Starr’s Trauma and Resilience Specialist Certification is a comprehensive program that advances the expertise of professionals who work with children across settings. Certified Trauma and Resilience Specialists acquire knowledge and practical tools to effectively foster resilience and healing in children who experience stress and trauma. A curious mindset is essential for trauma-informed and resilience-focused care. Participants learn to observe children through a lens of curiosity, wondering not only about adverse experiences but also about strengths and resources.
Focusing on brain development, science, and research about the nervous system provides a greater understanding of how new resilience-building interactions and experiences – not fear or punishment – resolve challenging symptoms, reactions, and behavior in children. Certification supports confidence and motivates professionals to implement strength-based best practices to reduce challenging behavior, decrease anxiety, aggression, and rule-breaking behavior, increase academic performance, and enhance overall well-being.
“This makes so much sense. Yes, we have to address the child’s pain before behavior will ever improve. I can’t believe I never learned these concepts before taking this certification.”
– Elementary educator
There are three distinct Trauma and Resilience Specialist Certifications for competence and proficiency in particular fields: Clinical, Education, and Early Childhood. Clinical professionals such as social workers, counselors, and therapists master the SITCAP® model, a sensory-based approach to working with traumatized youth. Educators learn detailed and concrete actions to create supportive and restorative classrooms and school climates. Early childhood professionals like preschool teachers, childcare specialists, early childhood center directors, and staff learn how to make every interaction with children an opportunity to provide protective factors to promote optimal development.
“I feel so much more confident now. I know I am an excellent practitioner, but I have been desperate for concrete tools to use with the children in my practice.”
– Social Worker
Certification provides professional credibility and recognition for those who desire to learn and participate in a solution to address the national emergency in child and adolescent mental health. Your role in this is significant and impactful. Starr’s theory of change states that when trauma-informed, resilience-focused adults work within trauma-informed, resilience-focused systems, the overall well-being of all children will increase.
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