Child and Adolescent Trauma Certification
This Certification Program Offers
An overview on trauma, with specific focus on the child and adolescent brain.
The impact of trauma on families with focus around preventative care and foster care.
Mitigating and Preventing further trauma through intentional conversations around interactions and engagement with children and teenagers.
How to nurture healing in children and teenagers in play, nature, creativity, movement, and in relationship.
The responsibility of the community to support teenagers, children and families in crisis.
This certification is valuable for anyone who works with children and teenagers in any capacity. It is also extremely beneficial for any church leader interacting with families.This 12 module based program offers a Child and Adolescent Trauma Certificate at the end of the course!
This program is led by Holly Madden, holds Master’s Degree in Grief, Crisis and Trauma Counseling with an Advanced Child and Adolescent Trauma certification. She co-founded, built and ran The Family Connection Program, working very closely with children, teens and families who are at risk for the foster care system, those who have experienced the foster care system, and those who have exited the system. She has a deep passion to not only provide trauma-informed awareness and education, but to also share accessible tools that help mitigate and heal trauma. Holly is also yoga certified (200 Hour), holds an art therapy certificate and is deeply passionate about healing in nature.
This certificate is for anyone who works with children and youth in any form. The program looks out the child and adolescent brain, the way trauma manifests in kids and youth, family traumas, foster care, preventative support, and healing accessed through play, movement, art and nature. This certificate includes a bonus module on children's and youth ministry.