Enhancing Well-Being: Managing Secondary Trauma & Burnout in Child Welfare - Two-Part Series

This interactive and innovative two-part training will equip child welfare professionals with the tools to maximize psychosocial adaptability and resilience to minimize the negative impacts of the exposure to tragedy, crisis, pain and suffering related to their work. Through facilitated discussion, participants will have an opportunity to self-assess their levels of empathy, resilience, well-being and self-care; learn about the latest neuroscience research in trauma, burnout and well-being; and share with and hear insights from their colleagues.

After attending this training, participants will be able to:

Identify symptoms and signs of secondary trauma and burnout
Identify their own personal risk and protective factors to assist in prevention and management of secondary trauma and burnout symptomatology
Cultivate strategies to develop a stress resilient mindset
Build a personalized well-being toolbox from best practice strategies

CEUs

0.6

Section Number

244SSA965

Instruction Method

Online class

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Section Schedule

Thur., Jun 5th, 2025, 9:00am to 12:00pm

Thur., Jun 12th, 2025, 9:00am to 12:00pm

Fees

Instructors

Beth Cohen

Beth Cohen, Ph.D., is the administrator of the Organizational Mind Group PC, a professional consultative business focused on building individual and organizational health and well-being. Cohen utilizes her many years of expertise in organizational and individual well-being to assess needs, design interventions, develop programs and train leadership, management and staff in both private and public sectors. She is a professional threat assessor, primary and secondary trauma and violence prevention expert, national speaker and certified meditation instructor with postgraduate studies in organizational neuroscience. In addition, Cohen has an extensive background in human resources, occupational health, emergency response, and risk management. She works with health and human services organizations across the nation as a consultant, facilitator and trainer. She also designs and implements post-trauma responses after traumatic events including disasters, child deaths, mass murder and terrorism.