Trauma Training
Psychological First Aid & Post Traumatic Stress Management (PFA &PTSM) is a crisis intervention model that gives service providers practical and adaptable skills they can use in their everyday practice, community work and emergency response.
This 2-day training will teach you how to create custom interventions for groups who have experienced school or community violence, suicides, COVID related stress, or similar traumatic incidents using techniques such as needs assessments, stabilization groups and restorative & holistic methods like grounding and mindfulness.
Cost: $250 for two days
Location: Various sites in Manitoba. Currently training is via Zoom
Pre-registration is required.
Please contact Caprice Kehler at 204-479-2426 for more information or email at ckehler2@norwestcoop.ca.
The NorWest Trauma Team has been trained by Psychologist Dr. Robert Macy from the International Trauma Centre in Boston and have been working closely with him since 2015. Dr. Robert Macy is a clinical psychologist, traumatologist, and neuroscience researcher with over 30 years practice in the field of psychological trauma interventions, development and implementation of trauma informed care. He is a pioneer in the field of Traumatic Incident Stress Interventions for children, youth, their families and their communities exposed to traumatic events including large-scale disasters, community and armed conflict violence.
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