Impact of Trauma on Early Child Development (0-5)

This course addresses the impact of traumatic experiences on six areas of child development (physical and brain, cognitive, attachment and relationship, psychosocial, emotional, and moral). We will begin by reviewing normative child development and how traumatic experiences interact with age at exposure and protective factors to impact outcomes. We will then review how trauma exposure at various ages could impact the six areas of child development. Participants will explore and engage in experiential activities that will enhance their abilities to understand and to effectively address issues associated with trauma in children.

Learning Objectives:

Describe theories of normative child development across six areas of development
Recognize the interplay of traumatic experiences, age at exposure, and protective factors
Understand the impact of trauma on physical and cognitive development
Understand the impact of trauma on attachment, relationship, and psychosocial development
Recognize the impact of trauma on emotional and moral development
List steps child welfare workers can take to incorporate understanding of the impact of trauma in their work

Academic Units

CEUs

0.55

Section Number

243FAM108

Instruction Method

Online class

Section Notes

The format of this virtual training will be on Zoom. You will receive login information via email once your enrollment has been received.

ADA compliance
UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education is committed to assisting students with disabilities, including mobility, visual, hearing, communication and learning disabilities, to participate fully in our programs. Our website includes information on how students with disabilities can request reasonable accommodations to address their special needs: https://cpe.ucdavis.edu/student-services/disabilities. If you require special accommodations for promotional material, please call (530) 752-9726 or email resourcecenter@ucdavis.edu and we will be happy to assist you. UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education complies with all local, state and federal regulations including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Customer Grievance
UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education is committed to providing education, professional training and consultation services that are of the highest quality and consistent with the high standards of the University of California. UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education is fully committed to compliance with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be nondiscriminatory in promotional activities, program content and in the treatment of students and other customers. Complaints about course content or instructors are best directed to the specific center within UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education which is offering the course. For more information, please call (530) 752-9726.

Enroll Now

Section Schedule

Tues., Mar 18th, 2025, 9:00am to 12:00pm

Thur., Mar 20th, 2025, 9:00am to 12:00pm

Fees

Instructors

Brandi Hawk

Brandi Hawk earned her Ph.D. in Clinical and Developmental Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied the impact of institution-wide caregiver interventions on the development of young children reared in institutions in the Russian Federation. She is currently a licensed psychologist at the Child and Adolescent Abuse Resource, Evaluation, Diagnostic, and Treatment Center (CAARE Center) within the Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis Children’s Hospital. She is the clinical manager for programs providing mental health services to children experiencing homelessness and young children in new foster placements and is a co-developer of Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE), a brief intervention for children and caregivers. She has conducted trainings on children’s mental health, interventions for children, parenting and childhood trauma both nationally and internationally.

Chelsea Alcantara

Chelsea Alcantara is a clinical psychologist at the UC Davis Child and Adolescent Abuse Resource and Evaluation (CAARE) Center in Sacramento, California. She provides evidenced-based treatments to underserved youth ages 0-18 years and their families with a variety of mental health conditions. She also provides mental health consultation and preventative dyadic interventions within an integrated primary care clinic for youth involved in child welfare. Her expertise is in treating children that have experienced trauma and in the treatment of young children 0-5 years and their families. She focuses on strengthening the caregiving relationships in a child’s life that sets the foundation for resilience and all future development.