Date: 5/27/2022, 10:00 am—1:00 pm
County: -Training Offerings
CEUs: No
Location: DISTANCE LEARNING
Sponsor: Alternative Family Services (AFS)
Phone: (916) 254-5200
In discussion, trainer explores how interacting with seriously traumatized children has the potential to affect care-givers. Trainer begins with an introduction to post-traumatic stress disorder as being one of the possible negative consequences of exposure to traumatic events. Trainer discusses the concepts of vicarious traumatization, secondary traumatic stress, burnout and compassion fatigue, as potential adverse consequences for adults who strive to help children who have been traumatized or victimized