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Empower through Education: Our training initiatives offer specialized programs, including Trauma-Informed Care Certification, Resilience Building Workshops, and Advocacy Training for Social Change. Dive into transformative learning experiences that equip professionals and advocates with the knowledge and skills needed to make a meaningful impact in the realms of trauma, resilience, and societal advocacy
Trauma Journey
A historical review & contemporary research
Application of Attachment Theory
Introduction to Trauma Informed Care
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Neurobiology of trauma
Developmental Trauma
Trauma, Anger & Disruptive Behaviors in Schools
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Presenter: Dr. Kai Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that the content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: Anyone wanting to better understand ACEs
Estimate course time: 1 hour
Course overview:
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What are adverse childhood experiences?
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Scoring and Interpreting the ACEs questionnaire
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Advantages of ACEs question
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Examples of ACEs
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About the CDC- Kaiser ACE study
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The ACE Pyramid
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Disrupted Neurodevelopment
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ACEs in Jamaica
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ACES in Bermuda
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Lasting impacts of early adversity
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How we can prevent ACEs
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Presenter: Dr. Kai Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that the content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: All staff members in Children’s Homes
This course includes:
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On-demand video [12 month access]
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Downloadable resources
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Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 5 hours
Course overview:
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Understanding and working with children; trauma at play
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Understanding child development
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Stages of human development
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Infancy (birth to 2 years)
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Attachment
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Stages of Attachment
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Attachment styles & attachment disorder
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Common Psychosocial issues in Jamaican context
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Trauma and Impact
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Adverse Childhood Experiences
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Impact of ACEs on the brain
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Signs and Symptoms of trauma
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Childhood trauma and the brain
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Trauma and the Brain
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Our Intergenerational trauma
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Common Psychopathologies
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PTSD
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ADHD
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Autism
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Depression
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Anxiety
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Behavioral disorders
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Psychotic Disorders
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Schizophrenia
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What is the Trauma Informed Care (TIC) model?
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Assumptions of TIC
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Aims of TIC
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5 Guiding Principles of TIC
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What are strength-based approaches to care?
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Guiding principles
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Techniques
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Self-care
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Screening for Referral: The Quick & Dirty Checklist
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Presenter: Dr. Kai Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: Mental Health and Allied professionals and other interested persons seeking to understand the Neurobiological correlates of trauma
This course includes:
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On-demand video [12 month access]
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Downloadable resources
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Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 4 hours
Course overview:
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Defining Trauma
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Complex trauma
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The nervous system and trauma
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The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
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The Limbic System
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Stress Response System
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Cingulate Cortex
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The Cerebral Cortex
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Basal Ganglia
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Neuroscience of emotion regulation and resilience
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Trauma
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Neuroscience of mental illness
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Complex trauma in the brain
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Neuroplasticity and Healing the Brain
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Neuroscience of trauma treatment
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Presenter: Dr. Kai Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: Technical staff working in Mental Health settings
This course includes:
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On-demand video [12 month access]
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Downloadable resources
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Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 10 hours
Course overview:
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What is Mental Health/Wellness
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Review on substance
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Substances based on chemical makeup
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Why is this a Mental Health issue?
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The relationship between substance abuse and Mental Health/Trauma
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Trauma and the brain
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Video: The relationship between substance use and Mental Health
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Dual Diagnosis Treatment
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Screening for Substance use
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Screening for substance use: Cage/Cage-Aid
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Screening for substance use: Audit
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Screening for substance use: Cast
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Screening for substance use: Assist
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Screening for substance use: ASI (Addiction Severity Index)
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Importance of Screening: Functional Analysis
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Functional Analysis
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Screening Tools: ACE
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Appropriate Therapies for Dually Diagnosed
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Addiction & Social Factors
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Video: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
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What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?
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Key Assumptions of CBT
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Video: Trauma Informed-Care (TIC)
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What is Trauma Informed-Care?
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Assumptions of the TIC model
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What is Re-Traumatization?
