Meet Lauren Casas, LPC, ACS – ATN Board
Lauren is a licensed professional counselor who has focused her twenty-year career studying the impacts of early childhood trauma and attachment disruptions on the developing mind. She is the director of a child and family therapy center at a nonprofit organization in New Jersey and holds the title of the organization’s Trauma Informed Care Coordinator, […]
Being a CASA: Another Way to Help Kids
My kids are grown, and while my spouse and I have agreed to be done parenting, we still want to help kids, so I became a CASA. CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate. In some places, they call this person GAL, Guardian Ad Litem. I, along with my husband, have been doing it for […]
Building Resilient Communities for Children Conference
Strategies for Creating Safety & Promoting Resilience in All Child-Serving Spaces #BRCC2026ATN Building Resilience & Improving Children’s Outcomes Virtual Conference Online September 17-18, 2026 Registration is OPEN Virtual Conference Online June 23 & 24, 2025 Registration opens mid-March and early bird pricing continues through May 15, 2025. Feb 16, 2025 Academy Day Preconference Hyatt Regency, […]
New – Trauma-Informed Certification, Level 1
PLEASE NOTE: This course completely expires 90 days after purchase. No extensions can be given. Please plan accordingly. Countdown to course expiration: Purchasing this product gives you a course that contains: an Introduction, 3 Units, and Unit Tests at the end of each Unit. Upon completion and successful (80%) passing of all three Unit Tests, certification […]
ATN Trauma Informed Certification- Level 1
PLEASE NOTE: This product will be available to access and complete for 90 days from date of purchase. After 90 days, a new certification must be purchased.
This Program contains an Introduction, 3 Units, and quizzes at the end of each. Upon completion and successful (80%) passing of the quizzes, certification will be awarded. Each quiz will give 2 chances to pass. If quizzes are not passed, certification will not be awarded.
TEST OUT: The test out option is also available for purchase. An 80% score on the test out will award certification. Failure of the test out will direct you to the full course at no additional cost if you contact us.
Email certification@attachtrauma.org with any questions.
The first level – Trauma-Informed Certification has the broadest audience and is designed to reach the broadest of audiences. It is rooted in the 4 trauma-informed assumptions defined by SAMHSA and focused on the impact of trauma on children, although it encompasses how trauma impacts all human brains and nervous systems. The goal is to be able to use this certification as an entry-level credential for a wide variety of people. The audiences we hope this targets well include parents/caregivers; social workers and child welfare professionals; educators and everyone who works in schools; juvenile justice system (court personnel, CASAs); early childhood professionals; those working with children through youth, non-profit, and faith-based organizations.
ATN Trauma-Informed Certification- Level 1 TEST OUT Option
PLEASE NOTE: TEST ONLY. This is for testing out. NO CE credits are available for the Test Out. To take full course with lessons and quizzes, please go here.
PLEASE NOTE: This course expires 90 days after purchase.
Purchasing this product gives you access to a 75 question quiz that must be completed within 90 days of purchase.
80% or higher will give you a printable certificate and access to the full Certification Program (after the test) for 90 days after purchase.
Failure will give you access to our full Certification Program listed below at no additional charge. You will be contacted with access to the Certification.
NO REFUNDS. Please purchase when you are ready to take the course.
The first level – Trauma-Informed Certification has the broadest audience and is designed to reach the broadest of audiences. It is rooted in the 4 trauma-informed assumptions defined by SAMHSA and focused on the impact of trauma on children, although it encompasses how trauma impacts all human brains and nervous systems. The goal is to be able to use this certification as an entry-level credential for a wide variety of people. The audiences we hope this targets well include parents/caregivers; social workers and child welfare professionals; educators and everyone who works in schools; juvenile justice system (court personnel, CASAs); early childhood professionals; those working with children through youth, non-profit, and faith-based organizations.
Trauma-Informed Certification Now Available!
ATN’s new Trauma-Informed Certification Program is NOW AVAILABLE! Buy Here Who is this for? ATN’s Certification Program is created for ANYONE who wants to better understand how trauma impacts children and what we can do to help build safety and resilience — and to show your understanding of trauma-informed care and how it applies to […]
Meet Nicole Tuchinda, MD, JD – ATN Board
Nicole is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University in New Orleans and is devoted to improving the lives of vulnerable young children. Her work and education has centered around juvenile/children law and special education law as well as medical/legal partnerships. At the Georgetown University Law Center, as a Clinical Teaching Fellow, Nicole collaborated with lawyers, […]
Trauma Sensitive Parenting Cards – Spanish
¡Tus tarjetas favoritas de crianza, ahora en español!
Un recordatorio ilustrado de los principios clave para criar a niños que han experimentado trauma.
Estas 5 tarjetas, junto con una guía de instrucciones, te ayudan a recordar, aclarar, explicar y reenfocarte en crear y mantener un entorno sensible al trauma, sin olvidar cuidarte a ti también.
Guárdalas en un cajón en casa, colócalas en tu refrigerador o resalta las tarjetas como recordatorios.
Las tarjetas de 4×6 vienen en un estuche protector reutilizable.
Your favorite parenting cards, now in Spanish!
An illustrative reminder of the key principles for parenting children who have been traumatized.
These 5 cards, plus instruction guide, help to remind, to clarify, to explain, and re-focus you on creating and maintaining a trauma-sensitive environment while remembering to take care of you.
Keep them in your drawer at home, hang them on your refrigerator, highlight the cards as reminders.
The 4×6 cards come in a reusable, protective case.
Monty’s Day in Court
Helping children from hard places If you’re reading this blog, chances are that you are either parenting a child from a hard place or know such a child in some other way. Sadly, coming from a hard place can mean being the victim of a crime. It may even mean that the child has to […]