Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center

Native Wellness Institute's Healthy Relationships Training | December 16-17, 2025
2025-12-16 - 2025-12-17
For over a decade, the Native Wellness Institute has been providing training on Healthy Relationships to communities across Indian Country. This two-day program is designed for adults who seek to enhance their understanding of healthy relationships, as well as staff and workers who provide healthy relationships education and workshops to community members. Additionally, the training is ideal for anyone who is interested in taking the Healthy Relationships Training of Trainers course to become a certified trainer of the curriculum. This online training will serve as a great introduction to the curriculum.
During the training, participants will learn about and engage in NWI’s Healthy Relationships curriculum that covers the essential elements of healthy relationships, as well as additional topics. The training will involve a combination of listening, learning, sharing, and engaging in dialogue with others.
Registration Fee: $249
Location: Virtual event
Date and time: Tue, Dec 16, 2025 9:00 AM – Wed, Dec 17, 2025 5:00 PM PT
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Native Wellness Institute's Adults Working With Native Youth Training | December 4-6, 2025
2025-12-04 - 2025-12-06 | Barbie’s Village, 935 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, 97232, United States
Description: This training is for youth workers and others who serve youth who want to bring back more skills, information, techniques, and resources in order to better serve Native youth. A team of Native adults representing different tribal nations, all who utilize culture-based programming with their youth programs, will be the facilitators.
Ceremony, traditional games, healing processes, and more will be included in this highly interactive three-day training that will leave you changed in a good way and with a road map to bring this positive change back to your young people.​
Location: Barbie’s Village, 935 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97232
Registration fee: $399.00
Date and time: Thu, Dec 4, 2025 8:30 AM – Sat, Dec 6, 2025 5:00 PM PT
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Native Wellness Institute's Native Youth Leadership Academy | December 4-6, 2025
2025-12-04 - 2025-12-06 | Barbie’s Village, 935 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, 97232, United States
The Native Youth Leadership Academy focuses on youth physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being and helps to prepare them to be positive contributing members in their school, family, and community. Youth participants engage in a journey of ceremony, sharing, learning, and experiencing leadership development. Youth from throughout Native Country will be able to learn about healing, Native wellness, leadership, spirituality, and healthy risk-taking.
Location: Barbie’s Village, 935 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97232
Registration fee: $399.00
Date and time: Thu, Dec 4, 2025 8:30 AM – Sat, Dec 6, 2025 5:00 PM PT
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Healing of the Canoe Fall Conference: Strengthening the Journey: Supporting Indigenous Communities through Culture, Leadership, and Learning
2025-11-03 - 2025-11-06 | Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort, 15347 Suquamish Way NE, Suquamish, WA, 98392
This 4-day intensive training is designed for Tribes and Indigenous communities developing or enhancing youth education programs rooted in culture and connection. Based on the Suquamish Tribe’s Healing of the Canoe Curriculum, a promising, proven practice for Native youth, the training offers a foundation of 14 life skills lessons taught through tribal knowledge, storytelling, and intergenerational guidance.
Who Should Attend

Tribal leaders, educators, and program coordinators working with Native youth.
Indigenous community members interested in developing or adapting culturally rooted youth curricula.
Behavioral health professionals and prevention specialists seeking Indigenous-centered approaches.
Facilitators, cultural teachers, and youth mentors committed to culture-based education and healing.

Learn more and register here.

TYRC Public Online Learning Event: Drug Trends in Indian Country-Cannabis and Youth Healing to Wellness Courts-A Three Part Series – Part III
2025-10-23 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025 Time: 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET (90 minutes)
Facilitators: Pat Sekaquaptewa & Chris Cuestas
This webinar will explore the current adolescent drug trends in Indian Country with a focus on cannabis, related substances, and the implicated Youth Healing to Wellness Court eligibility requirements, and policies and procedures.
REGISTER HERE

Culture Camp Community of Learning hosted by the National Tribal Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement (NTCWCIA) | Session 2
2025-10-15 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Culture camps are a powerful way for Tribal child welfare programs to strengthen connections to identity, family, and community. This Community of Learning will bring together Tribal staff and partners to share knowledge, experiences, and strategies for creating and sustaining culture camps that reflect the strengths and traditions of their communities.
Session 1 (9/17): Foundations of Culture Camps – Learn about different approaches, models, and lessons from programs that have built culture camps into their services.
Session 2 (10/15): Designing Your Own Culture Camp – Participate in an interactive activity to envision what a culture camp could look like in your program and community.
Registration is open to all Tribal child welfare professionals and programs. Join us to exchange ideas, ask questions, and build connections with peers who are weaving culture into child welfare practice.
REGISTER HERE

Domestic Abuse Tribal Advocate Institute (National Tribal Advocate Center) | October 6-10, 2025
2025-10-06 - 2025-10-10
This 40-hour training is designed to equip tribal advocates with the necessary skills for working effectively and efficiency with victims of domestic abuse. Trauma-informed safety planning and survivor-centered care. Engaging discussions and scenario-based exercises. Storytelling and creative work rooted in culture.
Dates: October 6-10, 2025
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Registration Fee: $750

To learn more and register, visit: https://www.red-wind.net/national-tribal-advocate-center.

