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TLC offers courses
designed to enable schools, crisis teams, child and family counselors,
and private practitioners to help traumatized children. Online courses
are also available.
Click on a course below to read a description.
TLC Courses |
TLC
Online Courses |
Finish your TLC Certification ONLINE!
Attend the three required Level-1 courses and get Certified from home! All you need to do is successfully complete any two TLC online courses and an essay exam to get your Certification.
Professional CEUs ONLINE!
All online courses provide professional CEUs. The cost is $100 per course. Essay exams are $175. Some courses include books/resources. We continue to add new courses, so keep checking our listings.
Save time and travel by taking a TLC online course!
| Learn the differences between grief and trauma and come to know trauma as an experience rather than a diagnostic category. Learn how to become a “witness” to a child’s traumatic experience to best appreciate the intensity of the experience and the needs of the child; to see what he now sees as he looks at himself and the world around him. Video-taped interviews will demonstrate how TLC’s evidence-based, structured sensory intervention process brings children relief from the terror of their traumatic experiences. This structured process is used in schools and agencies across the country and has been proven, via research, to reduce trauma-specific reactions across all three major sub-categories. When participating in the TLC Certification Program each participant will receive the TLC DVD, Tools to Help the Helper. Upon completion a certificate will be handed out. This course is worth 6 contact hours for continuing education. | |
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| Learn trauma-specific intervention tasks and techniques as well as see them demonstrated. This is a practice day. The presenter engages attendees in an encapsulated demonstration of the major sensory structured processes. Attendees will also participate in additional activities and, by days end, will feel comfortable using any of the TLC intervention programs. A brief presentation of the TLC evidence-based research and outcome will support the value of TLC’s structured sensory programs in schools and agencies. The complete intervention programs are available to conference attendees at a reduced price. The Trauma Intervention Program is a comprehensive individual program for children 6-12 years old and adolescents 13-18 years old. I Feel Better Now! Intervention Program is a group program for 6-12 years olds. What Color is Your Hurt? is an individual program for preschoolers 3-6 years old. If you would like to order any of these intervention programs for pick-up at the conference, please check the appropriate boxes on the registration form. When participating in the TLC Certification Program, the TLC book, Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents will be given to all attendees. | |
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Trauma
Debriefing in Schools and Agencies |
The TLC Debriefing Model fits with the uniqueness of school and agency settings. The models address the developmental issues, time and resource constraints, needs of staff as well as students/clients, administrative issues and trauma response issues. Five models are demonstrated: Debriefing for adolescents and adults, Defusing for K-5th grade, Operational Debriefing for all staff, Debriefing the Debriefers, Crisis Team members or first respondents and Classroom Presentation which is different than debriefing and usually initiated before the start of debriefing. The TLC Debriefing Model is the outcome of work with over 1,500 professionals who have participated in debriefing training. The purchase of the Debriefing Handbook, although recommended, is optional. It answers over 100 questions frequently asked about debriefing in schools and agencies and presents each model into a 5" x 8" format for duplication in a card format to be used during debriefing sessions. It is available at the conference for a reduced price. |
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| Learn what to do in the days following a trauma when crisis intervention may be needed. Tragedies, like Hurricane Katrina and 9/11, leave behind devastation and destruction. Because victims are constantly reminded of the trauma, their state of crisis is prolonged and heightened. Very specific intervention techniques will be demonstrated which are designed to stabilize those in crisis in the days that follow exposure, at a time when specific trauma intervention would not be appropriate. | |
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This presentation provides the participant trauma-specific play therapy strategies. Strategies (puppets, sand tray, and other mediums) will be demonstrated and critical therapeutic guidelines related to their use will be highlighted. A review of the most current trauma-specific books for use in sessions will also be presented. Participants will also take part in activities using some the materials discussed. |
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| Always different, this presentation brings nationally recognized leaders in trauma intervention. TLC has hosted Denis Donovan, Babette Rothschild, Linda Peterson, Beverly James, Lenore Terr, Alan Wolfelt, Al Siebert, Ileana Gill and others. Some descriptions include: Ready...Set...R.E.L.A.X. and Children in Distress: Screening Children's Art | |
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AVAILABLE ONLINE This presentation focuses on understanding the physiology of trauma by understanding the normal life-preserving survival responses of “flight/fight/freeze” in an individual and how they fulfill nature’s species-preserving function. Investigating the disturbance of these responses forms the essential foundation for understanding symptoms that results in Post-Traumatic Stress and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Trauma is fundamentally a highly activated incomplete psycho-physiological response to threat, frozen in time. What is significant in the resolution of trauma is the completion of incompleted responses to threat and the ensuing discharge of the energy that was mobilized for survival. Cost of taking this course online is $100 which includes CEUs. Upon successful completion of assignments tests and evaluation, a certificate will be sent out. This course provides 6 continuing education contact hours.
