Trauma Informed Care and Self-Care for Youth

Please Note: Registration is on a first come, first served basis.  Thank you for your understanding. 

A core value of our work at the BEST Initiative is Positive Youth Development. We believe in the voices and power of young people, and train youth workers to support their youth in all areas of their growth. With that in mind, we are in-person Trauma Informed Care and Self Care for Youth Training, This one-day, four and half-hour training  will help participants understand the elements of a trauma informed approach and how to apply the principles of trauma informed care to their work. It will teach participants to recognize the body’s stress responses and the effects of primary and secondary trauma on young people and staff. The training will focus on how to support young people to thrive by building on strengths and protective factors while fostering collective resilience. The training will help advance youth wellness by exploring self-care strategies and centering relationships and collective care as vehicles to healing.