Professional Development Seminar: Trauma-Informed Interprofessional Practice

This event is open to faculty in the College of Health Professions and Sciences.

This seminar provides an interprofessional overview of trauma-informed care across health professions, with emphasis on the biopsychosocial effects of trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Participants will examine how trauma presents in practice, identify routine practices that may unintentionally retraumatize individuals, and explore trauma-informed approaches at the individual, organizational, and systems levels.

 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, learners will be able to:

1. Explain trauma as a biopsychosocial process, including the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) across the lifespan
2. Identify how trauma may present differently across health professions, including in college and young adult populations
3. Recognize routine professional practices that may unintentionally retraumatize individuals
4. Apply trauma-informed principles within their own professional role and interprofessional teams
5. Analyze how policies, organizational procedures, and systems shape trauma-related outcomes
6. Propose trauma-informed changes at the individual, organizational, and systems levels

 

Presenter: UCF School of Social Work Professor Kim Anderson

Kim Anderson, Ph.D., MSSW, is a Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Central Florida. Her teaching and scholarship focus on trauma-informed practice, clinical intervention, and evaluation, with particular attention to the biopsychosocial impacts of trauma and resilience among survivors of family violence and the professionals who serve them. Her work bridges theory and practice by advancing trauma-informed frameworks that inform clinical, organizational, and systems-level responses.

 

Schedule and Format

9 a.m. - Welcome; learning objectives; defining trauma; biopsychosocial effects of trauma

9:25 a.m. - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs); ACEs in professional practice; ACEs and college students

9:50 a.m. - Breakout 1: Sense-making discussion (trauma and ACEs)

10:05 a.m. - Break

10:20 a.m. - Trauma-Informed Care (TIC): definition and core principles

10:40 a.m. - Discipline-specific trauma-informed care (AT, CSD, Health Sciences, Kinesiology, PT, Social Work)

11:10 a.m. - Breakout 2: Interprofessional case discussion (Jordan)

11:30 a.m. - Break

11:40 a.m. - Breakout 3: Systems and policy reflection

11:55 a.m. - Quiz and wrap-up

Continuing Education Credits

Athletic Training: This course is approved for 3CEs

Social Work: This course has been approved for and offers 3 contact hours for LCSWs, LMFTs and LMHCs. BAP #50-12347, exp. 3/31/2027.

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