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Many social workers are familiar with trauma-informed care (TIC), but do you really know how to apply it to real clients in the real world? This presentation will describe how social workers can transform the future by shifting the paradigm to a trauma-informed lens. Research has consistently found that trauma can have long-term effects on social, emotional, cognitive, relational, and behavioral functioning. This session will briefly summarize research describing the impact of traumatic experiences across the lifespan. Using SAMHSA’s principles and components of TIC, we will focus on viewing and responding to client strengths and needs through the lens of trauma. TIPs (trauma-informed practices) will be offered to help participants translate abstract concepts and principles into real interventions across a variety of social work roles, client populations, and service settings. The lecture will be followed by a question and answer session.

Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will become informed about cross-disciplinary research describing the neurocognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral impacts of trauma.
2. Participants will be able to define principles of trauma-informed care and identify components of trauma-informed practices
3. Participants will learn to conceptualize presenting problems through a trauma lens and translate TIC principles into practices.