Building a Trauma-Informed Home Visiting Program

This full-day session, presented by The Strategies Center at Youth for Change™, will provide professional development and program assessment for trauma-informed practice, problem-solving, and action planning.

What to Expect:
• Learn to build trauma-informed home visiting skills and approaches.
• Understand the prevalence of trauma in families participating in home visiting and the signs of the presence of trauma.
• Recognize how trauma affects families participating in home visiting.
• Explore trauma-informed approaches to home visiting.
• Use and connect to trauma-informed assessment and intervention.
• Learn objectives for a trauma-informed system of support for infants and toddlers.
• Use a two-generation approach to assist parents with taking action that builds strength and resiliency.
• Discuss ways for a home visitor to handle disclosure of trauma.
• Learn to ask probing questions that support parent resiliency.
• Explore ways that your agency’s home visiting program(s) can increase their trauma-informed practice and concretely plan for actions that enhance trauma-informed work.

Who Should Attend
• Home visitors
• Social service providers
• Anyone else working with families and children

Fees:
General Admission: $89
Continuing Education Certification (optional): $35

Refund/Cancellation Policy: (1) If you cancel more than 7 days before the training date, you will be refunded your registration fee less a $15 cancellation fee; (2) If you cancel 0-7 days before the training date, no refund will be given. $25 late registration fee for all registrations received after the deadline.