Summer 2025 | Delivering Adjustment Support Groups | CEUs Offered
This NASW CEU-accredited course builds service providers’ skills in launching and leading impactful psychosocial support groups for newcomers.
Course Objectives:
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
Synchronous Session Dates:
Thursday, July 10, 2:00 - 3:15 PM ET
Thursday, July 17, 2:00 – 3:15 PM ET
Thursday, July 24, 2:00 - 3:15 PM ET
Thursday, July 31, 2:00 - 3:15PM ET
This is an NASW-accredited course worth 10 continuing education units (CEUs).
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Welcome to the Course!
How to Navigate this Course
Course Workbook
Course Instructors' Office Hours
Optional: Connect with Your Course Cohort Peers
Required Module 1 Pre-Work: Read the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape Guide to Trauma-Informed Supervision, Pages 6-18
Required Module 1 Pre-Work: Activity
Optional Module 1 Pre-Work: Watch the TedX, "Great Leadership Starts with Self-Leadership" by Lars Sudmann
Module 1 Synchronous Zoom Session
Module 1 Slide Deck Downloadable
Module 1 Check-In
Required Module 2 Pre-Work: Read the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape Guide to Trauma-Informed Supervision, Pages 4-5 & 19-20
Required Module 2 Pre-Work: Read the Switchboard Guide, Trauma-Informed Care: Movement Towards Practice
Required Module 2 Pre-Work: Case Scenario Response
Optional Module 2 Pre-Work: Watch the TED, Nadine Burke Harris, Video: How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime (2014)
Optional Module 2 Pre-Work: Read the SAMHSA Guide: SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach
Optional Module 2 Pre-Work: Take the "Creating Cultures of Trauma-Informed Care" Organization Self Assessment
Module 2 Synchronous Zoom Session
Module 2 Slide Deck Downloadable
Module 2 Check-In
Required Module 3 Pre-Work: Read the Switchboard, Guide: Cultural Competence in Refugee Service Settings: Guidance for Service Providers Based on a Scoping Review of the Literature
Required Module 3 Pre-Work: Self Reflection on Active Listening Skills Activity
Optional Module 3 Pre-Work: Watch the TED, Kim Scott & Trier Bryant Video: How to Reduce Bias in Your Workplace (2021)
Optional Module 3 Pre-Work: Test Yourself for Hidden Bias Using the Assessment from Learning for Justice
Optional Module 3 Pre-Work: Read the SAMHSA, Guide: Improving Cultural Competence: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 59
Module 3 Synchronous Zoom Session
Module 3 Slide Deck Downloadable
Module 3 Check-In
Required Module 4 Pre-Work: Read the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, Guide: A Guide to Trauma- Informed Supervision, pgs. 21-27
Required Module 4 Pre-Work: Watch the TED, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky Video: Beyond the Cliff (2015)
Required Module 4 Pre-Work: Take the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) 5 Measure Assessment (2021)
Required Module 4 Pre-Work: Download and Complete the Brown University, Self-Care Assessment Worksheet (1996)
Required Module 4 Pre-Work: Case Scenario Response
Optional Module 4 Pre-Work: Read the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), Fact Sheet: Secondary Traumatic Stress Core Competencies for Trauma-Informed Support and Supervision (2022)
Optional Module 4 Pre-Work: Use the STS Practice Lab, Tool: Secondary Traumatic Stress Core Competencies in Trauma-Informed Supervision Self-Rating Tool (2022)
Optional Module 4 Pre-Work: Watch the TED, LeeAnn Renninger Video: The Secret to Giving Great Feedback (2020)
Optional Module 4 Pre-Work: Read the Switchboard, Guide: Preventing Occupational Hazards by Promoting Organizational Resilience
Module 4 Synchronous Zoom Session
Module 4 Slide Deck Downloadable
Module 4 Check-In
Course Completion Satisfaction Survey
Course Outro & Next Steps