Resources

News outlets publish articles every day with headlines such as “pandemic is over;” these will be found next to headlines that describe the long-lasting mental health effects or learning gaps that the pandemic has exacerbated. Opinions on the pandemic’s ending notwithstanding, students are back in school and everyone is adjusting to education in what may be a post-pandemic world. One of our favorite phrases is, “the pandemic did not cause new symptoms to develop in our society: it raised the anxiety, which worsened existing symptom development.” Our online learning courses provide a unique, systems-based perspective on human functioning, mental health, socioemotional learning, and trauma-informed practices.  

The professional development offered by the Center for Trauma Informed Practices (CTIP) uses the best and latest research-based information on how people learn to create online courses. Our courses equip educators with the knowledge and skills to better understand their learners, the situations they come from, and the impacts that individuals have on systems and vice-versa. Socioemotional learning has been explored with various dimensions, models, and principles. In our case, we take socioemotional learning to be the umbrella under which our learning fits.

The Center for Trauma Informed Practices is a leader in the field of trauma, threat assessment, and violence prevention. Our organization has assisted in the aftermaths of some of the most publicized traumatic events in schools including the shootings at Columbine and Taber, Alberta. It is through events like these, and through partnerships with organizations like the FBI and the United States Secret Service that we have developed meaningful content for educators who want to improve the learning environment of their schools and classrooms.