Virtual Brain 101: Understanding the Impact of Trauma on the Brain

This course will provide participants with foundational knowledge about how adversity and trauma can impact the brain. The course introduces brain architecture and early brain development in children and focuses on the impact of adverse experiences and childhood trauma on the brain.

Topics Covered

• Adversity and trauma and the impact on brain development
• Brain systems
• Adverse childhood experiences and brain development
• Resilience and brain development

CEUs: Hours – 3

This training is approved for three hours of continuing education for core social work, related licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, DECAL/Bright from the Start, family violence intervention specialists (FVIP), POST, Babies Can’t Wait Project SCEIs in Area 1 Children and Famlies-Birth to 8, and nursing.