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This presentation will focus on the instinctual survival roll of activation/arousal and the mechanisms that perpetuate it once the traumatic incident or threat has passed. Procedures that will directly aid in managing and reducing and discharging activation that occurs during a traumatic incident will be demonstrated and discussed. Understanding how to reduce and allow for gradual discharge of Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) hyperarousal enhances the success of resolving the trauma and aids in restoration of homeostasis and balance, and a return to normal functioning. |
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Art and drawing help traumatized children externalize and concretize their experience in a language that can then be cognitively reframed. Sensory-based interventions are key in facilitating trauma debriefing, re-enactment, and resolution. This course provides a foundation for why drawing and art activities enhance trauma intervention and our understanding of PTSD in children. Participants will learn how to recognize the signs of PTSD in children’s art and specific interventions for use in schools, shelters, hospitals and clinics. |
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ONLINE COURSE This presentation will identify warning signs and high risk factors leading to suicidal attempts. Characteristics of potentially suicidal child/youth, specific interventions strategies and skills including legal responsibilities, assessment of risk and what is necessary to help prevent contagion following an actual completion. Develop specific intervention skills with survivors of suicide including organized responses necessary in school settings and the ways grief following suicide differs from grief following non-suicidal losses. Purchase of the TLC book, A Handbook of Intervention Following Suicide or Trauma in Schools is optional, but recommended, and available to conference attendees at the reduced rate of $20. Cost of taking this course online is $100 which includes CEUs and the TLC book, Handbook of Intervention Following Suicide or Trauma in Schools, which will be shipped to the participant. Upon successful completion of assignments tests and evaluation, a certificate will be sent out. This course provides 6 continuing education contact hours. Click here to go to the TLC Bookstore to register to take this course online. |
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Study Level-3 |
The Case Study documents that the participant has had extensive training in the TLC outcome-based interventions for traumatized children, adolescents and parents. It formally documents the participants ability to integrate knowledge with practice.
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| Ready...Set... R.E.L.A.X. All Levels |
Ready...Set...R.E.L.A.X.
with Roger Klein Stress affects children, as well as adults. This workshop examines the physiological and psychological effects of stress on children, and details a program designed to reduce anxiety and improve self-concept in children. The program includes self-guided stories, discussion questions and activities, and emphasizes imagery and relaxation. Workshop participants learn specific interventions to use with individual children or groups of children in schools, health care facilities, clinical settings and the home. Lecture, demonstrations (live and video), discussions and time for practicing the techniques are all included in the day’s activities. |
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Lectures All Levels |
TLC is pleased to bring you Guest Lectures of varied topics.
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| TLC is pleased to bring you Assembly Workshops of varied topics dealing with trauma and loss, helpful interventions for infants, children, adolescents, and families, art, play, helping the helper, and others. Presenters typically come from all over the country, work in the trauma field, and are eager to share their experience and knowledge with Assembly attendees. | |
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AVAILABLE ONLINE The Essay Exam is not a requirement for Certification. It is offered as an option for those who do not have the funding or time to travel to a TLC training to attend the remaining two required courses for Level-1 Certification. Anyone who has taken the following three prerequisite courses is eligible to take the Essay Exam in order to complete their Level-l Certification:
There are two exams available. One is for those who are applying for Clinical Specialist Certification and another for those applying for School Specialist Certification. The cost is $175 to take one exam. The exam does NOT provide CEU's. About the exam: It
is a comprehensive essay exam that will take anywhere from 4 to
8 hours to complete, depending upon the person. It can be submitted
to TLC for credit up to 6 months from date of purchase of the exam.
