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Secondary Trauma - Healing the Healer

Friday, March 20, 2015

Core Curriculum Course: Trauma: Secondary trauma/witnessing trauma
(including self-care for workers)

Child welfare work is emotional, stressful, and often draining, leading to secondary trauma for child welfare professionals. This workshop deals with the impact of being exposed to stress, distress, and trauma as they affect the resilience of the “helping” professional. Participants will learn about the dynamics of secondary trauma, selfcare strategies, and a framework for helping workers cope with secondary trauma. This includes the monitoring and assessment of burnout, secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, and hardships in a distressed environment. This workshop will utilize role playing, exercises, games, small and large group discussions, and visual displays
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Date/time: April 10, 2015 • 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: WSU Advanced Technology Education Center (ATEC)
14601 East 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088
Social Work CECHs: 3 hours • Approval pending
Cost: Free to all MDHHS and private agency child welfare workers; $35 all others
Presenter: Felecia Berry, LMSW

Target audience:
 Children’s Protective Services Workers
 Foster Care Workers
 Adoption Workers

Training objectives: As a result of this workshop, participants will be prepared to:
• Recognize symptoms and behaviors characteristic of Secondary
Traumatic Stress.
• Monitor and assess for burnout, secondary trauma, and compassion fatigue.
• Learn why organizations should be concerned about secondary trauma
and its impact on their staff.

How to register: Visit www.continuingeducation.socialwork.wayne.edu
Contact: Lauree A. Emery, PhD, LMSW
Phone: 313-577-9348
Website: http://continuingeducation.socialwork.wayne.edu

 
To receive in-service training credit, your training facility coordinator must document completion on OTP/JJOLT. For questions regarding documentation of in-service training on OTP/JJOLT contact the Help Desk at DHS-CWTIOTP@michigan.gov or call (313) 465-2603.