A national trainer-training and workforce development initiative

Overview

A national trainer-training and workforce development initiative to establish sustainable expertise in complex trauma understanding, assessment and multidisciplinary response. Developed through a National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative Grant awarded to Adelphi University by the Substance Use & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Designed and operated by the Foundation Trust. The CTTC was designed to overcome coastal, metropolitan and institutional disparities in access and regional gaps in availability of professional resources on traumatic stress through establishment of autonomous expert hubs. The CTTC consists of 205 trainers across 39 field sites and 10 freestanding trainers spanning 32 US States and Territories. Read more about CTTC

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Curriculum

  • A 20-module, 40-hour curriculum.
  • Comprehensive range of topics, including the intersection of complex trauma with a range of personal, familial, cultural and historical adverse experiences, risk pathways and service settings.

Intensive training, fidelity evaluation, and rostering process for trainers and field sites.

The CTTC curriculum was developed by a faculty of over two-dozen subject-matter experts. It balances the latest scientific evidence with lived experience, geographical, developmental and cultural differences in needs and strengths, and community-driven, cultural and faith-based approaches to healing.

Audience

The CTTC curriculum is designed to support mental health providers, educators, child welfare and juvenile justice personnel, law enforcement, clergy, parents, consumer and allied professional to understand the needs of children, families and communities impacted by traumatic stress and life adversity and to respond in a compassionate, evidence-based and effective manner.

Accomplishments

The CTTC has conducted over 540 community trainings to more than 21,000 multidisciplinary providers to date in the United States.

Types of Trainers

Field Site: A team of multiple faculty trained and vetted to deliver core CTTC modules 1-10 plus select electives (modules 11-20).

Regional Lead Site: A team of regional faculty qualified to deliver all 20 CTTC modules.

Master Trainer: A national expert in complex trauma equipped to deliver all 20 CTTC modules.

Freestanding Trainer: An individual rostered to deliver select CTTC modules.

Modules: Description and Learning Objectives

PDF of the CTTC Module Description and Learning Objectives list

Organizational Partners

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