CWLA is pleased to present a three-part virtual training series that features our CWLA Press publication Working with Traumatized Children – A Handbook for Healing, Fourth Edition, newly released in 2026. As reflected by evolving research, this edition includes new information on trauma’s impact on the brain, essential practices for providers, an expanded chapter on trauma symptoms, and practical suggestions for creating safety. The training reflects these new additions and gives an overview of the first five chapters of Working with Traumatized Children.
Join us to learn about strategies and approaches for caregivers and others responsible for meeting the needs of children who are vulnerable. Participants will gain a strengthened capacity to:
- Define what trauma is and differentiate it from stress.
- Name the three essential practices of providers necessary for healing trauma in children.
- Give four examples of trauma symptoms in adults and children.
- Describe two ways trauma can impact the brains of children.
- Explain the importance of providing for safety in working with adults and children who have been traumatized.
- Provide several examples of how systems can be traumatizing or retraumatizing to individuals.
- Articulate how knowledge about the Vagus Nerve can be helpful in working with families and children who have been traumatized.
- Express why self-reflective practices and supervision are important when working with adults and children who have been traumatized.
Trainer: Paulette Mader, MSN is a Senior Training and Consultation Specialist at Rutgers University. She is a certified trainer in “Nurtured Heart Approach”, “ACE and the Neurobiology of Trauma”, “Wrap Around” and “CFT”.