Trauma Informed Care

Gena Castro Rodriquez, LMFT, in partnership with San Francisco Mental Health Education Funds, Inc. and Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. is presenting the seventh training of the 2013 Trauma Training Series. These trainings are developed for those interested in working with adolescents and young adults who are involved in the mental health/health, child welfare, education, juvenile justice systems or other public services. Continuing Education Credits (CEU) will be offered for MFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs.

Workshop Description:

Many people who access mental health services have experienced trauma and these experiences shape their responses to treatment and services. Trauma Informed Care (TIC) is an approach to engaging people who have histories of trauma including awareness and understanding of the role trauma has played in their
lives. Workshop participants will learn to apply TIC strategies to various aspects of treatment including environments, policies and procedures, and program development and delivery. We will focus on the National Center for Trauma Informed Care efforts to change the paradigm from “what’s wrong with you?” to “what has happened to you?”.

Objectives:

• Definition of trauma informed care as an approach to engaging people with histories of trauma.
• Understanding of trauma informed care principles and best practices.
• Understanding of consumer experience of engagement with services, what works and what doesn’t, as well as promising practices.
• Knowledge of how to implement trauma informed care for providers and organizations and in multiple contexts, environments and service ranges.

CEU Credit (additional $20): 

MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs: Course meets the qualifications for up to 6 hours of continuing education credit for as required by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. CEs provided by SFMHEF, Inc. and Helynna Brooke (license number PCE5073).

Psychologists: Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponser continuing education for psychologists. Psycho-Legal Associates maintains responsibility for the programs.

RNs: Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 11769. Each course provides six contact hours per day.

Cost:

• Conference fee: $25.00 
  
• Conference fee plus 6 CEUs: $45.00 

Payment can be made using your Credit Card/Debit Card, Paypal or by check made payable to: SFMHEF, Inc.and mailed to SFMHEF, Inc. 1380 Howard Street, #226, SF, CA 94103.

Facilitator:

Ms. Castro Rodriguez is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has provided individual and group therapy to youth for nine years. She was the co-founder and former executive director of the Youth Justice Institute, a non-profit agency in the San Francisco and Oakland serving youth at risk for and involved in the juvenile justice system through direct services, policy advocacy and training. In addition to her work with Youth Justice Institute, Ms. Castro Rodriguez is an adjunct professor in graduate counseling psychology programs at University of San Francisco and has taught in the community mental health graduate program at the California Institute for Integral Studies. She has written articles in the areas of mental health treatment, sexual identity, trauma, delinquency and exploitation for young women. Ms. Castro Rodriguez holds a bachelors degree in psychology from Sacramento State University, a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco and a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the California Institute for Integral Studies, where she is also a Clinical Psychology Doctoral candidate.