Introduction to Trauma Informed Care in Early Childhood Settings

This course explores the multiple impacts of trauma on the developing child along with ways to build resiliency. The role of the teacher, in the context of the child’s larger circle of protective factors, is developed in terms of social emotional learning (SEL), family support and engagement, setting up the physical environment, advocacy, and self-care. An evidence-based approach, through trauma-informed best practices, guides the learning, where students will practice and apply course concepts in an early childhood classroom in a 15-hour faculty-guided field component.