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Video: “Let's hear from Oprah Winfrey”
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Aims of TIC
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5 Guiding Principles of TIC
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TIC Practice
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Case Vignette
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Brief Therapies
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Brief Intervention
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Brief Interventions: Sample objectives
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Hexaflex
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Presenter: Dr. Kai Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: Mental Health and Allied professionals
This course includes:
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On-demand video [12 month access]
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Downloadable resources
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Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 1 hour
Course overview:
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Historical overview
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Neurobiology of trauma
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Adverse Childhood Experiences
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Post traumatic slave syndrome- Dr Joy Degrudy
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Neurobiology of Psychotherapy
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Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
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Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment
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Relational model
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Internal family systems model
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Other roads to recovery
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Brain-guided sensory exercises
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Sensory motor arousal regulation (SMART) therapy
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Play-based healing
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Deep brain reorienting
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Erotic recovery: reclaiming the erotic
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Research and policy development
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Presenter: Dr. Kai Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
This course includes:
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On-demand video [12 month access]
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Downloadable resources
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Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 12 hours
Course overview:
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Understanding Child Development in Jamaican children
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Trauma and its Impact
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Trauma and Blind or Visually Impaired Children
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Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Psychopathology
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Psychopathologies
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PTSD
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ADHD
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Autism
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Depression
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Self-Injury
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Anxiety
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Behavioural disorders
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Psychotic disorders
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Schizophrenia
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Treatment Principles
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Trauma-Informed Care
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What is the trauma-informed care (tic) model?
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Assumptions of the TIC model
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Aims of TIC
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5 guiding principles of TIC
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Strength-based approaches to care
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What is the Strength-Based Approach?
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Guiding Principles
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Counselling and Communication Skills
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Token Economies
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Contingency Contracting
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Time-Out
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Consequences
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Presenters: Imani Hewitt, MSc,
Dr. KAD Morgan & Associates.
Content warning: please be aware that the content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: Any medical or allied professional
This course includes:
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On-demand video [12 month access]
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Downloadable resources
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Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 1 hour
Course overview:
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What is Trauma?
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Trauma (this bullet point is missing on the website)
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What Impact do ACEs have?
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Stress Response
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Neurobiological Impacts of Development Trauma
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Trauma Symptoms
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Non-communicable Diseases
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Management of NCDs
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Links between Trauma and NCDs
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Presenter: Dr. Kai Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: Mental Health professionals working with children in state care
This course includes:
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On-demand video [12 month access]
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Downloadable resources
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Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 2 hours
Course overview:
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What is attachment theory
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Attachment styles
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Importance of understanding attachment styles
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How attachment theory can be applied to wards of the state
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Trauma & trauma responses
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Trauma Bonds
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Somatic approach to attachment styles
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Understanding attachment styles in wards of state
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Internal Family systems: Richard Schwartz
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What can be done to assist these individuals in state care
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Interventions for attachment and traumatic stress issues in children
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Presenter: Dr. Kai Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: Anyone seeking to understand developmental trauma
This course includes:
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On-demand video [12 month access]
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Downloadable resources
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Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 1 hour
Course overview:
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What is developmental trauma
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Childhood trauma on the brain
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Childhood attachment styles
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Inner child wounds
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Our Jamaican people and trauma
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The effects of slavery today- Dr Joy Degruy- Leary
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Our Intergenerational trauma
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The DSM-5 & Trauma
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How childhood trauma is different from PTSD
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Other Clinical disorders and trauma
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Trauma sequelae
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The healing Journey
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How Limbic System therapy can resolve trauma
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Six ways to heal from trauma without medication- Bessel van der Kolk
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Intergenerational healing
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Trauma resources
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Presenter: Dr. Kai Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: Non-technical staff working in Mental Health settings
This course includes:
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On-demand video [12 month access]
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Downloadable resources
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Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 5 hours
Course overview:
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What is Mental Health/Wellness
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Review on substance
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Substances based on chemical makeup
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Why is this a Mental Health issue?
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The relationship between substance abuse and Mental Health/Trauma
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Screening tools: ACEs
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Screening for substance use: Cage/ Cage- AID
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Trauma and the brain
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Assumptions of TIC model
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Aims of TIC
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What is Re-traumatization
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Dual diagnosis treatment
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ual diagnosis Management at work
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rocesses in the workplace for substance users?
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Presenter: Dr. Kai Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: Nurses and other medical professionals
This course includes:
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On-demand video [12 month access]
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Downloadable resources
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Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 5 hours
Course overview:
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What is Mental Health/Wellness
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Review on substance
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Substances based on chemical makeup
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Why is this a Mental Health issue?
