9630L • Fostering Safety and Trust through Trauma-Informed Practices

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9630L • Fostering Safety and Trust through Trauma-Informed Practices

How to Receive Credit

Course Overview

Audience

Accreditations & Approvals

Designations of Credit

Individual State Behavioral Health Approvals

Course Objective

Learning Objectives

Faculty

Faculty Disclosure

Division Planners

Division Planners Disclosure

Director of Development and Academic Affairs

Director Disclosure Statement

About the Sponsor

Disclosure Statement

Implicit Bias in Health Care

1. INTRODUCTION

2. WEBINAR

3. SLIDES

Works Cited

9630L • Fostering Safety and Trust through Trauma-Informed Practices

Jess Mather, CPT, LPTA. SFG, FRCms, FMS

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This live event takes place Monday, March 30, 5 pm-8 pm EDT (2 pm-5 pm PDT).

This course begins by highlighting the benefits of social connection, touch, and therapeutic relationships for individuals with trauma. Participants will examine the science behind effective bedside manner, focusing on co-regulation and its crucial role in client success. The curriculum will then address how to shift language to support clients’ self-sufficiency, empowerment, and autonomy. Participants will identify different types of boundaries and learn strategies to help clients navigate medical treatments while maintaining their voice. Finally, the course will cover how to integrate trauma-informed care into marketing practices and professional conduct, ensuring a holistic and respectful approach to client interactions.

9630L • Fostering Safety and Trust through Trauma-Informed Practices

Education Category. Webinars

Release Date. 01/01/2026

Expiration Date. 04/15/2026

How to Receive Credit

To complete this course for continuing education credit please go to http://www.netce.com/course/3338 in your browser.

For assistance with receiving continuing education credit, please contact us at help@netce.com.

Course Overview

This live event takes place Monday, March 30, 5 pm-8 pm EDT (2 pm-5 pm PDT).

This course begins by highlighting the benefits of social connection, touch, and therapeutic relationships for individuals with trauma. Participants will examine the science behind effective bedside manner, focusing on co-regulation and its crucial role in client success. The curriculum will then address how to shift language to support clients’ self-sufficiency, empowerment, and autonomy. Participants will identify different types of boundaries and learn strategies to help clients navigate medical treatments while maintaining their voice. Finally, the course will cover how to integrate trauma-informed care into marketing practices and professional conduct, ensuring a holistic and respectful approach to client interactions.

Audience

This live webinar is designed for mental and behavioral health professionals who would benefit from enhanced knowledge and skills related to trauma-informed practices.

Accreditations & Approvals

NetCE has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6361. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NetCE is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. As a Jointly Accredited Organization, NetCE 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 under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. NetCE is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). NetCE complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, NetCE is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. NetCE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0021. This course is considered live online by the New York State Board of Mental Health Counseling. NetCE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0033. This course is considered live online, as defined by the New York State Board for Social Work. Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of licensed master social work and licensed clinical social work in New York. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice for an LMSW and LCSW. A licensee who practices beyond the authorized scope of practice could be charged with unprofessional conduct under the Education Law and Regents Rules. NetCE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0015. This course is considered live online by the New York State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy. NetCE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0240. This course is considered live online by the New York State Board for Psychology.

Designations of Credit

NetCE designates this live event continuing education activity for 3 NBCC clock hour(s). NetCE designates this live event activity for 3 continuing education clock hours. Social workers participating in this intermediate to advanced course will receive 3 Cultural Competency continuing education clock hours. NetCE is authorized by IACET to offer 0.3 CEU(s) for this program. NetCE designates this continuing education activity for 3 credit(s).

