New Course from ChildCare Education Institute on Supporting Children and Families Who Have Experienced Trauma
20 February 2020 - 7:00PM
ChildCare Education Institute® (CCEI), an online child care
training provider dedicated exclusively to the early care and
education workforce, is proud to introduce
SOC110:
Supporting Children and Families Who Have Experienced
Trauma to the online child care training course catalog.
The CDC has recently called childhood trauma a public health
concern for which intentional prevention efforts should be
established. A CDC study found that close to 60% of Americans have
experienced at least one type of childhood trauma and about 15%
have experienced 4 or more types of childhood trauma. Traumatic
experiences can have detrimental effects that can impact both
mental and physical health well into adulthood, including a higher
risk of heart disease, cancer, obesity, and depression.
Traumatic events affect everyone differently. The way
individuals react to traumatic events will vary based on the
person’s age, developmental level and environmental factors, as
well as the degree of exposure to the trauma. Traumatic events can
leave psychological symptoms long after any physical injuries have
healed. As an early childhood educator, it is your job to support
the development of the whole child. It is also your responsibility
to offer support to families. Sometimes, this will require you to
respond to the stress and emotions children and their families are
feeling due to traumatic events in their lives.
According to the study results, people who reported having experienced
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
were more likely to experience the following
conditions in adulthood:
- Chronic health problems
- Infectious diseases
- Mental health diagnoses
- Risky behaviors
- Injury
There are a number of potentially traumatic events that occur
during childhood that can have a detrimental impact on children’s
health and wellness and follow them into adulthood. This course
examines the impact of different forms of trauma that children may
experience and explores ways that child care professionals can
support children and families in these situations.
This course explores the developmental impacts of different
types of family trauma, from parent incarceration, family
separation and military deployment, to domestic violence,
addiction, and loss of a loved one. Participants will learn ways,
based on current brain research, to structure support for children
and families who have experienced trauma. Specific classroom
strategies and parent resources are also provided.
“Child care providers work with children and families who have
experienced a wide variety of family trauma,” says Maria C. Taylor,
President and CEO of CCEI. “It is important that providers
understand how events in a child's life will impact a child's
mental health and their day to day interactions and behaviors. With
this deeper understanding, teachers will be able to build skills
necessary to support children and families who are managing the
effects of trauma in their lives.”
SOC110: Supporting Children and Families Who Have
Experienced Trauma is a two-hour, intermediate-level
course and grants 0.2 IACET CEU upon successful completion. Current
CCEI users with active, unlimited annual subscriptions can register
for professional development courses at no additional cost when
logged in to their CCEI account. Users without subscriptions can
purchase child care training courses as block hours through CCEI
online enrollment.
For more information, visit www.cceionline.edu or call
1.800.499.9907, prompt 3, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST
ChildCare Education Institute, LLC
ChildCare Education Institute®, a division of Excelligence
Learning Corporation, provides high-quality, distance education
certificates and child care training programs in an array of child
care settings, including preschool centers, family child care,
prekindergarten classrooms, nanny care, online daycare training and
more. Over 150 English and Spanish child care training courses are
available online to meet licensing, recognition program, and Head
Start Requirements. CCEI also has online certification programs
that provide the coursework requirement for national credentials
including the CDA, Director and Early Childhood Credentials.
CCEI, a Council for Professional Recognition CDA Gold Standard™
training provider, is nationally accredited by the Distance
Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), is accredited as an
Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing
Education and Training (IACET), and is authorized under the
Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions Act of 1990,
license number 837.
Ashley Sasher
ChildCare Education Institute
678-942-1531
asasher@cceionline.edu