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Strengthening Trauma Awareness and Resiliency Skills Certificate Course and Virtual Learning Community 2023

The Community Technical Assistance Center of New York (CTAC) is pleased to invite you to our upcoming Strengthening Trauma Awareness and Resiliency Skills (STARS) offering for providers working with children, youth, parents, caregivers, and/or families in New York State. Please read this announcement in its entirety for full details and note the session dates. 

Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) has historically focused on increasing awareness among practitioners about the prevalence and long-term impact of trauma and adversity in the lives of children, youth, adults and families. The STARS training goes beyond TIC and promotes trauma responsiveness among behavioral health practitioners. 

STARS provides information and tools to help:

  • Build foundational information about trauma

  • Practice techniques to promote and process conversations about trauma with clients

  • Use motivational interviewing techniques to promote engagement

  • Provide information and psychoeducation

  • Implement regulation strategies, including emotional regulation and co-regulation

  • Uphold culturally competent trauma-responsive care

  • Make effective referrals, including resource mapping and best practices for promoting follow-through on needed services

  • Understand the impact of trauma on providers of care and develop self-care plans to prevent fatigue and burnout

This webpage contains materials you will need to fully participate in the training as you work to strengthen the amazing work you are already doing!

STARS Training Timeline
This table will help orient, organize, and prepare you to actively participate in the STARS training.

The STARS training schedule is as follows:

Session 1: Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 12-1pm

Session 2: Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 12-2pm

Session 3: Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 12-2pm

Session 4: Tuesday, June 6, 2023, 12-2pm

Session 5: Tuesday, June 20, 2022, 12-2pm

STARS Guide

STARS-At-A-Glance

STARS Self-Care Strategies

STARS Maintenance Self-Care

Earning Continuing Education Hours for Participation in STARS*
This page describes how to obtain Continuing Education Hours for participating in STARS.

* We have partnered with the NYU Silver School of Social Work to offer a total of 11.0 CE's for Licensed Social Workers and Licensed Mental Health Counselors who attend the entirety of this Certificate Course and Learning Community using their unique generated Zoom link. Registration and payment of a nominal registration fee of $25 to the School is required to receive the CE's. .