Division 56’s Education and Training Committee has compiled a list of graduate academic programs that currently offer training in trauma or have faculty who specialize in trauma. If you know of additional programs or faculty that should be included, please contact the Chair of the Committee to have them added to the list.  We would like to…

Textbooks Grades Coverage of Childhood Maltreatment Download Summary A recent study by Cindy Miller-Perrin of Pepperdine University found that textbooks used in teaching Introductory Psychology courses often lack information about the prevalence and impact of child maltreatment, despite the well-documented and often long-term negative impact that maltreatment has on children (Kissee, Isaacson, & Miller-Perrin, 2014).  Even more concerning, some…

Guidelines on Trauma Competencies for Education and Training The scientific literature on trauma is large and growing. However most mental health professionals only have a cursory knowledge of this science (Courtois & Gold, 2009) . In addition, they have no formal training in nor apply evidence-based psychosocial treatments for trauma-related disorders (Cook, Dinnen, Rehman, Bufka,…

Education Video Collection The Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders, a treatment and services adaptation center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed a library of 50+ films of therapy sessions and dialogues amongst therapists, youth, and caregivers that are designed for pre-professional and professional education by bringing to life the experience of…

TeachTrauma Bethany Brand’s TeachTrauma site contains a variety of course syllabi and other helpful information on teaching trauma in an academic setting.

Graduate Class Syllabi Special Topics: Working with Trauma in Clinical Practice Trauma and Resilience Trauma and Dissociation Trauma-Focused Approaches to Intervention Advanced Trauma-Focused Approaches to Intervention Trauma Seminar Traumatic Stress Assessment and Treatment of Trauma Clinical Case Seminar in Trauma Studies: Transdisciplinary Reappraisals of Clinical Work Trauma: Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives Crisis and Disaster Interventions…

Graduate/Undergraduate Syllabi Psychology of Trauma Trauma Psychology Trauma and Resiliency

Undergraduate Class Syllabi The Impact of Trauma on the Individual and Society Handling Trauma in Counseling Sociology – Trauma and Society Psychology of Stress and Trauma Special Topics/Seminar in Psychology: PTSD Science of Resilience