TYRC Public Online Learning Event: Drug Trends in Indian Country-Cannabis and Youth Healing to Wellness Courts-A Three Part Series – Part II
2025-10-02 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025 Time: 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET (90 minutes)
Facilitators: Pat Sekaquaptewa & Chris Cuestas
This webinar will explore the current adolescent drug trends in Indian Country with a focus on cannabis, related substances, and the implicated Youth Healing to Wellness Court eligibility requirements, and policies and procedures.
REGISTER HERE

National Indian Country Training Initiative Online Training | September 23, 2025
2025-09-23 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
Unfortunately, children are victims of physical and/or sexual abuse. If the crime occurred in Indian Country, a National Park, on a military base or other area where there is federal jurisdiction, these young victims may be called to testify in federal court as victims and witnesses in a criminal case. The process can be intimidating or frightening for children. A federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3509, the Child Victims’ and Child Witnesses’ Rights statute, provides protections for child witnesses during the investigation and during court proceedings. This webinar will address the protections provided in the Child Victims’ and Child Witnesses’ Rights statute, the Crime Victims’ Rights Act and the Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance.
This training is available to any interested federal, state, or tribal criminal justice or social service professional who works with child victims. There is no charge to attend this webinar. CLE will not be provided.
This training is a joint effort hosted by federal law enforcement agencies responding to violent crime in Indian Country. Sponsoring agencies include the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Indian Country Training Initiative, the United States Indian Police Academy, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Department of the Interior’s Office of Law Enforcement and Security’s Victim Assistance Program.
If you have any questions, please contact at Lamesha Bowman at Lamesha.Bowman@usdoj.gov, Deborah Thomas at Deborah.Thomas@usdoj.gov or Leslie A. Hagen at Leslie.hagen3@usdoj.gov.
REGISTER HERE

TYRC Online Learning Event: Assessment for Criminogenic Risk and Need in Case Planning Part II
2025-09-18 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025 Time: 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET (90 minutes)
Attendees will learn how to 1) utilize assessment process and results to help in setting meaningful, individualized goals; and 2) feel confident in addressing needs through case-planning scenarios.
Facilitators: Pat Sekaquaptewa & Ashley Anderson
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Culture Camp Community of Learning hosted by the National Tribal Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement (NTCWCIA) | Session 1
2025-09-17 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

TYRC Public Online Learning Event: Drug Trends in Indian Country-Cannabis and Youth Healing to Wellness Courts-A Three Part Series - Part I
2025-09-11 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
Date: Thursday, September 11, 2025 Time: 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET (90 minutes)
Facilitators: Pat Sekaquaptewa & Chris Cuestas
This webinar will explore the current adolescent drug trends in Indian Country with a focus on cannabis, related substances, and the implicated Youth Healing to Wellness Court eligibility requirements, and policies and procedures.
REGISTER HERE

TYRC Online Learning Event: Overlapping Responses to Chronic School Absenteeism (Truancy) Part II
2025-09-04 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Time: 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET (90 minutes)
Facilitators: Pat Sekaquaptewa, Chris Cuestas
Description: This presentation will cover the following: The YHWC response to chronic school absenteeism and lack of progress; How to make the YHWC Steering Committee’s and Core Team’s “footprint” larger in schools; and Tribe-School/County/State Agreements to send youth to YHWC.
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The Supporting America’s Children and Families Act: Supporting Full Implementation of Tribal Provisions and Taking Action on Requests for Comment
2025-09-04 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver)
The National Indian Child Welfare Association and the California Tribal Families Coalition will be hosting a one-hour webinar on September 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET to unpack new provisions in the law and explore how you can take action to support effective implementation. By the end of the webinar, participants will (1) understand the key provisions in the Supporting America’s Children and Families Act (P.L. 118-258) that benefit Tribal Nations and Native children and families and upcoming Tribal consultations, (2) gain insight into strategies for responding to the Administration for Children and Families request for public comment on Providing Technical Assistance Related to the Indian Child Welfare Act, and (3) access a sample letter to inform and shape their own submission of public comments by the September 22, 2025, deadline.
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TYRC Public Online Learning Event: Motivating and Incentivizing Youth Toward their Goals in Youth Healing to Wellness Courts
2025-08-28 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025
Time: 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET (90 minutes)
Description: This webinar will introduce attendees to the Youth Healing to Wellness Court (YHWC) model, including case (wellness) co-planning, goal setting, and the development of a YHWC incentive/Sanction Protocol that may be used to motivate youth to achieve their pro-social goals, and ultimately to reduce juvenile and criminal recidivism. This webinar will also explore the current debates surrounding the application of the protocol in rural settings with cultural adaptation.
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NAICJA Child Welfare Training for Tribal Court Judges
2025-08-19 - 2025-08-20
On August 19 and 20, the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) and Casey Family Programs will host a training on child welfare. The training is specifically geared to tribal court judges. The training is designed to be interactive. The training will take place in St. Paul, MN. The training is offered at no cost. There are a limited number of scholarships available for the hotel.
Participants will be notified when they are selected to attend. If you have any questions, please contact Johanna Farmer at johanna@naicja.org or 520-222-7196.
APPLY HERE

TYJRC Training: Ensuring Pathways Forward: Weaving Wisdom into Action
2025-07-01 - 2025-07-03 | Renaissance Seattle Hotel, 515 Madison Street, Seattle, WA, 98104, United States
The Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center is honored to announce the FY24 Tribal Youth Program and Youth Healing to Wellness Court Strategic Planning Training. This training, “Ensuring Pathways Forward: Weaving Wisdom into Action,” will take place at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Washington on July 1-3, 2025.
The event will bring together all newly awarded FY24 Purpose Area 8 (YHWC) and Purpose Area 9 (TYP) grantees to provide training and technical assistance support to effectively launch or continue their strategic planning.
We invite all YHWC and TYP grantees to explore the event, register, and book your rooms using the tabs below. Information will continue to be updated. If you have any questions, please reach out to TribalYouth@TLPI.org.

TYRC May Talking Circle: Self-Care and Resilience
2025-05-29 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver)
Date: May 29, 2025
Time: 2pm PT / 3pm MT / 4pm CT / 5pm ET
Description: Tribal Youth Program and Youth Healing to Wellness Court grantees offer vital services aimed at preventing youth delinquency and reducing involvement in the youth justice system. These efforts often involve supporting youth and families facing complex challenges. This session will explore strategies to promote self-care and resilience among service providers as a means of strengthening their ability to effectively support the communities they serve.
This event is only open to OJJDP Tribal Youth Program and Youth Healing to Wellness Court grantees. If you are a grantee, please email TribalYouth@tlpi.org for the registration link.

TLPI Webinar: Strengthening Community Outreach and Engagement
2025-05-28 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Denver)
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Time: 8am AK/ 9am PT/ 10am MT/ 11am CT/ 12pm ET
Description: Community outreach and engagement are essential for building a successful program because it ensures that community voices guide the process and it helps create a strong foundation for sustainable impact. This session will explore effective ways to build trust, foster meaningful relationships, and create culturally grounded connections within tribal communities. Participants will learn tools for identifying community priorities, communicating with diverse audiences, and designing outreach efforts that are inclusive, respectful, and action oriented. The webinar will provide valuable insights and real-world examples to help you deepen your impact and build long-lasting partnerships.
REGISTER HERE

TYRC Online Learning Event: Bullying Prevention
2025-05-27 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Denver)
Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Time: 9am PT / 10am MT / 11am CT / 12pm ET (90 minutes)
Description: This webinar will focus on strategies that youth-serving entities—such as schools, community organizations, and the juvenile justice system—can use to prevent and respond to bullying. The session will emphasize education on what bullying is and is not, as well as its short- and long-term impacts. Additional strategies will include the development of consistent policies and procedures, teaching essential social skills and response strategies, and fostering collaboration across systems to cultivate safe, caring, and respectful environments for all young people.
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International Network of Indigenous Health, Knowledge and Development Reclaiming Indigenous Ecologies of Love Conference
2025-04-28 08:00 - 2025-05-02 17:00 (America/Anchorage) | Tamaya Resort, 1300 Tuyuna Trail, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, 87004, United States
Date: 28 April – 2 May 2025
27 April 2025 – Student pre-conference
Location: Tamaya Resort, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
The University of Washington’s Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI) is honored to be hosting the fifth International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development (INIHKD) Reclaiming Indigenous Ecologies of Love (RIEL) 2025 conference.
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The INIHKD RIEL 2025 Conference seeks to elevate and amplify Indigenous voices and lovingly address critical health issues impacting Indigenous communities globally. It will provide an engaging strengths-based forum for international leaders to share, collaborate, champion, and envision a future of Indigenous health sovereignty, loving collective actions, and thrivance.
The conference will examine the multifaceted dimensions of love and health within Indigenous communities, focusing on the healing impact of Indigenous ancestral love on physical, mental, and spiritual health, culture, and community prosperity. It will highlight promising Indigenous health interventions, patient care approaches, health promotion, and disease prevention strategies, particularly in the context of pandemics and climate change.
The conference will celebrate the resilience and permanence of indigenous identities, cultures, and knowledge systems, which have shaped and continue to impact health systems at large.
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NCUIH 2025 Annual Conference | April 22 - 25, 2025
2025-04-22 - 2025-04-25
Dates: April 22 – 25, 2025
Description: The NCUIH annual conference provides a platform for Urban Indian Organizations, health care professionals, policymakers, community leaders, and advocates to come together and discuss critical issues related to urban Indian health.
Website for more information

TYRC Online Learning Event: Developing Sustainability in Tribal Youth Programs
2025-04-11 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver)
Date: April 11, 2025
Time: 10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET
Facilitators: Gerry RainingBird, Jordan Gibson
Description: This webinar will explore the key elements needed for sustainability. Attendees will learn how to build community support, strengthen organizations, and ensure long-term effectiveness. Covered topics include community ownership, partnerships, evidence-based practices, and ways to track progress and make improvements.
REGISTER HERE

NICWA April Training Institute | April 2-4, 2025
2025-04-02 - 2025-04-04
Dates: April 2-4, 2025
Location: Orlando, Florida
Description: The NICWA April 2025 Training Institute will be in Orlando, Florida on April 2 – April 4, 2025, immediately following the 43rd Annual Protecting Our Children Conference.
Choose one of two great topics:

Positive Indian Parenting
Understanding ICWA

Classes will start on Wednesday, April 2 at 2:00 p.m. and end on Friday, April 4 at 2:00 p.m.
Visit www.nicwa.org/training-institutes to find more information.

The early-bird rate goes up on March 1, 2025. Register today!

Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center Young Leaders Application OPEN
2025-04-01 - 2025-05-30
2025 Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center (TYJRC) Young Leaders (YL) Program
Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center Young Leaders Application

History
The Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center (TYJRC) Young Leaders (YL) program started in 2021 aiming to empower young Indigenous leaders who are active in their tribal communities and committed to enhancing the lived experiences of themselves and their peers. The past graduates have co-created positive impacts at national and regional conferences and in Tribal communities with their peers, while also expanding their leadership and strengthening relationships through various ways, i.e. TYRC events, panels, podcasts, blogs and newsletters. The Young Leaders were also mentored by their peers and some have continued into the TYJRC Emerging Leaders mentoring program. These young leaders represent diverse voices from various Tribes, Nations, Villages, and Pueblos.
Purpose
The purpose of the TYJRC YLs is to co-create your talents, strengths, creativity and support to uplift youth voice through opportunities to share your perspectives on Native youth priorities. The TYJRC purpose is “Enhancing the opportunities for Indigenous communities to expand their potential in protecting and nurturing their most sacred asset – their youth.”
Opportunities
As a Young Leader you will have the opportunity to participate, engage, and share in Tribal Youth Justice Resource Center-hosted events and contribute to the development of resources, such as:
• Participating and/or engaging in a variety of ways at TYJRC meetings and trainings
• Contributing to TYJRC podcasts as a guest speaker
• Serving on panels, conference sessions, or TYJRC Online Learning Events to share youth perspective
• Writing posts for the TYJRC blog, TYJRC Quarterly Newsletter, and/or E-Weekly Update
• Other activities and opportunities relevant and aligned with your experience, insights and expanding leadership skills.
We look forward to getting to know you! If chosen as a TYJRC Young Leader, you will have the wonderful opportunity to be a representative of your community and join a group of Tribal peers that share their unique perspectives on challenges that face our youth today. Young Leaders will receive a stipend for their time and involvement.
The TYJRC works alongside Youth Healing to Wellness Courts and Tribal Youth Programs funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the areas of cultivating youth leadership and sustaining youth engagement in youth-centered programs and services.
Eligibility
We are looking for Young Leaders who have demonstrated commitment to bettering their communities and their lives. This can be done through school, or in a program, on your reservation or urban community. We invite applications from young people who meet the following criteria:

Are between the ages of 18 and 24 years old;
Currently reside in the U.S.;
Currently seeking an education (high school, college, higher education, vocational, internship).

