Thank you for your interest in Supportive Trauma Interventions for Educators (STRIVE) 6-Part Online Course on Saturdays October 16th-November 20th from 9:00-11:00am. STRIVE is a collaborative project between the Child Witness to Violence Project and Vital Village Network at Boston Medical Center. This work is supported by the Massachusetts Attorney General Office's Trauma-Informed Care for Young Children Grant Program.
The STRIVE 6-Part Online Course will cover topics including:- Introductory trauma overview
- Exploring research of neurological, social, and emotional impacts of trauma
- Enhancing resilience and protective factor strategies
- Utilizing racial, cultural, social justice, and systems of care frameworks as it relates to trauma
- Learning about teacher interventions
Target Audience: Early Education and Care (EEC) centers and family child care providers in Massachusetts who are new to trauma-informed practices.
Benefits: Participants who complete the online course will receive a certificate and a STRIVE Toolkit with hands-on, tangible self-management tools that can give students a method for coping with their emotions and behavioral impulses by engaging in positive expressive, processing, or replacement behaviors.
Disclaimer: Participating in the online course may cause participants to experience distress when discussing child trauma, domestic violence, racial inequities, and other emotionally difficult subjects. Facilitators will provide participants with opportunities to engage in mindfulness and breathing activities to help mitigate distressing feelings and additional resources. These activities are not guaranteed to improve participants distressing feelings.
Please complete this online application and you will hear back about the status of your application by Friday, October 8th. Please contact strive@bmc.org for questions.
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