Evidence-Based Training for Professionals

Designed for:

  • Educators

  • School Resource Officers

  • Caseworkers

  • Non-profit organizations

  • Out-of-school-time child/youth program providers

  • Healthcare providers

  • Business leaders

 
Building resilience in children is not about making them tough. Resilience is the ability to recover from difficulties and manage how you feel and act.

Training Topics include:

  • Identifying and responding to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)

  • Building positive childhood experiences (PCEs)

  • Mandatory reporting

  • The Trauma-Informed Framework

  • Brain development

  • Unconscious bias

  • Self-care for educators and responders

  • Building resilience in children, youth, and families

  • The intersection between race and ACE

  • Prevention of ACEs


Upcoming trainings

Resilient Schools Training

Designed for school administrators, teachers, and school staff, the goal of this training is to establish a base of knowledge about the impact of trauma on learning and provide participants with an introduction to trauma-informed schools and trauma-sensitive practices.

This course provides 6 professional development contact hours. Contact hours are validated by a certificate provided upon course completion. These trainings will be from 8:00am - 3:15pm.

Please email Jasmine Stewart at jstewart@learnwithsam.org for more information.

Level I: March 21, 2023, April 25, 2023

Level II: March 1, 2023


Custom delivery

While single-topic specific workshops are offered, most group training is provided based upon the needs of the professional group requesting the training and customized to meet learning objectives set by the group leader. To discuss a training plan to meet your professional development needs, please contact Dr. Jennifer Parker.


Training Locations

Training is offered beyond our Spartanburg County primary service area on a fee-based schedule. Fees vary based upon specific content requested, training period, and location.