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Step 1: Complete Course
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Step 2: Complete Survey
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Step 3: Certificate of Completion
Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Traumatic Stress
Explore the emotional impact of trauma exposure on helping professionals
This course will introduce the concepts of compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress, and explore the emotional impact of this work on helping professionals.
In this course we will cover the following objectives:
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- Review compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress in helping professionals
- Identify common types of stressors that can occur in the workplace when working with children and families
- Recognize symptoms of compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress
Featured Presenter: Melissa Bernstein, PhD, Director of the Advancing California’s Trauma-Informed Systems (ACTS) Project www.actsproject.com
In her role at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, Melissa Bernstein, PhD, directs the Advancing California’s Trauma-Informed Systems (ACTS) and Trauma-Informed Licensing Team (TILT) Initiatives. Her research centers around supporting systems in planning for, implementing, and sustaining trauma-informed change that aligns with best practice and science.
As a psychologist working with children, youth, and families impacted by traumatic stress, she has developed expertise in understanding child maltreatment and utilizing evidence-based practices at an individual, family, and system level.
You can also follow Dr. Bernstein on Twitter @DrMelBern.
This course has been adapted from a live CalTrin training. Text, images, and recordings created by the presenter of the source webinar are not individually credited. We have made every effort to appropriately credit all other text, images, and recordings. Please contact CalTrin if any content in this course has been incorrectly credited or for permission to use elements of this course.