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CE Course Description

For children and youth who experience child abuse or neglect and associated trauma, brain development may be interrupted, leading to functional impairments.  This CE course summarizes what healthcare professionals can do to promote healthy brain development for this vulnerable group of children and youth and put families and service providers in touch with the most effective, evidence-based interventions.

Author:  Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2017, September). Supporting brain development in traumatized children and youth. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau.

Retrieved from: https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/braindevtrauma/

CE Course Objectives

1. Explain the findings for the correlations between childhood abuse and neglect and altered brain functioning.
2. Compare and contrast the different treatments available for trauma-affected children and youth.
3. Give three examples of how healthcare professionals can help parents and caregivers understand child development.
4. Analyze the outcomes for which early intervention services result in greater developmental progress of participating children.

CE Outline with Main Points

1.  Understanding Trauma and Brain Development

2.  Abusive Head Trauma

3.  Encouraging Healthy Brain Development

a.  Preventing Trauma

b.  Enhancing Caregiver Interactions and Building Relationships

c.  Supporting Brain Development in Older Children

4.  Screening Children for Services and Working With Other Providers

a.  Early Intervention

b.  Quality Early Care and Education

c.  Schools and Communities

d.  Child Welfare and Education Collaboration

e.  Mental Health

5.  Treatment for Trauma-Affected Children and Youth

a.  Attachment and Biobehavioral Catchup

b.  Child-Parent Psychotherapy

c.  Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

d.  Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

e.  Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma

f.  Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

g.  Trauma Systems Therapy

h. Mindfulness Meditation

i.  Coping With Trauma

ACE credit is not offered for this course. A list of courses offering ACE credit can be found here.

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Added On: 09/01/2017