Healing Cities is excited to announce the launch of our Free Online Training Library—a new, national resource designed to make trauma-informed knowledge accessible to every community member, professional, parent, youth leader, and public servant.
These foundational trainings are aligned with SAMHSA standards and support our shared mission to build trauma-informed and healing-centered cities across the nation.
Initial Trainings Now Available
Trauma-Informed Care: Trauma Awareness
A broad overview of trauma (individual, community, historic, mass, environmental) and a mindset shift from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”
Understanding Trauma’s Impact in Trauma-Informed Care
How trauma affects emotional, relational, cognitive, and physiological functioning—and why this understanding matters in service design, community safety, education, and healing environments.
Trauma-Informed Care: Clinical Issues
Core clinical considerations: screening and assessment, avoiding re-traumatization, intervention principles, and creating safe, supportive healing spaces.
Developing a Trauma-Informed Organization
Shifting leadership, policies, physical environments, culture, and operations to become trauma-informed at the organizational level.
From Awareness to Action: Building Trauma-Informed Communities
An introduction to trauma-informed care. The event’s host is Reverend Kim Leree, the CEO of Healing Cities.