Trauma-Informed Practice Course Online: 3 Social Work CPD Hours
Trauma-Informed Practice is a practical, self-paced CPD course for social workers and social service workers across Canada. The four Rs, the body and brain, complex and intergenerational trauma, trauma-informed conversations, grounding and organizational change. It has nine narrated lessons and a 36-question final exam. Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.
Trauma-Informed Practice at a glance
| Detail | Summary |
|---|---|
| Credit | 3 instructional hours. Not accredited or approved by any regulator. |
| Format | Online, self-paced: nine narrated lessons (about 205 minutes), exercises, workbook |
| Completion | Pass the 36-question final exam at 80 percent |
| Documentation | Certificate with course title, completion date and 3 hours |
| Focus areas | Trauma-Informed Care; Assessment; Intervention |
| Level | Professional: registered social workers, social service workers, students and new graduates |
| Price | $39 CAD, or the complete pack of 18 courses for $299 |
What you will learn in this trauma-informed practice course
- Define trauma and describe how common it is.
- Describe the main stress responses: fight, flight, freeze and fawn.
- Explain complex and developmental trauma.
- Apply the five principles to a first meeting and ongoing contact.
- Decide when and how to ask about trauma.
- Describe the phases of trauma recovery and where social work fits.
- Identify practices that retraumatize people.
- Explain the link between trauma and substance use.
- Apply trauma informed principles to mixed cases.
Trauma-Informed Practice course curriculum: nine lessons built around real situations
Short narrated lessons with worked examples and practice pauses, each closing with a knowledge check. Slides and a transcript are included for every lesson.
Lesson 1: Understanding the foundation
Lesson 2: Understanding reactions
Lesson 3: Beyond a single event
Lesson 4: From ideas to behaviour
Lesson 5: Asking without harming
Lesson 6: Tools you can offer
Lesson 7: Changing the environment
Lesson 8: Applying the approach under pressure
Lesson 9: Making it real
Trauma-Informed Practice course: 3 online CPD hours for Canadian social workers
The course counts as 3 instructional hours. Complete every lesson, pass the final exam, download your certificate, and enter the activity in your regulator’s CPD record yourself. Keep the certificate and your notes as evidence.
Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.
The complete pack gives you all 18 courses and 54 CPD hours with a certificate for each, for $299 CAD. Bought one at a time they would cost $702.
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Trauma-Informed Practice course: common questions
Curriculum
- 10 Sections
- 9 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Lesson 1: Understanding the foundation2 Items
- Lesson 2: Understanding reactions2 Items
- Lesson 3: Beyond a single event2 Items
- Lesson 4: From ideas to behaviour2 Items
- Lesson 5: Asking without harming2 Items
- Lesson 6: Tools you can offer2 Items
- Lesson 7: Changing the environment2 Items
- Lesson 8: Applying the approach under pressure2 Items
- Lesson 9: Making it real2 Items
- Final Exam and Certificate1 Item