Trauma, Adverse, Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Brain Development: How System-Involved Youth Are Impacted

Sonja Lenz-Rashid, PhD, LCSW

Training Description

The training workshop will take a developmental approach, highlighting the impact of trauma on brain development and cognitive functioning at different stages of infancy, childhood, and adolescence. This course provides an overview of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACES), early brain development, and how complex trauma can affect such development. Attendees will learn about the impact of such trauma, as well as gain a deeper understanding on how it may show up in all relationships, symptoms, and behaviors.

Learning Objectives

· Gain Knowledge about Neurodevelopment in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence

· Gain Knowledge about Trauma in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence and outcomes of ACES