
Course Summary
In this course, you can expect to learn:
- about the connection between adverse childhood experiences and health outcomes
- how response to stress can impact child and adolescent development
- features of trauma-informed services
- the perspective of young people who have experienced trauma
- ways that foster parents can provide trauma-informed support to children and youth
Step 1
Learn how childhood trauma unfolds across a lifetime from Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris in the video, How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across A Lifetime:

Step 2
Learn what trauma is, how young people respond to trauma, and how trauma-informed services benefit young people in foster care by reading the article, "Trauma-Informed Practice with Young People in Foster Care".

Step 3
Review the JBS International article, "Youth and Family Perspectives on Trauma-Informed Care" and learn how identifying trauma may help to overcome it.

Step 4
Review the Fostering Perspectives article, "Trauma-Informed Parenting: What You Should Know", to obtain valuable trauma informed parenting information.

Step 5
Learn what the impact of untreated trauma has on a young person, understand your child’s behavior in reaction to trauma, and practical tips to help your child overcome trauma in the article "Parenting a Child Who Has Experienced Trauma".

Step 6
Join the discussion in the comments below to answer the following question:
How might a parent manage discipline differently for a child who has experienced trauma? You are encouraged to use a real-life example, if you have one (but please don't use any names in your story).
Course Discussion
Anastasius21 said:
riverreines said:
Shawn Hughes said:
ericjo50 said:
jmangen1974 said:
hanson1010 said:
Jodi.1432 said:
tessarbrown said:
Kaaron07 said:
mmiester said: