About the Trainings
The Health Department is sponsoring a training series for community members, non-profit and community organizations, and government agencies. Attendees of the training will better understand causes and responses to community trauma and resilience.
Part 1 defines community trauma and provides skills and strategies to intervene, heal and build upon communities to be safer and healthier.
- How violence produces trauma
- Strategies to address community trauma
- Elements of a resilient community
- Promoting community resilience from trauma to well-being
Part 2 is for those who attended a session in summer 2023 or spring 2024. It builds on those skills and knowledge to cover trauma-informed community building, defines resilience and covers action planning.
- Community building theory of change
- Building connections across boundaries in the community
- Community engagement model in trauma impacted neighborhoods
- Indicators of community strengths