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The relationship between substance abuse and Mental Health/Trauma
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Trauma and the brain
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Video: The relationship between substance use and Mental Health
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Screening for Substance use
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Screening for substance use: Cage/Cage-Aid
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Screening for substance use: Audit
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Screening for substance use: Cast
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Screening for substance use: Assist
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Screening for substance use: ASI (Addiction Severity Index)
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Importance of Screening: Functional Analysis
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Functional Analysis
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Screening Tools: ACE
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Appropriate Therapies for Dually Diagnosed
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Addiction & Social Factors
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Video: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
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What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?
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Key assumptions of CBT
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Video: Trauma Informed-Care (TIC)
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What is Trauma Informed-Care?
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Assumptions of the TIC model
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What is Re-Traumatization?
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Video: “Let's hear from Oprah Winfrey”
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Aims of TIC
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5 Guiding Principles of TIC
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TIC Practice
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Case Vignette
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Brief Therapies
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Brief Intervention
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Brief Interventions: Sample objectives
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Motivational Interviewing (MI)
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What is Motivational Interviewing?
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Stages of Change Model
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Primary elements of MI
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Key principles of MI
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Hexaflex
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Tools and Techniques
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Relaxation Techniques: Deep Breathing
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Relaxation Techniques: Progressive Muscle Relaxation
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Relaxation Techniques: Visualization
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Social Issues: CBT & Schizophrenia
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CBT & Schizophrenia
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Family as an Intervention Strategy
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The family in Dual Diagnosis Treatment
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Interdisciplinary treatment of The Dually Diagnosed.
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Presenter: Dr. Kai Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: Educators, School officials
This course includes:
● On-demand video [12 month access]
● Downloadable resources
● Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 6 hours
Course overview:
● Child Psychological Development
● Childhood trauma and its impact
● Common Childhood Psychological Issues in the Jamaican Context
● Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
● Anger, disruptive behaviour & Psychopathology
⮚ Defining Psychopathology
⮚ Emotions
⮚ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
⮚ Dissociative Disorders
⮚ Anxiety Disorders
⮚ Depression disorders
⮚ Disorders linked to externalized trauma
⮚ Oppositional Defiant Disorder(ODD)
⮚ Intermittent explosive disorder
⮚ Conduct disorder (CD)
⮚ Substance use disorders
● Screening
⮚ Signs and symptoms of trauma
⮚ Importance of screening
● Treatment
⮚ Treatment principles
⮚ Trauma Informed-Care Model (TIC)
⮚ Strength based approach
● Techniques
⮚ Counselling and Communication skills
⮚ Bottom-up-approach
⮚ Mindfulness
⮚ Soft reprimands
⮚ Praise
⮚ 4 Consequences of behaviour
⮚ Contingency contracting and management
⮚ Metacognitive Prosthetic Devices (MPD’s)
⮚ Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) Groups
⮚ Other General School-Based Interventions
⮚ Tips when Counselling Students with Trauma History
● Importance of the Therapeutic Alliance in Counselling
● Self-Care
● Additional Resources
⮚ Youth Organizations
⮚ Counselling/Therapy Services
⮚ Counselling/Therapy Services and Psychiatric Treatment
⮚ Child Endangerment Services
⮚ When to Make a Referral
⮚ How to Select the Most Appropriate Referral
⮚ Tips for Navigating the System
Presenter: Kai A D Morgan Campbell
Content warning: please be aware that content covered in this course has information that may be triggering (ie. may cause a strong emotional reaction) for trauma survivors.
Target Audience: Any medical or allied professional
This course includes:
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On-demand video [12 month access]
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Downloadable resources
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Certificate of completion (based on final quiz requiring a passing grade of 80%)
Estimate course time: 30 minutes
Course overview:
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What is Trauma?
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Types of Trauma
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What Impacts do ACEs have?
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Stress Response
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Neurobiological Impacts of Developmental Trauma
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Trauma Symptoms
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Links between Trauma and HIV
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Trauma and HIV
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Trauma and HIV: Jamaica
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The Nested Model of Attachment & Trauma & HIV
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Suggestions for Healthcare
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Resilience
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TIC for HIV Services Delivery
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10 Key ingredients for Trauma Informed-Care
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