Advance your expertise in trauma-informed care and become a Certified Trauma and Resilience Specialist
The SITCAP® model helps youth heal by addressing trauma where it lives—in the body—using structured sensory experiences that restore safety and build resilience.
If you work with youth facing stress, trauma, dysregulation, or emotional overwhelm, the tools you use matter. They need to be effective. They need to be safe. And they need to reflect what we now know about how trauma affects the developing brain and body. That’s why Starr Commonwealth is proud to introduce the updated Clinical Foundations of Trauma & Resilience certification course. Clinical Foundations is an evidence-based training designed for clinicians, therapists, counselors, social workers, OTs, SLPs, child life specialists, and anyone supporting youth in healing. The SITCAP® model helps youth heal by addressing trauma where it lives—in the body—using structured sensory experiences that restore safety and build resilience.
Who This Is For
Our trauma certification empowers social workers, counselors, therapists, psychologists, health care providers, criminal justice professionals, and any direct service provider who works with children to expand their expertise in trauma-informed practices.
Whether you’re licensed or not, if you support children’s emotional, behavioral, or developmental needs, this certification equips you with the tools to implement the SITCAP® model.
What You’ll Learn
By completing this certification, you’ll develop a deeper understanding of how stress and trauma affect children, and you’ll also acquire practical tools and resources to offer effective support.
Gain deep insight into trauma’s impact on youth and the role of resilience in fostering positive outcomes.
Master the SITCAP® model and its evidence-based programs to utilize sensory-based interventions.
Decrease trauma symptoms and reactions of anxiety, avoidance, aggression and rule-breaking behaviors.
Make every interaction with children an opportunity to provide protective factors for their healing and future resilience.
This package includes our Clinical Foundations of Trauma and Resilience course and a large collection of resources—including hundreds of pages of activity guides, assessment tools, and a comprehensive new textbook, Foundations of Trauma and Resilience: Structured Sensory Interventions, a robust manual that offers:
