Course Description

Learners will review the effect of trauma on the brain before shifting their focus to vicarious trauma. Participants will explore how their exposure to clients can leave a traumatic mark on the brain. They will complete an exercise to explore their own thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and relationships since exposure to stress and trauma, and finally, they will create a resilience plan to utilize moving forward.


Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe how trauma impacts brain functioning and differentiate between direct trauma and vicarious trauma in helping professionals.
  2. Identify and reflect on personal cognitive, emotional, physical, and relational responses to ongoing exposure to client trauma through guided self-assessment and experiential exercises.
  3. Develop an individualized resilience and safety plan that applies trauma-informed and brain-based strategies to support ongoing well-being in advocacy or helping roles.

Course curriculum

    1. About the learning platform

    2. Syllabus

    3. Access to the course

    4. Meet your instructors

    5. Survey

    1. Video: Intro to Trauma Symptoms

    2. Exercise: Trauma Symptoms

    3. Video: Trauma in the Brain

    4. Handout: Trauma in the Brain and Body

    5. Exercise: Trauma and the Brain

    6. Information: Understanding Social and Cultural Trauma

    1. Video: Defining Key Terms

    2. Handout: Key Terms

    3. Check Your Understanding of Key Terms!

    4. Video: Vicarious Trauma and the Brain

    5. Handout: Vicarious Trauma and the Brain

    6. Check Your Understanding of Trauma and the Brain!

    7. Video: Signs and Symptoms

    8. Video: Risk and Protective Factors

    9. Information: Over-Functioning

    10. Check Your Understanding of Over-Functioning!

    1. Handout: Tips and Strategies

    2. Video: Managing Vicarious Trauma

    3. VIDEO: Introducing the Resilience Plan

    4. Exercise: Make a Resilience Plan

    1. VIDEO: Summary of the Course

    2. Quiz

    3. Resource Guide

    4. Next Steps After Completion

    5. Feedback

About this course

  • $39.00
  • 30 lessons

Intended Audience

This course is designed for victim advocates, family advocates, and child advocates who respond to cases of power-based violence. While social workers, case managers, healthcare providers, educators, and therapists are welcome to take this course (and may gain a lot from it!), it is not specifically designed for them. All of the examples and case studies include scenarios related to domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and human trafficking. 

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Access to On Demand Courses

Learners will have access to the course for 90 days

Unless otherwise specified, all courses offer 90 days of access. Generally speaking, The Advocacy Academy is happy to offer more time when a learner makes a request. 

Note: Learners who purchase the "Ultimate Advocate Bundle" will have access to their courses for 1 year.

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We offer LIVE trainings (on Zoom with an instructor) or On Demand (with no live instructor). Each course's title indicates if it is "LIVE" or "On Demand."

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FAQ

  • What can I expect from a "LIVE" course?

    Upon purchase, you will have access to a learning platform with a welcome message, a Zoom link, and some resources to review. On the date of the live course, you will log in to your Thinkific account and click the link to the Zoom meeting. There is no pre-work required, but some resources (articles, videos, etc.) might be available for you to enjoy ahead of time. Learners will have access to the platform and it's resources for 1 month after the live event.

  • What can I expect from an "on demand" course?

    Upon purchase, you will have access to a learning platform with videos, exercises, quizzes, and articles. Complete the course materials at your own place. Some learners will finish in one sitting, while others may take several days or weeks. Learners will have access for 90 days (3 months) from the time of purchase, unless they have purchased a subscription package, which allows ongoing access beyond 3 months.

  • I'm curious about the "custom" options. What are they?

    The Advocacy Academy can build a course tailored to the needs of your organization/ team. The course can be designed in many different ways: (1) In Thinkific (like an on demand course), (2) Live on Zoom, or (3) Live onsite at your company/ organization. Email [email protected] to set up a meeting to discuss.

  • Will I receive CEUs if I participate in a course?

    If you are looking for CEUs for credentialed advocates, NACP or D-SAACP are the accrediting bodies for that certification. On their websites, they indicate that you do not need pre-approval for CEU courses that you may take. Anything related to victim advocacy should count. The staff at The Advocacy Academy can help with any documentation that you need. If you are looking for social work, nursing, or any other kind of CEUs, please contact your accrediting body to find out the requirements. Typically, we able to provide the proper documentation needed for professionals across many disciplines to receive CEUs. It might just require a little leg work!

  • Can I enroll my entire team?

    Yes. If you have a large group of people to enroll, email [email protected] for assistance. You can just send a list with each person's name and email address. We can upload it to the system, rather than entering them one at a time.

  • How do I enroll in all of the courses at once?

    From our homepage, find the option titled "Ultimate Advocate Bundle." You can enroll in all of the on demand courses at a discounted rate, and you will receive a year of access, rather than the standard 30 days that usually comes with an on demand course.

  • I still have a question. What should I do?

    Email [email protected]

Understand Our Return Policy

  • Payments are non-refundable unless otherwise stated in our refund policy (see Terms and Conditions at the very bottom of this page).

  • Registrations cannot be transferred to another course or to another person unless otherwise stated in our transfer policy (see Terms and Conditions at the very bottom of this page).