Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Brain Development: How System-Involved Youth Are Impacted

Sonja Lenz-Rashid, PhD, LCSW

Training Description

The training workshop will take a developmental approach, highlighting the impact of trauma on brain development and cognitive functioning at different stages of infancy, childhood, and adolescence. This course provides an overview of ACES, early brain development, and how complex trauma can affect such development. Attendees will learn about the impact of such trauma, as well as gain a deeper understanding on how it may show up in all relationships, symptoms, and behaviors.

Learning Objective

• Knowledge of Neurodevelopment in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence

• Knowledge of Trauma in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence and outcomes of ACES for system involved youth