEUs*
“NASW-PA Chapter is a co-sponsor of this workshop. 3.0 CEUs will be awarded for completion of this course. NASW has been designated as a pre-approved provider of professional continuing education for social workers (Section 47.36), Marriage and Family Therapist (Section 48.36) and Professional Counselors (Section 49.36) by the PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.”
Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Participants with a valid RN license that attend the entire Nursing Continuing Professional Development program (NCPD), can earn 3.0 contact hours.; partial contact hours are not awarded.
*If you have any questions, PLEASE email Allison Fisher at trainings@penncares.org or call 717-632-5552 ext. 4100.*
PennCares Cancellation Policy
- PennCares Support Services reserves the right to cancel an event due to low enrollment or other circumstances which would make the event non-viable.
- PennCares reserves the right to substitute course instructors as necessary.
- If PennCares cancels an event, registrants will be offered a full refund.
Postponement: Should circumstances arise that result in the postponement of an event, registrants will have the option to either receive a full refund or transfer registration to the same event at the new, future date.
Substitutions and Transfers: We understand that circumstances may occur to prevent you from attending a training. If you find that you are unable to attend one of PennCares’ trainings, you have several options:
- Send a substitute: Substitutions are accepted as long as a written request is received. Substitutions may be made without penalty provided the original registrant contacts PennCares at trainings@penncares.org to request this change.
- Transfer to another course: Transfers are accepted up to the day of the event as long as a written request is received. In the event the registrant cannot attend a scheduled course for which he or she is enrolled, registration can be transferred to another course.
- Refund of monies: Requests for refunds must be made in writing and received by the training refund deadline stated on the training registration form. (See below for cancellation policy).
Registration Cancellation by Participant
- Unless specifically stated on registration materials, the deadline to request a refund for your registration is 5 business days before the event.
- Registration cancellations requested prior to the deadline will be eligible to receive a refund less a 5% administration fee. *
- Cancellations received less than 5 business days before the event will not be eligible for a refund and will be billed for the total cost.
- Registered no-shows are not eligible for a refund and will be billed the total cost.
- Cancellations will be accepted via e-mail to trainings@penncares.org and must be received by the stated cancellation deadline.
- All refund requests must be made by the attendee/payee.
- Refund requests must include the name of the attendee, the training date, and payment method.
These above policies apply to all PennCares trainings unless otherwise noted in the corresponding event materials. Please read all individual event information thoroughly.