TLC's book, A Handbook of Interventions following Suicide or Trauma in School, is included in the School Specialist Exam. All other materials needed to complete the exam can be found online and in articles on our web site. Participants will also use information from the SITCAP book, which they will already have already received from the course, Children of Trauma. The Essay Exams are available online. Click here to sign up to take the exam online. You may also call the TLC office toll-free at 877-306-5256 to register for the exam and have it mailed to you. |
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Exam Level-2 Required |
AVAILABLE ONLINE This exam is the final step in obtaining Level-2 TLC Trauma and Loss Consultant Certification. CEUs are not available for this exam. The Essay Exams are available online. Click here to sign up to take the exam online. You may also call the TLC office toll-free at 877-306-5256 to register for the exam and have it mailed to you. |
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Exam Level-3 Required |
AVAILABLE ONLINE This exam is the final step in obtaining Level-3 TLC Trauma and Loss Consultant Supervisor Certification. CEUs are not available for this exam. The Essay Exams are available online. Click here to sign up to take the exam online. You may also call the TLC office toll-free at 877-306-5256 to register for the exam and have it mailed to you. |
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Reaching and Teaching Stressed and Anxious Students Teacher: Barbara Oehlberg |
AVAILABLE ONLINE In every classroom there are students who have experienced grievous losses. For some, these losses have been multiple; for some, they have been sudden and shocking, throwing the entire family into crisis. The feelings that may be experienced under the umbrella of fear include a sense of abandonment, betrayal, helplessness, shame, hopelessness, disappointment, sadness, grief and depression. While these feelings emerge out of perceptions or interpretations, not reality, the feelings are very real to youngsters and ultimately drive their behaviors, that is, until the feelings are transformed. The appropriate behaviors cannot be resolved until the children have had an opportunity to symbolically process and integrate their loss. The good news is that there is a wealth of sensory activities that permit children to connect with the overwhelming memories in order to externalize the imprint of terror and helplessness and over come it. This course will provide the information and interventions needed for teachers to reach and teach these students. Cost of taking this course online is $100 which includes CEUs. Upon successful completion of assignments tests and evaluation, a certificate will be sent out. This course provides 6 continuing education contact hours. Click here to go to the TLC Bookstore to register to take this course online. |
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Zero to Three: Trauma Intervention Teacher: Caelan Kuban, MSW |
AVAILABLE ONLINE This course will provide you with the background and tools needed to work with infants and toddlers and their caregivers after they have experienced a traumatic situation. You will learn how to educate parents, facilitate secure attachments and reduce arousal reactions so that healing can occur. Cost of taking this course online is $100 which includes CEUs and the TLC book, Handbook of Trauma Interventions: Zero to Three, which will be shipped to the participant. Upon successful completion of assignments tests and evaluation, a certificate will be sent out. This course provides 6 continuing education contact hours. Click here to go to the TLC Bookstore to register to take this course online. |
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Teacher: Dave Opalewski |
AVAILABLE ONLINE Adolescents are not supposed to experience death. Although it should never happen, the harsh reality is that it does, and when it does, it is a terrible shock for the adolescent. This course will help you, as the caring adult, be a guide through this troubling time by helping you understand what the adolescent is going through and giving you comprehensive techniques to address the situation. This is a time when a caring, unassuming adult can make a positive difference in a young person by fostering growth and maturity. Cost of taking this course online is $100 which includes CEUs. Upon successful completion of assignments tests and evaluation, a certificate will be sent out. This course provides 6 continuing education contact hours. Click here to go to the TLC Bookstore to register to take this course online. |
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Working Through an Ethical Lens Teacher: Tana Bridge |