Individual State Behavioral Health Approvals

In addition to states that accept ASWB, NetCE is approved as a provider of continuing education by the following state boards: Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners, Provider #0515; Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, CE Broker Provider #50-2405; Illinois Division of Professional Regulation for Social Workers, License #159.001094; Illinois Division of Professional Regulation for Licensed Professional and Clinical Counselors, License #197.000185; Illinois Division of Professional Regulation for Marriage and Family Therapists, License #168.000190;

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for healthcare professionals to trauma-informed approaches into practice.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

1. Identify what trauma and trauma-informed care are to demonstrate greater compassion for our clients and others.

2. Recall the symptoms and manifestations of early relational trauma.

3. Define co-regulation and understand its application when working with clients.

4. Define somatics and its role in safety and connection.

Faculty

Jess Mather, CPT, LPTA. SFG, FRCms, FMS, is a strength and rehabilitation professional dedicated to helping individuals experience less limitation, pain, fear, and insecurity in their bodies. With over 13 years of experience, she has supported thousands of clients aged 9 to over 99, witnessing firsthand the body's remarkable ability to adapt, strengthen, and heal. Since 2015, Jess has operated a successful telehealth practice, offering private coaching, courses, and group programs to clients in over a dozen countries. Her expertise extends to educating other therapists and healthcare providers on effectively supporting patients with complex chronic pain, trauma, and stress.

Faculty Disclosure

Contributing faculty, Jess Mather, CPT, LPTA. SFG, FRCms, FMS, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Division Planners

Scott Deatherage, PhD

Kimberly Byrd, EdD, PMSW

Candace Pierce, DNP, RN, CNE, COI

Leyna Antonucci, PT, DPT

Nicholas Bertoni, MD

John Makopoulos, MD

Division Planners Disclosure

The division planners have disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Director of Development and Academic Affairs

Sarah Campbell

Director Disclosure Statement

The Director of Development and Academic Affairs has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

About the Sponsor

The purpose of NetCE is to provide challenging curricula to assist healthcare professionals to raise their levels of expertise while fulfilling their continuing education requirements, thereby improving the quality of healthcare.

Our contributing faculty members have taken care to ensure that the information and recommendations are accurate and compatible with the standards generally accepted at the time of publication. The publisher disclaims any liability, loss or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents. Participants are cautioned about the potential risk of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into practice.

Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of NetCE not to accept commercial support. Furthermore, commercial interests are prohibited from distributing or providing access to this activity to learners.

Implicit Bias in Health Care

The role of implicit biases on healthcare outcomes has become a concern, as there is some evidence that implicit biases contribute to health disparities, professionals' attitudes toward and interactions with patients, quality of care, diagnoses, and treatment decisions. This may produce differences in help-seeking, diagnoses, and ultimately treatments and interventions. Implicit biases may also unwittingly produce professional behaviors, attitudes, and interactions that reduce patients' trust and comfort with their provider, leading to earlier termination of visits and/or reduced adherence and follow-up. Disadvantaged groups are marginalized in the healthcare system and vulnerable on multiple levels; health professionals' implicit biases can further exacerbate these existing disadvantages.

Interventions or strategies designed to reduce implicit bias may be categorized as change-based or control-based. Change-based interventions focus on reducing or changing cognitive associations underlying implicit biases. These interventions might include challenging stereotypes. Conversely, control-based interventions involve reducing the effects of the implicit bias on the individual's behaviors. These strategies include increasing awareness of biased thoughts and responses. The two types of interventions are not mutually exclusive and may be used synergistically.

1. INTRODUCTION

This course begins by highlighting the benefits of social connection, touch, and therapeutic relationships for individuals with trauma. Participants will examine the science behind effective bedside manner, focusing on co-regulation and its crucial role in client success. The curriculum will then address how to shift language to support clients' self-sufficiency, empowerment, and autonomy. Participants will identify different types of boundaries and learn strategies to help clients navigate medical treatments while maintaining their voice. Finally, the course will cover how to integrate trauma-informed care into marketing practices and professional conduct, ensuring a holistic and respectful approach to client interactions.

2. WEBINAR

To see this media go to http://www.NetCE.com/activities/ using a browser that supports Adobe Flash.

3. SLIDES

The slides from this webinar are available here.

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