This training will provide an overview of both historical and current day racial trauma, including how they affect child and family outcomes. Participants will engage in in-depth discussion about specific experiences that are shared by entire communities and that can result in cumulative emotional and psychological wounds that are carried across generations. An in-depth discussion about historical events as the root of multigenerational trauma also will be a part of the training.

Learners will:

• Describe historical and racial trauma, including causes and symptoms   
• Explain the attachment cycle and how it plays out within a variety of settings
• Identify strategies to help children and families heal from historical and racial trauma.

Who should attend: All staff of family resource center (FRCs), child abuse prevention councils (CAPCs), and other child- and family-serving organizations.

Save the Dates! Participants will be invited to attend two processing sessions following this training. Read more about these sessions below.