This presentation was originally reviewed on July 3, 2023, and broadcast live online on July 12, 2023, from 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM ET.

This lecture will discuss the concepts of trauma-informed care (TIC), why it matters, and that TIC is not simply a mandate to reduce seclusion and restraint rates. The speaker will review several models of care designed for acute care settings, from theoretical background to more practical implementation strategies. Attendees will learn specifics about seclusion and restraint data at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and learn about the challenges in gathering national data to benchmark. This lecture will describe how the pandemic and other confounders may have changed clinical practice of treating traumatized hospitalized youth, and potential ways to improve staff retention and family satisfaction.

When victims of child abuse, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, or sex trafficking are identified, we know trauma has occurred and internal recovery work from trauma is needed. However, few professionals know how to effectively respond. This session will focus on providing information on trauma, triggers, trauma-informed care, and trauma-focused care to help clients heal through The Survivor’s Journey. Participants will learn the twelve internal and external journeys clients should travel that moves them from victim, to survivor, to thriver.

“Trauma” is becoming a word that is increasingly used on social media to describe a variety of events and reactions. This talk discusses the fundamental aspects of diagnoses related to trauma as well as basic clinical interaction, with an aim to increase confidence in working with traumatized patients, even for a single encounter. Topics to be covered include differential diagnosis of trauma, basic neurobiological aspects of trauma and how this relates to treatment, and strategies for communicating with these patients.

This webinar " The Unheard Echoes of Rape in the African American community" will address best practices for serving African American survivors while analyzing the systems, and historical roots that contribute to barriers to disclosure, and accessing services.

This presentation was originally reviewed on December 13, 2022, and broadcast live online on December 16, 2022, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET.

This presentation was originally reviewed on September 1, 2022, and broadcast live online on September 9, 2022, from 1:oo PM – 4:15 PM ET. 

This presentation was originally reviewed on July 14 2022, and broadcast live online on July 15, 2022, from 1:oo PM – 4:15 PM ET.