Creating a Trauma-Informed organization: Becky Haas, instructor
Join us for the workshop, Creating a Trauma-Informed Organization, hosted by the Phelps County Dream Center on Friday, Sept. 29, from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM in Rolla.
The workshop will be led by Becky Haas, an international advocate and trainer on using a trauma-informed approach, the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study and Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) study. She is a pioneer in creating trauma-informed communities. Scroll down for more information about Becky.
Trauma is a widespread, harmful and costly public health problem. It occurs as a result of violence, abuse, neglect, loss, disaster, war and other emotionally harmful experiences.
Unaddressed trauma significantly increases the risk of mental health and substance abuse disorders.
The need to address trauma is increasingly viewed as an important component of effective service delivery where professional development and awareness is needed.
Workshop participants will learn:
The workshop will be led by Becky Haas, an international advocate and trainer on using a trauma-informed approach, the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study and Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) study. She is a pioneer in creating trauma-informed communities. Scroll down for more information about Becky.
Trauma is a widespread, harmful and costly public health problem. It occurs as a result of violence, abuse, neglect, loss, disaster, war and other emotionally harmful experiences.
Unaddressed trauma significantly increases the risk of mental health and substance abuse disorders.
The need to address trauma is increasingly viewed as an important component of effective service delivery where professional development and awareness is needed.
Workshop participants will learn:
- the basics of trauma and how to identify it;
- how trauma affects early brain development;
- understanding the significance of the Adverse Childhood Experiences study;
- the universal prevalence of trauma;
- skills to help trauma survivors foster resilience;
- how to create protective factors needed for people to thrive in their future, and
- a framework for using a trauma-informed approach within any organization.
- The event is a FREE service to our community! Space is limited. Register below!
More about Becky
The work Becky led while working for the Johnson City Police Department in Northeast Tennessee was recognized by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in 2018 as a model for other cities to follow. In 2019 she co-authored the "Building a Trauma Informed System of Care" toolkit for the Tennessee Department of Children's services detailing a blueprint for creating community resilience. This toolkit has been recommended as a “practical tool” in Johns Hopkins, Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action.
Becky is the author of several sector specific professional development trainings with two receiving statewide accreditation in Tennessee as evidence-based training. Becky developed and recorded an asynchronous online Trauma Informed Professional Certificate for Teachers, Creating Trauma Informed Resilient Schools, in the summer of 2022 in partnership with Emory & Henry College. It was launched in early 2023.
Among the diverse sectors of professionals, she has trained, she is uniquely distinguished for her work training police officers and others in the justice system to understand trauma. In 2022, she was honored to receive the Friends of Children award from the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth for her work as a local, state, and national leader in implementation and support of trauma informed services and communities. Becky has a deep understanding of the importance for every professional sector to have intimate knowledge of healthy early childhood development and the potential for early adversity to disrupt that healthy development.
She is a founding member of the East Tennessee State University Ballad Health Strong Brain Institute and serves on the Expert Advisory Board for Pathways to Resilience and Navigate 360.
Becky is the author of several sector specific professional development trainings with two receiving statewide accreditation in Tennessee as evidence-based training. Becky developed and recorded an asynchronous online Trauma Informed Professional Certificate for Teachers, Creating Trauma Informed Resilient Schools, in the summer of 2022 in partnership with Emory & Henry College. It was launched in early 2023.
Among the diverse sectors of professionals, she has trained, she is uniquely distinguished for her work training police officers and others in the justice system to understand trauma. In 2022, she was honored to receive the Friends of Children award from the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth for her work as a local, state, and national leader in implementation and support of trauma informed services and communities. Becky has a deep understanding of the importance for every professional sector to have intimate knowledge of healthy early childhood development and the potential for early adversity to disrupt that healthy development.
She is a founding member of the East Tennessee State University Ballad Health Strong Brain Institute and serves on the Expert Advisory Board for Pathways to Resilience and Navigate 360.
