Trauma, Parenting, and Challenging Behaviors (School-Age)

This course has been adapted from the CalTrin-hosted webinar, Trauma, Parenting, and Challenging Behaviors (School-Age), presented by Melissa Bernstein, PhD on March 30, 2023. Effectively managing behavioral challenges in school-age children can be difficult for parents and caregivers, especially when the child has experienced a traumatic event.  This course will provide foundational information on the impact of trauma on parenting and review strategies for helping caregivers identify and respond to challenging behaviors for school-age children exposed to trauma.

In this course we will:

1. Explore the impact of trauma on school-age children
2. Explain how to better collaborate with caregivers of traumatized school-age children
3. Identify strategies to support caregivers in addressing challenging behaviors and trauma reactions

Featured Presenter: Melissa Bernstein, PhD

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 trauma and utilizing evidence-based practices at the individual, family, and system levels.

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.