AVAILABLE ONLINE With a commitment to providing best practice interventions, ethical perspective and decision-making remain paramount. This presentation allows practitioners the opportunity to review their professional code of ethics and learn where ethical dilemmas impact both the populations we serve and those issues present with complicated grieving and trauma interventions. A framework to work through and arrive at the most ethical response will be presented. Cost of taking this course online is $100 which includes CEUs. Upon successful completion of assignments tests and evaluation, a certificate will be sent out. This course provides 6 continuing education contact hours. This online course fulfills Michigan Social Workers requirements. Click here to go to the TLC Bookstore to register to take this course online. |
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Teacher: Cae Kuban |
AVAILABLE ONLINE This course defines the relationship between trauma experiences and pain. Sensory-based interventions are identified giving intervenors tools to help manage and alleviate the pain felt by the children and adults with whom they work. This course fulfills the pain management continuing education requirement for Social Workers in the State of Michigan and provides 1 CE credit. Cost of course is $25. Click here to go to the TLC Bookstore to register to take this course online. |
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Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth in Children Teacher: Cae Kuban |
AVAILABLE ONLINE This course defines posttraumatic growth and resilience. It provides participants with a working knowledge of factors commonly associated with resilience and posttraumatic growth in children. Strategies and sensory-based activities to help identify and support resilience and encourage posttraumatic growth in children are presented. Cost of taking this course online is $100 which includes CEUs. Upon successful completion of assignments tests and evaluation, a certificate will be sent out. This course provides 6 continuing education contact hours. Click here to go to the TLC Bookstore to register to take this course online.
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Art, Play, Music, Drama & Bibliotherapy: Advanced Skills Level-2 Teacher: Cathy Malchiodi
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AVAILABLE ONLINE This comprehensive course teaches a wide range of creative interventions for working with traumatized children. The teacher, Cathy Malchiodi, is an internationally renowned speaker and author with over 25 years of experience as an art therapist. She has worked with survivors of traumatic experiences, including domestic violence, physical and sexual abuse, disaster and serious or life threatening illness. In this course she demonstrates sensory-based techniques that significantly enhance trauma therapy by providing children the opportunity to express their trauma experience through multiple creative approaches. Purchase of the book, Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children, by Cathy A. Malchiodi, 2008 Guilford Publications, ISBN:1593856156 (332 pages) is required reading for successful completion of this course. For your convenience, this book is available for purchase for $38 from the TLC Online Bookstore. Click here to go to the TLC Online Bookstore. The cost of taking this course online is $100 which includes CEUs. Upon successful completion of assignments tests and evaluation, a certificate will be sent out. This course provides 6 continuing education contact hours and also provides 6 contact hours for Play Therapy (APT approved provider 01-108). Click here to go to the TLC Bookstore to register to take this course online. |
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Teacher: Kelly Warner
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AVAILABLE ONLINE This online course will provide valuable information on how you can address the needs of youth who witness domestic violence. Participants will learn about the dynamics of domestic violence, effects of witnessing domestic violence on children, how parenting is affected, and best practices in responding to youth who are exposed to domestic violence. Anyone working in the community will be better equipped to address the needs of families who have experienced the trauma of domestic violence. Cost of taking this course online is $100 which includes CEUs. Upon successful completion of assignments tests and evaluation, a certificate will be sent out. This course provides 6 continuing education contact hours. Click here to go to the TLC Bookstore to register to take this course online. |
| Trauma Informed Schools
Teacher: Barbara Oehlberg |
AVAILABLE ONLINE There is a high correlation between traumatic stress and low achievement and disruptive behaviors in schools. Sharing this information with colleagues and generating school policies that better meet the needs of stressed students can be a challenge. This course will give you the knowlege and tools to guide you in your efforts to make your school trauma informed. Cost of taking this course online is $100 which includes CEUs. Upon successful completion of assignments tests and evaluation, a certificate will be sent out. This course provides 6 continuing education contact hours. Click here to go to the TLC Bookstore to register to take this course online. |
