Building Neuro-Inclusive & Trauma-Responsive Workplaces
This 3-hour intermediate-level course is for an array of human services professionals, including social workers, psychologists, counselors, and others who are working in child welfare and related careers.
Course Overview
People's brains are unique, including yours, your colleagues, and your clients. Neurodiversity describes the ways that unique brains process and respond to the world. Trauma can be a contributing factor to some forms of neurodivergence, and being neurodivergent can result in increased levels of trauma. Human services work is complex. Using strategies that routinely support all kinds of brains increases the well-being and safety of everyone involved. Trauma Responsive and Neuro-Inclusive strategies go well together. We will discuss ways to incorporate these strategies at the individual, team, and organizational levels. This intermediate-level virtual course is for an array of human services professionals, including social workers, psychologists, counselors, and others who are working in child welfare and related careers.
Participants will be able to:
Describe the concepts of Neurodiversity and Neuro-inclusion as they relate to human services work.
Discuss the way Neurodiversity and Trauma interact with each other, impacting people's needs and behaviors.
Explain how trauma-responsive practices and neuro-inclusive practices support and build on one another to benefit human services work.
What people have said about other trainings presented by Laura Gaines:
“The trainer provided “very helpful activities and kept the interest level high.”—Sharon L.
“I appreciated the flow of the activities and the interactivity of the training.” --Alex P.
Laura Gaines, MSW, LISW-S
Laura A. Gaines, MSW, LISW-S is a clinical social worker who has spent decades helping individuals, families and organizations thrive by building their unique resilience. Her experience includes caring for individuals with developmental disabilities, directing a mental health practice for children and adolescents, training and curriculum development. Laura specializes in child and adolescent development, mental health, neurodiversity, trauma-informed care, resilience, and ethics. Laura is an engaged and energetic presenter, with a goal to provide solid information that has practical applications for her audiences.
