Family Support: Module #1. Trauma's Impact on Child and Parenting Style

In this 3-part series, you will learn from Trauma Therapists on how trauma can affect your child, as well as how your own trauma may affect your parenting style.

This series begins with this course as an introduction to family support and interventions.  Whether you are a new parent, single parent, foster parent or grandparent, this educational series will provide you with the most current literature, tips and resources to help the little people in your life.  

In this introduction, you will learn from two Licensed Mental Health Therapists on the different evidence-based interventions for caregivers and their families.

Presenters:  Jennifer Thayer, LMSW & Zoe Compton, LMSW

Session 1:   Family Based Intervention Models Introduction

Outcomes will include:

1. Explain your role in your child’s therapy
2. Recognize the various modalities of family-based interventions
3. Understand the value of evidence-based family groups for providing a safe place for therapy

Presenter:  Jenny Hoggatt, LMSW

Session 2:   Trauma 101

Objectives:

1. Define and create common language 
2. What trauma does to our body in development
3. Talking about the way this displays throughout the lifespan 

Presenter:  Amanda Luteran, LPC

Session 3:  Trauma throughout family generations

Objectives:

1. How childhood trauma affects us in adulthood.
2. What is Intergenerational trauma and why does it happen.
3. Stopping the cycle; self-care.