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until Friday, May 30, 2025.
APPLY TODAY
For more information/questions, please contact Jeri Brunoe (TYJRC Consultant) at jeri@jeribrunoe.com or 818-731-6636.

March TYRC Talking Circle: Native Youth Leadership
2025-03-31 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Denver)
Date: March 31, 2025
Time: 12:30pm PT / 1:30pm MT / 2:30 pm CT / 3:30 pm ET (60 minutes)
Description: This month’s TYRC Talking Circle conversation will be about Native Youth Leadership and its importance to strengthening culture within youth leadership. In this conversation we will explore the meaning of Native Youth leadership and ways we are deepening our programming (i.e. engagement, activities, mentorship, planning gatherings, etc.). We want to hear from you as program managers, youth helpers, and the many roles you have to serve our Native youth the work you are doing! One of the most powerful tools our ancestors have taught us is learning from one another.
Learning objectives:
a) learn about Youth Leadership
b) strengthen tools
c) identify what is working
d) deepen cultural focus

This event is reserved for TYRC TYP and YHWC Grantees. If you are a grantee and would like the registration link for this event, please email us at TribalYouth@tlpi.org.

Child Welfare League of America - Virtual Training Series: Working with Traumatized Children
2025-02-26 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-19 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver)
Date/time: Wednesdays, February 5, 12 & 26, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm PT/11:00 am – 1:00 pm MT/12:00 pm – 2:00 pm CT/ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET
Description: Child Welfare League of America is pleased to announce another round of our new 3-part, virtual training series that features the publication Working with Traumatized Children – A Handbook for Healing. Now in its third edition, Working with Traumatized Children has been updated to include new strategies and approaches for caregivers and others responsible for meeting the needs of children who are vulnerable. Registration fees will include a PDF copy of Working with Traumatized Children, Companion Workbook.
Participants will gain a strengthened capacity to:

Define what trauma is and differentiate it from stress
Provide examples of trauma symptoms in children and adults
Describe how trauma can impact children’s brains
Advocate for the provision of safe environments when working with children and adults who have been affected by trauma
Provide examples of how systems can be traumatizing or retraumatize people
Explain the importance of understanding the vagus nerve when working with families and children who have been affected by trauma
Express why self-reflective practices and supervision are important when working with this population

Learn More and Register!
Trainer: Paulette Mader, MSN – Senior Training and Consultation Specialist, Rutgers University, “Nurtured Heart Approach” and “ACE and the Neurobiology of Trauma”, “Wrap Around” and “CFT”

Tribal Judicial Institute - Responding to Violence in Tribal Communities Conference & Roundtable | February 24-26, 2025
2025-02-24 - 2025-02-26
Date: February 24-26, 2025
Location: Reno, Nevada
Description: This conference is designed for tribal justice system officials to explore recent legal updates and strategies to improve responses to violent crime in tribal communities.
Topics:

Criminal Jurisdiction & Legal Updates: Including VAWA special tribal criminal jurisdiction, and key cases like Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta and United States v. Cooley.
Addressing Vicarious Trauma in tribal justice professionals.
Community-Based Strategies for violence prevention and response.
Data-Driven Approaches to violent crime.
Coordinated Responses to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP).
Building Capacity to combat drug trafficking.
Post-Adjudication Supervision through tribal reentry and probation.

Roundtable discussions will focus on:
Types of violence in tribal communities and related strategies, resources, and programs.
Addressing unmet needs and improving collaboration in violent crime responses.
Who Should Attend?
Tribal leaders, judges, prosecutors, attorneys, probation officers, reentry providers, and other tribal justice system officials.
For more information, click here: https://law.und.edu/npilc/tji/tjiconference.html

TYRC Public Online Learning Event: Essential Components of a Trauma Informed Organization | February 20, 2025
2025-02-20 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Denver)
Date: February 20, 2025
Time: 10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET
Length: 90 minutes
Description: The presentation will provide an overview and discuss the benefits of using SAMHSA’s framework of Trauma informed care as well as the National Child Traumatic Stress Network essential elements for juvenile justice programs. The webinar will discuss how these elements may be incorporated into any organization providing services to youth families who may have experienced trauma. There are 8 essential elements and this particular webinar will provide considerations for programs to consider when implementing them.
REGISTER HERE
