The Impact of Trauma on System-Involved Youths’ Education

Nicole Klasey, Psy.D.

Training Description

Trauma impacts many aspects of one's life. One of those areas is a student's education. Given the amount of trauma system-involved youth experience, it’s essential for social service providers, caregivers, parents, and natural support people to support system-involved youth in the school setting. It's crucial to understand how trauma impacts a student's emotional and behavioral health and academic performance in school. The better we understand how trauma presents, the better we can advocate for system-involved youth and help ensure that they are getting trauma-informed education and support at school.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will be able to identify one way trauma impacts system-involved youths’ learning.

2. Participants will be able to identify one way trauma impacts system-involved youths’ social and emotional behavior during the school day.

3. Participants will be able to identify at least 1 strategy to support traumatized youth in the school setting.

Agenda

1:00-1:15pm  Welcome & Introductions

1:15-2:45pm  Trauma in the classroom overview

· Self-reflection of provider’s experience in school

· Examples of traumas youth experience

· Prevalence of childhood trauma

· Need for trauma-informed schools

· Experience of youth with trauma in the school

· Impact of trauma on kids education

2:45-3:00pm  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

3:00-4:45pm  Strategies to support system involved youth in school

· Impact of trauma on students’ behavior

· Impact of trauma on students’ learning

· Impact of trauma on students’ achievement

· School interventions

· Elements of trauma-informed schools

· Supporting traumatized youth in the classroom

· Vignettes to practice learned skills

4:45-5:00pm  Closing

Meet Our Trainer

Nicole Klasey is a clinical psychologist who has worked with trauma survivors for 14 years. She currently consults with agencies on trauma-informed care, programming for commercially sexually exploited youth, vicarious trauma, and leadership development. Nicole has been training multidisciplinary audiences on trauma-related topics since 2015 and provides guest lectures at local universities on human trafficking.

This course meets the qualifications for (3.75) BBS CE hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.