EXTERNAL Understanding & Screening for Trauma in Young Children

Many young children experience trauma. Identifying trauma symptoms and appropriately responding is critical to ensuring a child’s wellbeing.

Objectives: In this webinar, we will

• Learn about Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health
• Learn about the impact of trauma
• Learn how to utilize the Companion Guide to screen for Trauma in young children
• Learn what's in a trauma assessment
• Learn what treatments work

Audience: This webinar is for anyone who works with or on behalf of young children.

Continuing education: This is a 3-hour webinar. Participants will receive handouts, an agenda, and a certificate of attendance to submit for continuing education credits on their own. 

Trainer: Lindsey Ondrak, Outreach & Training Specialist, NRPVYC

Lindsey is a licensed independent mental health practitioner (LIMHP) and licensed professional counselor (LPC) providing outpatient individual and family therapy with specialized training in trauma and attachment. She is trained in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Trauma Focused Attachment Therapy/Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DPP), Theraplay (Level 1), Brainspotting, and Circle of Security Parenting (Facilitator), and the FAN model of Reflective Practice. In 2007, she received her master's degree (MA) in Community Counseling in Harrisonburg, VA.