Trauma-Focused Skills (TF) Workshop Series – Alberta Health Services

A follow-up course to the e-learning series designed to help build practical and applied knowledge around working with trauma.

The Trauma-Focused Skills Workshop Series consists of five (5) online workshops that are three hours long. Going beyond the knowledge gained within the TIC e-Learning series, the workshops will discuss creating safety, identifying stabilization skills and supporting strategies to enhance health care providers' knowledge and confidence while working with trauma survivors. The content has been organized sequentially to create a seamless, flowing learning experience; the workshops are to be taken in order, and all five must be completed to obtain a certificate of participation. The TIC e-Learning modules are a pre-requisite for the workshop series.

**This workshop series is not a replacement for trauma-specific treatment intervention training but covers the groundwork principles that underlie most trauma-specific interventions. It offers generalized training for health care providers to develop foundational skills in the areas of safety building and stabilization.**

Currently only available to AHS staff.

To register: AHS Trauma Training Initiative

Trauma-Informed Care: Transforming Practice Through Trauma-Informed Principles – Imagine Institute for Learning

Acknowledge the prevalence and impact of trauma and learn how to apply a trauma-informed lens to your work.

Join our two-day training to transform your practice with trauma-informed principles. Gain skills to provide services that prioritize emotional and physical safety, client choice, and collaboration.

Day two focuses on the well-being of caregivers in human services, addressing burnout and empathic strain from exposure to trauma. Explore the journey from vicarious trauma to resilience and post-traumatic growth, emphasizing the strength found in Adversity.

Learning Objectives

• Define trauma and understand the different types of traumas.

• Identify the signs and symptoms of trauma.

• Understand the impacts and effects of trauma.

• Explore the principles of trauma-informed approaches, including Awareness, Safety, Trustworthiness, Choice and Control, Collaboration and Connection, and Strength-Based Approach.

• Explain the elements of vicarious trauma and how they have the potential to create an imbalance in our ability to sustain our work

• Discover the transformation from vicarious trauma response to post-traumatic growth.

• Discuss tools and wisdom related to emotional intelligence and resilience as ways of supporting strength-based relationships and individual and collective growth within the professional setting.

• Explore the Indigenous theory of two-eyed seeing as a mindset and tool that can support healing and understanding related to vicarious trauma.

This training is now available at no cost to Edmonton and area participants by using the discount code Living25.

For more information: Imagine Training Framework PDF

To register: Imagine Institute for Learning Upcoming Sessions

QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) - Imagine Institute for Learning

A 3-hour session designed to share strategies on how to both identify and support someone who may be at risk of suicide.

Imagine Institute for Learning is certified by the QPR Institute to provide suicide prevention training. QPR teaches the warning signs of a suicide crisis, how to offer hope through positive action and ultimately, how to assist in saving a life. The three basic steps for this training workshop include:

Question - the individual's desire or intent regarding suicide;
Persuade - the person to seek and accept help and support;
Refer - the person to the appropriate resources.

This initiative was created to talk openly about suicide and to reduce the stigma that is attached. The plan is to provide better awareness and knowledge to service providers, front-line workers and others so that they are trained to detect signs of suicidality and equipped to refer the appropriate assistance and supports.

This training is now available at no cost to Edmonton and area participants by using the discount code Living25.

For more information: Imagine Training Framework PDF

To register: Imagine Institute for Learning Upcoming Sessions