Brain 101: Understanding the Impact of Trauma on the Brain

Georgia State University Child Welfare Training Collaborative is presenting “Brain 101: Understanding the Impact of Trauma on the Brain” on Thursday, January 23, 2024 from 9:00AM-12:30PM. This is a virtual training opportunity.

This course will provide participants with foundational knowledge about how adversity and trauma can impact the brain. The course introduces brain architecture and early brain development in children and focuses on the impact of adverse experiences and childhood trauma on the brain.

Topics Covered

• Adversity and trauma and the impact on brain development
• Brain systems
• Adverse childhood experiences and brain development
• Resilience and brain development

Instructor bio:

Debra Ross, MSW serves as an Instructional Services Coordinator with the Georgia State University School of Social Work Child Welfare Training Collaborative. In this role, Debra facilitates training classes and workshops on various topics including trauma and the impact of trauma on children, families, and organizations; resilience; cultural competence; secondary traumatic stress; and self-care. Debra has worked in social services for over 28 years and has a variety of child welfare experiences in the public and private sectors. During her early professional career, Debra worked at the Division of Family and Children Services in two states where she supported efforts to reform child welfare practices, and crisis intervention and provided specialized case management services. She later served as a program manager on four state contracts in which she was responsible for marketing, program evaluation, quality assurance, and web-based learning and training for families and their children. She developed, presented, and managed numerous workshops to help support the continuing training need of foster/adoptive parents across the state. Because of her creative approach and innovative strategies in the field of Social Work along with years of child welfare experience, Debra has been invited to present at both the Federal and State level. Debra earned a degree in Sociology from Fisk University and a master’s degree in Social Work from Fordham University.

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CEUs: Hours – 3: 

This training is approved for three hours of continuing education for core social work, related licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, DECAL/Bright from the Start, family violence intervention specialists (FVIP), POST, Babies Can’t Wait Project SCEIs in Area 1 Children and Famlies-Birth to 8, and nursing.

Questions? Email cwtc@gsu.edu or call 470-279-1785.