Trauma: Beyond the Basics - (2024)

Includes a Live Web Event on 11/15/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)

Child life specialists often provide support to children who display post-traumatic stress symptoms during hospital visits due to the high prevalence of childhood traumatic stress. To identify and support these symptoms properly, the child life specialists will facilitate education related to recognizing varied traumatic stress responses and providing prompt and appropriate interventions in child life practice.

Suggested Domain: Professional Responsibility, Assessment, Intervention

1.5 PDU

Learning Objective(s):

- Participants will be able to identify how their own life experiences have an impact on the psychosocial care they provide within the hospital setting. 

- Participants will be able to acknowledge how trauma can impact the patient and family’s coping and recognize developmentally appropriate trauma responses.

- Participants will be able to appropriately adapt interventions to meet the emotional safety needs of patients and families by proactively addressing trauma responses. 

- Participants will be able to demonstrate problem-solving skills and flexibility when supporting patients whose trauma responses do not fall within the typical and/or expected trauma responses. 

- Participants will be able to confidently operate within the child life scope of practice when working with trauma patients and families and reliably recognize when to refer or collaborate with other supporting disciplines.


Please note: All webinar contents and its certificate will expire on 11/15/2027 regardless of when it is purchased, accessed, or completed. At that point, contents will no longer be available in any form, including as an archive or as a PDU certificate. It is the responsibility of the learner to complete the contents and download and save the certificate for their records prior to 11/15/2027.


Cortnee Miller, MS, CCLS

Senior Certified Child Life Specialist

Children's Hospital Colorado

Cortnee Miller, MS, CCLS is a certified child life specialist in the inpatient rehab, ortho, and trauma unit at Children's Hospital Colorado. She has been in the field for 8 years and is a Medical Dog Handler. In her role she provides support to both acute and long-term patients following a traumatic event, recognizing the variability between acute and long-term trauma responses. Through assessment, education, and relationship-building, Cortnee continues to find passion in supporting these patients and their families.

Abbey Schaefer, MS, CTRS, CCLS

Child Life Specialist

Children's Hospital Colorado

Abbey Schaefer, MS, CCLS, CTRS is a certified child life specialist currently working on the inpatient surgical and trauma unit at Children's Hospital Colorado. She has been in the field for 3 years and is dually certified in both Therapeutic Recreation and Child Life. In her role, Abbey utilizes in-depth assessments to create trauma-informed care plans that allow patients and families to find a sense of safety following a traumatic event. Abbey is also passionate about health equity and inclusivity in the child life field and strives to incorporate this into her work with trauma patients and their families.

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Trauma: Beyond the Basics
11/15/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)  |  90 minutes
11/15/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)  |  90 minutes Child life specialists often provide support to children who display post-traumatic stress symptoms during hospital visits due to the high prevalence of childhood traumatic stress. To identify and support these symptoms properly, the child life specialists will facilitate education related to recognizing varied traumatic stress responses and providing prompt and appropriate interventions in child life practice.
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6 Questions
Quiz
2 Questions  |  3 attempts  |  4/2 points to pass
2 Questions  |  3 attempts  |  4/2 points to pass
Certificate
1.50 Professional Responsibility, Assessment, Intervention credits  |  Certificate available
1.50 Professional Responsibility, Assessment, Intervention credits  |  Certificate available