On-Demand Workshops

Workshop Description:This training provides a understanding of how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma can affect a student’s learning abilities. The topics covered include the differentiation between the Learning Brain and the Survival Brain, various stress responses, the trauma continuum, and effective strategies to assist students in regulating their emotions and fostering an open mindset for optimal learning.

Objectives:

• Explore Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
• Consider the impact of ACEs on the brain
• Review Trauma-Informed Principles

Expectations:

This one-hour training includes three modules consisting of:

• Recorded lecture
• Readings and other materials
• Self-Assessments

Topics:

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
• Impact of ACEs on the brain
• Trauma-Informed Principles

Training Completion:

This course is not graded with a letter or number grade, however, in order to receive the certificate of completion, you must participate in and complete all of the required assignments prior to the closing of the course.

Objectives:

• Define self-care, burnout, compassion fatigue and trauma stewardship and the role they play in social work practice
• Recognize self-care and trauma stewardship as an ethical responsibility and integral part of the helping professions
• Examine general self-care practices and strategies
• Assess and evaluate own self-care practices
• Learn how to develop personal and professional strategies to advance and prioritize self care

Expectations:

This training includes four one-hour modules consisting of:

• Recorded lecture
• Readings and other materials
• Self-Assessments

Modules:

• Module 1 – Define self-care, burnout, compassion fatigue, and trauma stewardship and the role they play in social work and related practice
• Module 2 – Recognize self-care and trauma stewardship as an ethical responsibility and integral part of the helping professions
• Module 3 – Examine general self-care practices and strategies; Assess and evaluate the efficacy of your self-care practices
• Module 4 – How to develop personal and professional strategies to advance and prioritize self-care

Training Completion:

This course is not graded with a letter or number grade, however, in order to receive the certificate of completion, you must participate in and complete all of the required assignments prior to the closing of the course.

Workshop Description: In this historical context, educators are experiencing compassion fatigue. Also referred to as vicarious trauma, this outcome of working with people who have experienced their own trauma and mental health challenges, can lead to burnout. The concept of Trauma Stewardship gives practitioners a framework for better understanding their own trauma exposure responses. This symposium module will explore the concept of Trauma Stewardship and strategies you can employ to help your teams move through some of the common trauma responses that prevent us from sustainable work.

Objectives:
At the completion of this certificate course, you will be able to:

• Define key concepts related to trauma stewardship, including compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout.
• Recognize the signs and impacts of chronic stress on the brain and body, both in oneself and in people we serve.
• Define the ethical responsibility of trauma stewardship and its role in fostering healthy helping relationships.
• Identify personal triggers and responses to stress and assess how these influence their professional effectiveness and personal well-being.
• Implement strategies such as reflective journaling, self-care practices, and stress management techniques to sustain their ability to help others effectively.
• Differentiate between compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction and evaluate their presence in their professional experiences.
• Analyze trauma exposure responses and develop tailored approaches to mitigate their effects, as informed by Laura van der Lipski’s trauma stewardship model.
• Cultivate resilience and self-awareness to sustain long-term engagement in their helping professions.

Modules:
This course has 8 parts and is designed to be completed over approximately an hour and a half.

• Part 1: Intro to Compassion Fatigue, Trauma Stewardship & Sustainable Good Work
  • Lecture
  • Reflection
• Part 2: The Cost of Caring
  • Lecture
  • Multimedia
• Parts 3 & 4: Trauma Exposure Responses
  • Lecture
  • Multimedia
  • Lecture
  • Reflection
• Parts 5 & 6: Building Resilience
  • Lecture
  • Building Resilience Questionnaire
  • Lecture
  • Reflection
• Part 7: One Next Step
  • Lecture
• Part 8: Course Completion Survey
  • 5 minute course completion survey

Certificate of Completion:
At the successful completion of Compassion Fatigue, Trauma Stewardship & Sustainable Good Work, you will receive a certificate of completion.

Additional Information:
For additional information, email: ceonline@une.edu

At the completion of this certificate course, you will be able to:

• Identify and discuss the “4 R’s of Trauma-Informed Care” when working with youth.
• Review/ discuss how trauma impacts growth and development.
• Address and normalize our own humanness/ what happens when caring for others.
• Identify warning signs of burning out.
• Identify and discuss strategies for managing the day-to day challenges we face through a trauma-informed lens.
• Apply trauma-informed principles to our own self-care and care for our colleagues.

Modules:
This course has 4 parts designed to be completed over approximately an hour and a half.

• Part 1: Students
  • Lecture
  • Reflection
• Part 2: You
  • Lecture
  • Reflection
• Part 3: School Community
  • Lecture
  • Reflection
• Part 4: Completion Survey
  • 5 minute course completion survey

Certificate of Completion:
At the successful completion of Responding to the Complex Needs of Students: Helping Without Burning Out, you will receive a certificate of completion.

Additional Information:
For additional information, email: ceonline@une.edu

Workshop Description:Self-care has been a topic of discussion in our professional worlds for many years. Pre-Pandemic, we did not embrace the need and benefit of true self-care. Post-Pandemic we now know how critical self-care is but now struggle to find time and support in our chaotic and stress-filled lives. This symposium module will spend time leaning into and prioritizing self-care both professionally and personally.

Objectives:
At the completion of this certificate course, you will be able to:

• Evaluate the impact of post-pandemic changes on daily life and work.
• Develop self-care strategies for real-world transitions and workplace challenges.

Modules:
This course has 4 parts designed to be completed over approximately an hour and a half.

• Part 1: Change after the pandemic
  • Lecture
  • Reflection
• Part 2: Self-care through the lens of transitions and the workday
  • Lecture
  • Multimedia
• Part 3: Self-care strategies for the real world
  • Lecture
  • Reflection
• Part 4: Completion Survey
  • 5 minute course completion survey

Certificate of Completion:
At the successful completion of Self-Care in the Aftermath of the Pandemic, you will receive a certificate of completion.

Additional Information:
For additional information, please email ceonline@une.edu

Workshop Description:Have you ever wished your students would be more invested in your lessons or looked longingly out the window wishing to take your class outside? Join the 2025 Maine Teacher of the Year, Becky Hallowell to learn not only how to take your class outside to learn, but WHY doing so holds numerous benefits for your students. In this presentation, Becky will introduce strategies for safely taking students outside. She will discuss how to set expectations, create boundaries, use everyday materials to create a learning space, and procure gear. She will also share classroom management strategies, like turning a walk to an outdoor space into an opportunity for students to share their thinking.

Becky will share how she has molded her practice to include nature-based learning and why she believes it is so important. She will share research that indicates the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional benefits of bringing students outside to learn as she weaves in the success stories of her students.

Objectives:
At the completion of this certificate course, you will be able to:

• Discover benefits of outdoor learning for education and beyond.
• Examine techniques for creating an effective nature based learning environment.
• Explore how curriculum topics can be adapted to impactful outdoor activities.

Modules:
This course has 5 parts designed to be completed over approximately an hour and a half.

• Part 1: The “Why?”
• Part 2: The “How and Where?”
• Part 3: The “What?”
• Part 4: Next Steps and Additional Resources
• Part 5: Completion Survey

Certificate of Completion:
At the successful completion of Take Them Outside: Getting Started with Nature Based Learning, you will receive a certificate of completion.

Additional Information:
For additional information, please email: ceonline@une.edu