Professional & Community Training
CRT is committed to supporting Chicago communities by enabling those who work with children to better understand and identify mental health challenges, and to make appropriate treatment referrals.
Our Training staff provide extensive expertise with children who face a variety of behavioral and emotional challenges, a history of childhood trauma, prenatal exposure to alcohol or drugs, or learning and developmental concerns.
Presentation topics range from childhood trauma and secondary traumatic stress to prenatal substance exposure, impediments to healthy child development, and more.
All programs can be customized to meet the needs of a particular audience. CRT is able to offer Continuing Education (CE) credits to those holding LCSW and LCPC credentials.
TRAINING TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Trauma 101
- Understanding Trauma and Behavior
- Understanding Trauma: How Hard Experiences Can Affect Children and Why it Matters
- Introduction to Community Partners and Student Mental Health
- Crisis Management
- Depression
- Sensory Processing and Integration
- Working With Youth with FASDs in School
- Anxiety and Depression
- Mental Health 101/Mental Health of Black Children/ De-escalation strategies
- Self-Injury and Suicide: How to Assess and Respond
- ARC Training
- Intergeneration Trauma
- Autism 101
- Depression in School Aged Children
- Understanding the Intersection Between Trauma and Disabilities
- Child Development: Developmental Milestones and How They May Be Impacted by Trauma
- Anxiety in School Aged Children
- Mindfulness & Self Care for Parents Training
- Recognizing Social Emotional Needs in the Classroom
- Behavior Management
- Social Emotional Learning
- Regulation and Co-Regulation
- Psychological Assessment
- Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
