Group Strategies & Interventions for Traumatized Children & Adolescents
Instructor: Gretchen M. Miller, MA, ATR-BC, CTC
The Group Strategies & Interventions with Traumatized Children & Adolescents online course will focus on the benefit, strategies, interventions, and considerations important to facilitating group work with traumatized children and adolescents. Course content will introduce participants to themes, sensory based activities,therapeutic books, games, and creative interventions to implement in the group setting with traumatized youth.
Learning Objectives
- Learn practical tools and important themes to consider when working with traumatized youth;
- Be introduced to group interventions and resources that incorporate sensory-based intervention, therapeutic books, and art expression;
- Gain a trauma informed understanding about how these strategies and interventions can promote safety, emotional expression,coping, validation, and normalizing when working with traumatized youth;
- Enhance your awareness and insight about the benefits of using hands-on and creative interventions in group work with traumatized youth.
Instructor, Gretchen M. Miller, MA, ATR-BC, CTC is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist and TLC Certified Trauma Consultant practicing in Cleveland, Ohio. She specializes in working with children, adolescents, and families impacted by childhood trauma,homelessness, domestic violence, and grief & loss. Gretchen is an adjunct faculty member for the Art Therapy & Counseling Graduate Program at Ursuline College, teaches and presents regionally and nationally on the application of art therapy and trauma intervention and co-authored a chapter on domestic violence and authored a chapter on adolescents in the Second Edition of The Handbook of Art Therapy. To learn more about Gretchen’s work and interests please visit www.gretchen-miller.com.
Cost of taking this course online is $100. Upon successful completion of assignments tests and evaluation, a certificate of completion can be downloaded. CEs are not included in the price of this course but can be purchased in the TLC Online Bookstore.If you have questions about CEUs email [email protected].
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