Trauma ScreenTIME Schools Course
The Trauma ScreenTIME Schools Course is an online training course on how to screen children for trauma in schools. This training was developed by the Child Health and Development Institute in collaboration with national experts based on current research and best practices.
The ScreenTIME Schools Course provides staff working with children and youth in schools the knowledge to effectively screen children for trauma and connect families with their preferred supports and services to help children recover from the effects of trauma exposure.
Topics covered include:
- The importance of screening for trauma and traumatic stress
- Common questions about trauma screening
- Developing a screening process for your school
- Selecting a screening measure
- Best practices when conducting screening with a child and family
- Using the results of screening to help children and families
The course is appropriate for clinical as well as non-clinical staff, including school leadership and administrative staff, nurses, office staff, teachers, paraprofessionals, and school mental health staff.
The ScreenTIME Schools Course is currently available at no cost to all child-serving professionals, and continuing education credits are available.
Why should schools screen kids for trauma?
In this video, experts explain why trauma screening in schools makes sense. CHDI's free, online Trauma ScreenTIME Course helps school leaders & staff learn about trauma's effects on learning and develop screening programs.
Register for Trauma ScreenTIMEOther Trauma ScreenTIME Courses
- Trauma ScreenTIME Pediatric Primary Care Course: for staff in pediatric primary care settings
- Trauma ScreenTIME Schools Course: for educators, staff, and administrators in K-12 schools
- Trauma ScreenTIME Early Childhood Course: for staff and administrators of early childhood education, home visiting, childcare, and related programs
- Trauma ScreenTIME Core Course: general course appropriate for staff in any other child-serving setting
Trauma ScreenTIME is part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and is funded through a federal grant from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Courses are available to anyone nationwide and CECs/CEUs are available.
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