The INTREPID Center hosts training opportunities on best-practice trauma-informed services for individuals working with youth and families.
Available training is offered both in person and virtually, often at no cost, and continuing medical education (CME) credits may be available.
Please reach out to Intrepid@iu.edu for more information.
The Youth Trauma & Resilience Learning Series convenes experts in child trauma and community-based youth-serving professionals to improve trauma-informed care across Indiana.
Current Tracks:
Education (November 2026-April 2027)
For education-based professionals seeking to improve their knowledge of best practices to support children & adolescents who experience traumatic stress. Panelists include educators, special education experts, psychologists, therapists, and more. Sessions are held every other Thursday at 4 p.m. Register for the series.
Upcoming sessions:
| Nov. 19 | How to Identify Trauma in Children and Adolescents |
| Dec. 3 | Preparing for and Responding to Trauma: Building Resilience in the Classroom |
| Dec. 17 | Suicide Prevention |
| Jan. 14 | School-Based Interventions for Trauma |
| Jan. 28 | Positive School Discipline Practices That Support Student Success |
| Feb. 11 | Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Prevention and Intervention |
| Feb. 25 | Is it Trauma - or something else? Sorting out Trauma from ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, and Oppositional Behavior in Kids |
| March 11 | Understanding Youth Perspectives on Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention: What They Say and What We Can Do |
| March 25 | Truancy |
| April 8 | Wellbeing and Academic Success |
| April 22 | Carrying Their Stories, Caring for Yourself: Protecting Educator Wellbeing |
Past Tracks:
Juvenile Justice (2024 and 2026)
For professionals working in the juvenile justice system seeking to learn more information on best practices to support children & adolescents who experience traumatic stress. Speakers include psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, attorneys, social workers and more.
Child Welfare (2024 and 2025-2026)
For professionals working in child welfare seeking to learn more information on best practices, effective treatments, and strategies to manage traumatic stress in children & adolescents. Speakers included psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and more.
Healthcare (2023 and 2025)
For healthcare professionals seeking to learn more information on trauma-informed care and how to support children and adolescents impacted by traumatic stress. Speakers included psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, social workers, and more.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a structured, cognitive-behavioral, short-term treatment model that improves a range of trauma-related outcomes among youth ages 3-18.
Risk Reduction through Family Therapy (RRFT) is an integrative, multi-component treatment approach to addressing co-occurring symptoms of PTSD, substance use problems, and other risk behaviors commonly experienced by trauma-exposed youth.
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) is a school-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for youth from 5th-12th grades who have witnessed or experienced traumatic events.
Based on the CBITS model, Bounce Back is an empirically supported, school-based, clinician-administered cognitive-behavioral intervention for elementary school students exposed to stressful and traumatic events.
Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET) is a 10-session support group adaptation of CBITS for children aged 10-16 who have been exposed to traumatic events.