Workforce Development Committee
THE WFD Committee was established in 2015
GOAL: Develop a workforce that includes all individuals working with children and families that is trauma-informed
The WFD Committee identified seven core content areas to be included in workforce development efforts to inform, educate, and train others in the complex field of childhood trauma, to provide a common framework for practitioners working with children and families:
- Introduction to Trauma
- Nature of Trauma
- Impact of Trauma on the Child
- Prevention, Resiliency & Protective Factors
- Interactions and Interventions with Survivors of Trauma
- Self-Care and Vicarious Trauma.
CURRENT INITIATIVES
Trauma Training Core Content Areas Update and Dissemination
WFD is updating the initial trauma training core content areas
PUBLICATIONS
ICTC Cohort Survey
WFD Committee completed an ICTC cohort survey in 2015 and 2017, and initial analysis survey results compiled in 2018. The committee is in process of a deeper analysis of the survey results and possible white paper to broadly disseminate the information.
MEMBERS
Carol Gall, Co-chair
Marlita White, Co-chair
Michelle Arnold
Jill Barbre
Angela Baron-Jeffrey
Reshma Desai
Shannon Ellison
Jackie Garlock
Omar Jamil
Eilene Ladson
Allison Lowe-Fotos
Nell McKitrick
Orson Morrison
Meg O’Rourke
Elena Quintana
Tali Raviv
Alli Schuck
Kandace Thomas
GET INVOLVED!
Join our Committee and/or one of the Workgroups
Please email [email protected] to learn more and be added to our distribution list for news and upcoming meetings
Send us trauma related “wins”
Share an Intern or Graduate Student to work on WFD Committee projects
Attend one of our meetings.