Course Details

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Building Resilience

Course ID 76363

Penn State Better Kid Care/ The Pennsylvania State University

(800) 452-9108

Description

Children who experience adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) face an increased risk for social-emotional, physical and mental health issues. ACEs include abuse, neglect, poverty and other traumatic experiences encountered before the age of eighteen. This module promotes the awareness and understanding of trauma in young children and families and discusses the role of early care and education professionals in nurturing resilience in the children and families in their care who experience ACEs

2.00 Hours

Course Level

Formal

General Continuing Education

Course Category

Early Childhood

Formal Approved

(1 Hour)

CDA Content Areas

Positive ways to support children's social and emotional development (1 Hour)
Strategies to establish productive relationships with families (1 Hour)

Infant Mental Health Core Competency Areas

Family Child Care Home Provider

Child Care Center Staff

Infants (0-12 months)

Toddlers (13-24 months)

Two's (25-36 months)

Preschooler 3's (37-48 months)

Preschool 4's and 5's (49-72 months)

Goals and Objectives

• Define ACEs and trauma.
• Describe the effect of trauma on young children, families, and the community.
• Explain the role the child care professional and the early learning community can have in prevention and intervention of ACEs.
• Identify the essentials for building resilience in young children and families.
• Plan ways to incorporate trauma awareness into your early care and education (ECE) program.

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