Trauma Informal Practice

A practical training course designed to equip healthcare and support professionals with the knowledge and skills to understand trauma, recognise its effects, and apply trauma-informed principles in everyday practice. This course supports safer, more compassionate care across diverse settings.

Course Fee

£0.00

£4.00

7 Chapters

1 Hour

Mobile friendly

Industry-backed eLearning

About The Course

Learning Outcomes

Course Modules

About The Course

"Trauma Informal Practice" is a comprehensive course tailored for healthcare workers, support staff, social care professionals, and educators across the UK and Ireland. It explores the nature and impact of trauma, including acute, chronic, and complex trauma, and provides essential guidance on recognising trauma responses such as fight, flight, freeze, and fawn.

Participants will learn how trauma affects brain development, behaviour, and health, and gain practical tools to create trauma-informed environments that prioritise emotional and physical safety. The course introduces the six core principles of trauma-informed care—safety, trust, collaboration, peer support, empowerment, and cultural sensitivity—and shows how to apply them through communication, space design, and service delivery.

It also addresses professional wellbeing, including how to manage vicarious trauma, prevent burnout, and build resilience through reflective practice and supervision. Through real-life examples and practical strategies, the course empowers professionals to respond with empathy, reduce re-traumatisation, and promote recovery for individuals navigating trauma in health and community settings.

Learning Outcomes

Define acute, chronic, and complex trauma, and explain their impact on health, behaviour, and development.
Identify common causes of trauma, including abuse, neglect, displacement, and institutional harm within UK and Irish contexts.
Recognise trauma responses such as fight, flight, freeze, and fawn, and interpret these behaviours through a trauma-informed lens.
Apply the six core principles of trauma-informed practice—safety, trustworthiness, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural awareness—in day-to-day professional interactions.
Communicate with service users using active listening, validation, and trauma-sensitive language to build trust and reduce re-traumatisation.
Manage trauma disclosures sensitively and ethically, maintaining boundaries and safeguarding responsibilities.
Design and maintain trauma-informed physical environments that support emotional safety, accessibility, and inclusion.
Reflect on personal responses to trauma-related work, recognise signs of burnout and compassion fatigue, and implement effective self-care strategies.
Understand and utilise reflective practice and supervision to support professional wellbeing and emotional regulation.
Foster vicarious resilience by recognising and drawing strength from the recovery journeys of individuals they support.

Course Modules

Chapter 1 Understanding Trauma in Practice

Chapter 2 Core Principles of Trauma-Informed Practice

Chapter 3 Recognising and Responding to Trauma Reactions

Chapter 4 Creating a Trauma-Informed Environment

Chapter 5 Communication Strategies in Trauma-Informed Practice

Chapter 6 Self-Care and Vicarious Resilience in Trauma-Informed Work

Chapter 7 Summary

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