Trauma & PTSD Courses

Build an understanding of trauma and learn to manage trauma symptoms for yourself and others. Learn from expert educators with flexible online courses.

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FAQ

Trauma is a lasting emotional response to a distressing, disturbing, or life-threatening event or series of events. It can manifest in many different ways and affects mental health, physical health, social behaviour, emotional regulation, and overall well-being.

Studying trauma and PTSD can benefit almost anyone, but is especially helpful for those working closely with children, young people, or adults who have experienced trauma or struggle with mental health issues.

Trauma and PTSD courses can also be a useful pursuit for individuals who have experienced trauma or PTSD themselves and want to understand it further.

Studying trauma and PTSD can benefit almost anyone, but is especially helpful for those working closely with children, young people, or adults who have experienced trauma or struggle with mental health issues.

Trauma and PTSD courses can also be a useful pursuit for individuals who have experienced trauma or PTSD themselves and want to understand it further.

Our mindfulness and wellbeing courses will offer insight into what trauma is and how it affects people, providing you with skills and tools to support victims of trauma or PTSD.

Yes, we offer a variety of courses about trauma and its impact on mental health and behaviour, as well as how to use a trauma-informed practice to support young people and adults. Teachers, teaching assistants, youth support workers, and anyone who works closely with people who have experienced trauma can build CPD.

Online trauma & PTSD courses

Our online trauma and PTSD courses will provide you with a strong understanding of trauma and how it affects people’s emotional, physical, and mental well-being. You’ll learn about different types of trauma, how trauma manifests over time, and the ways it can impact our behaviour.

Trauma courses will also provide tools and strategies for supporting those who have experienced trauma or PTSD, which can be applied across many different avenues of your life and career.

PTSD and trauma training can be particularly useful for educators, people who want to enter the mental health field, and anyone who has experienced trauma wanting to gain a deeper understanding of their own responses and behaviour.

Understand how to improve your teaching skills for young people impacted by trauma

We offer a variety of courses designed by expert educators and mental health professionals. You’ll find courses created specifically for teachers and individuals working with young people that have experienced trauma and want to learn how to apply trauma-informed practice.

Through courses that provide a comprehensive overview of youth mental health, you can learn about childhood adversity and mental health to gain an understanding of how childhood trauma impacts beliefs, behaviour, and development.

We also offer practical courses to equip you with the skills needed to teach students who have suffered complex trauma. You’ll explore how trauma affects students’ physical, emotional and social development and how to adapt teaching strategies and approaches to support young people who have experienced trauma or PTSD.

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