Centering Collective Trauma Care and Healing

***NOTICE: This course is available through Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at midnight. Enrollment for this course will close on Tuesday, June 10, at midnight. All participants must complete the required coursework, pass all quizzes/posttests with an 80% or higher, and submit an evaluation survey before Wednesday, June 25, at midnight to earn CE credit and receive a certificate.***

3 Continuing Education Clock Hours

Course Description

This training will explore ways to center collective care, healing, and wellbeing to address the manifestation of trauma, trauma reactions, and trauma integration within the lives of child, adolescent, and youth client systems.

Participants will be grounded in the principles of a Trauma Informed Care approach in working with potentially traumatized and hurting client systems. Taking a universal precautions approach, participants will explore concrete ways they can engage in centering collective care and healing to set the stage for culturally responsive trauma interventions.

Diving into the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study and considering the embodiment of trauma, training participants will explore innovative approaches to treating trauma, with a focus on family and culturally bound healing interventions.

Learning Objectives

• Assess the clinical manifestations of trauma responses in BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color)/2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, plus allies and others on the gender/sexual identity continuum) client systems
• Describe what a culturally sensitive and informed behavioral health care approach for trauma interventions can look like with pediatric and transitional aged client systems in their field/work settings
• Articulate three strategies you can personally apply to be more effective in the provision of trauma-informed care

Course Outline

• Welcome to the Course
  • Course Objectives, Course Tasks, Course Format, Course Support
• Introduction, Objectives, & Tasks: Introduction of what will be covered in the module. 
• Module 1: What is Trauma? 
  • Coursework: Lectures, videos, reading, and other components to address the objectives. 
• Module 2: Adverse Childhood Experiences 
  • Coursework: Lectures, videos, reading, and other components to address the objectives. 
• Module 3: Trauma-Informed Care
  • Coursework: Lectures, videos, reading, and other components to address the objectives. 
• Module 4: Culturally Sensitive and Informed Behavioral Health Care Approach for Trauma Intervention 
  • Coursework: Lectures, videos, reading, and other components to address the objectives. 
• Module 5: Addressing Racial Stress 
  • Coursework: Lectures, videos, reading, and other components to address the objectives. 
• Module 6: Additional Techniques for Race-based Trauma
  • Coursework: Lectures, videos, reading, and other components to address the objectives. 
• Knowledge Check
  • Quiz to test participants’ understanding of the course content. 
• Course Evaluation Survey
  • Course Wrap Up
  • Participant Data Survey for Grant Reporting
  • Course Evaluation Instructions, Report License Number for CE Credit, Contact for Additional Questions, Concerns, or Feedback
• Collect Your Certificate 

Developed by Dr. Lois Marie Clay Stepney, PhD, MSW, LISW-S

Assistant Clinical Faculty, The Ohio State University College of Social Work

Dr. Lois Marie Clay Stepney, PhD, MSW, LISW-S, newly appointed to an Assistant Clinical Faculty role in the College of Social Work, is a passionate adult educator who has taught social work practice courses in the College of Social Work for the past 21 years. Ms. Stepney has utilized her social work skills in the Columbus, OH community working primarily with children, adolescents, and their adult caregivers for most of her 28 years in the profession. She has clinical, administrative, and supervisory experience. Dr. Stepney’s research and professional presentation interests align with addressing the promotion and realization of collective care and healing, resilience, financial, spiritual, relational, and emotional wellbeing especially for helping professionals and the client systems they serve.

Course Completion Requirements

• Participants must complete all coursework requirements and pass the course quiz/posttest in addition to submitting an evaluation survey to earn CE credit and a certificate.
• Partial credit is not permitted for this course.
• The projected time for completion of this self-paced hybrid asynchronous distance learning course is 3 hours based on input from social workers in the development process.
• The course is divided into 6 modules that all include reading- and video-based materials, as well as externally linked webpages, with a 25-question posttest to be completed at the end of the content sections.
• Participants are required to score 80% or higher to pass the module quizzes. Unlimited attempts are allowed.
• The evaluation survey will be immediately available once the required coursework and quizzes are finished, and must be completed to receive CE credit.
• The CE certificate will be available for download once the evaluation survey is submitted.

Certificates & CE Reporting

The CE certificate will be available for download in the ScarletCanvas-Catalog Learning Platform once the evaluation survey is submitted. Participants will also receive an automated email from ScarletCanvas-Catalog at notifications@instructure.com containing a link to download the certificate within 24-hours of completion. Ensure you have this email address marked as a safe sender to receive communications from ScarletCanvas-Catalog.

Hours for those with Ohio licenses that are submitted with the evaluation survey will be reported to CE Broker every 14 days (twice per month).

Cancellations, Refunds, Grievances, Accessibility Requests & Learning Accommodations

Please visit the Policies section of our website for more information on our processes for cancellations, refunds, grievances, course completions & certificates, participant conduct, and accessibility requests and learning accommodations.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you require an accommodation to participate in this course, please contact CSW Accessibility as early as possible and in advance of the training start date by email at csw-accessibility@osu.edu or call 614-688-1657. Requests received at least 14-days prior to the date you plan to begin a course will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the College will make every effort to meet requests that we receive regardless of lead time.

Questions, Concerns, or Feedback? Contact Us!

If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback about the course content or delivery format, please contact the CSW Office of Continuing Education at cswce@osu.edu. For questions related to the course content, our office will facilitate communication with the course instructor on your behalf and connect you, if applicable. 

The Ohio State University, College of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education, 302 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210. Phone: (614) 292-3032 Email: cswce@osu.edu Website: csw.osu.edu/continuing-education/   

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Approval Statements

This training is approved by The Ohio State University College of Social Work and accepted by The State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist (OCSWMFT) Board.   

The Ohio State University College of Social Work, (Provider: 50-24068), is an approved provider for The Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals (OCDP) Board. 

The Ohio State University College of Social Work, (Provider: 1628), is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. OSU College of Social Work maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 4/30/22-4/30/25. Social workers completing this course receive three (3) general continuing education credits. 

Please note: You may only complete this course one time for CE credit. You are welcome to access a course again to revisit content while it is open, but you will only receive one certificate and credit for Ohio licensees will only be reported to CE Broker one time for your completion of this particular course.