Overview
This updated curriculum is a comprehensive foundation for trauma-informed care. The 7-unit curriculum includes information on the most common symptoms of trauma, understanding the neurobiology and developmental impacts of trauma, promoting relational health and resilience, identifying, managing, and responding to trauma through evidence-based interventions. View the session recordings and download accompanying slides below.
Sessions
Session 1 – The Science Behind Trauma-Informed Care
Session 2 – Presentations of Trauma
Session 3 – Prevention & Relational Health Care
Session 4 – Detection – The What and The How
Session 5 – Responding to Trauma in the Office
Session 6 – Treating Trauma – Therapeutic Options
Session 7 – Treating Trauma – Medications
Once you’ve reviewed and completed the trauma-informed care curriculum, you should be familiar with:
- The most common symptoms of trauma
- Developmental and health impacts of trauma
- Strategies for caregivers and physicians to use to promote resilience
- Effective screening and surveillance tools
- Techniques for managing trauma symptoms
To learn more about implementing trauma-informed care into your practice, take a look at our Pedialink courses:
Pedialink Course 1: Trauma-Informed Care and Resilience Promotion
This self-directed, video-based series aims to empower pediatricians and healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to implement evidence-based, trauma-informed care and resilience promotion in everyday practice. The course reinforces the concepts and principles in a video based modality, emphasizing the foundational curriculum seen above.
Access accompanying resources: Patient Case Study Scripts & Slides
Free for AAP members; 3.00 CME credits and 3.00 MOC Part 2 points available upon completion.
Pedialink Course 2: Practical Strategies for Implementing Trauma-Informed Care
This self-directed, video-based series explains the connection between relational health and trauma-informed care and identifies strategies for providers and caregivers to promote relational health. The course builds upon the first course and dives deeper into trauma symptoms and response by age groups, including guidance on trauma-informed care interventions and psychotropic prescribing.
Free for AAP members and non-members; 3.00 CME credits and 3.00 MOC Part 2 points available upon completion.
Last Updated
07/31/2027
Source
American Academy of Pediatrics