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Drs. Virginia Strand, Sarah E. (Betsy) Bledsoe, Trenette Clark Goings, and Travis Albritton are proud to introduce the National Initiative for Trauma Education and Workforce Development, a Category II Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work.
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Mission: The National Initiative for Trauma Education and Workforce Development provides training to a diverse group of mental and behavioral health service providers and Master of Social Work students to increase the effective provision of services to children, youth and families who are affected by trauma.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month & National Foster Care Month
- Click the links above for outreach materials and resources from SAMHSA and ChildWelfare.gov and view NCTSN resources on Children’s Mental Health here.
- We also wish to bring attention to Missing or Murdered Indigenous (MMI) Persons Awareness Day, which occurred on May 5. Please see the following resources on MMI and Indigenous mental health:
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Training Opportunities from the NITEWD
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The NITEWD sees its training and outreach efforts as drivers of equity in trauma support for youth and families. A main barrier to BILPOC (Black, Indigenous, Latine/Latinx, and persons of color) children’s and adolescents’ receipt of evidence-base trauma care is the limited number of BILPOC clinicians trained in trauma-informed practice. The following training courses aim to increase the number of trauma-informed practitioners, especially among BILPOC practitioners.
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Online course for mental and behavioral health practitioners
Over 1000 participants enrolled since January 2023!
This course is open to the public via a no-cost, self-paced online platform. Course participants can receive 4 CE credits from ASWB, APA, and NBCC.
View the course trailer below. Enroll and begin learning today: https://bhs.unc.edu/core-components-skills-trauma-informed-practice
Please share our course flyer with your networks that may be interested: Core Components and Skills for Trauma Informed Practice online course
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Click above to view the trailer for the Core Components and Skills for Trauma Informed Practice online course
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Advanced Training in Trauma Informed Practice Elements
Be on the lookout! The NITEWD will launch its Advanced Training in Trauma Informed Practice Elements in fall 2023 for individuals who have completed the Core Components and Skills for Trauma Informed Practice online course. Learners will continue their skill development in the implementation of the common trauma informed practice elements with children and families and receive 4 CE credits for each of the three trainings, with an opportunity to achieve 12 CE credits in total. The trainings provide:
- Opportunities for application of lessons learned to your work
- Opportunities to practice these skills with other trainees
- Guidance on implementing the common trauma informed practice elements using a trauma-informed, anti-racist framework
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MSW course for social work students & the Faculty Summer Institute
The Core Components and Skills for Trauma Informed Practice is a 3-credit advanced year MSW course and promotes understanding and use of twelve trauma informed practice elements.
Faculty Summer Institute: Two faculty summer institutes will be held this summer to orient MSW faculty to the Core Components and Skills for Trauma-Informed Practice curriculum and receive training in the Inquiry-based Learning method (IBL).
The application cycle for the 2023 Faculty Summer Institute is now closed. Applications for the 2024 Faculty Summer Institute will open in fall 2023.
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Pictured above: 18 MSW Faculty attended the June 2022 Faculty Summer Institute at UNC Chapel Hill to become trained in facilitating the Core Components and Skills for Trauma Informed Practice MSW course.
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Meet the staff of the NITEWD
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Tommy Howell (he/him/his)
Administrative Professionals’ Day was April 26th, but we’re still celebrating Tommy Howell, the NITEWD Administrative Support Specialist. Tommy was the recipient of the UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work ‘Behind the Scenes’ Staff Impact Award in December 2022, demonstrating his reliable and gracious approach to working on this impactful project.
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Isabella Schaefer (she/her/hers)
Isabella Schaefer, MSW candidate (2024) at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work, is a Research Assistant at the NITEWD. Isabella coordinates and conducts NITEWD evaluation activities and supports stakeholder engagement activities.
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Spenser Radtke (she/her/hers)
Spenser Radtke, PhD candidate in the UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work, is the Evaluation Specialist at the NITEWD. Spenser supports the NITEWD by developing measurement instructions, conducting data collection and analysis, and developing evaluation reports.
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Sydney Schildnecht (they/them/theirs)
Sydney Schildnecht, MSW, formerly a Research Assistant at the NITEWD, graduated from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work on May 13! We are so grateful to Sydney for their hard work and thoughtfulness over the past two years and wish them the best of luck as they continue their career in social work. Congratulations!!
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Shelby Rimmler-Cohen (she/her/hers)
Shelby Rimmler-Cohen, MPH, formerly a Project Manager at the NITEWD, is moving on to a new position outside of the NITEWD. We are so grateful to Shelby for her hard work and dedication to the missions of the NITEWD and NCTSN, and wish her best of luck on her new endeavor!
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News from our Advisory Board
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Drs. Bledsoe and Strand participated on the Planning team for the NC AHEC Statewide Summit entitled "leveraging North Carolina's Assets to prevent Child Trauma". This was successfully held on April 26 - 28, 2023.
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