Online Workshop

Being Trauma-Informed

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About this Online Workshop

This introductory-level training will explore trauma, vicarious trauma and trauma-informed practice through a social justice lens and strength-based lens. Participants will consider the fundamentals of trauma (brain, body, nervous system), explore and reflect on trauma-informed approaches and tools to use in their work and in building confidence to interact with diverse persons and communities that have experienced trauma.

Participants will be encouraged to analyze the ways trauma overlaps with chronic and systemic experiences of oppression and racism and how their own lived experiences might impact their work. Participants will gain trauma-informed skills to support themselves, their teams and clients and will be encouraged to bring in dilemmas and experiences to unpack and learn from.

NOTE: This is an interactive, virtual workshop, which is different from a webinar. Participants will be expected to participate through voice and video, and to engage with each other and the facilitator in large and small group discussions, to learn from each other and practice skill development.

Who Should Attend?

Any staff in a human, social or community services organization.

Format and Duration

Four-three-hour, one-two-hour, and one-one-and-a-half hour online workshops.


Workshop Dates and Registration

All sessions in Eastern Standard Time

February 10 - 24 & March 3, 2025

  • Part 1: Monday, February 10 | 9:00 – 12:00

  • Part 2: Tuesday, February 11 | 9:00 – 12:00

  • Part 3: Thursday, February 20 | 9:00 – 12:00

  • Part 4: Friday, February 21 | 9:00 – 12:00 

  • Part 5: Monday, February 24 | 1:00 – 3:00 

  • Part 6: Monday, March 3 | 10:00 – 11:30 

  • Registration Cut Off: Thursday, February 6

Registration coming soon. 

September 8 - 19, 2025

  • Part 1: Monday, September 8 | 9:00 – 12:00

  • Part 2: Tuesday, September 9 | 9:00 – 12:00

  • Part 3: Thursday, September 11 | 9:00 – 12:00

  • Part 4: Fridy, September 12 | 9:00 – 12:00

  • Part 5: Thursday, September 18 | 10:00 – 12:00 

  • Part 6: Friday, September 19 | 10:00 – 11:30 

  • Registration Cut Off: Thursday, September 4

Registration coming soon. 

Pricing

  • Members: TBC

  • Non-Members: TBC

  • Non-Member Education Level 1 & 2: TBC

Bring This Workshop to Your Staff

OMSSA can work with you to deliver this workshop to you and your team in an in-person format at a time that works for you. We can also customize the content of each workshop to meet your specific needs. Contact OMSSA's Director, Education Christie Herrington to learn more about bringing this workshop to your staff. 

About the Facilitator

Karine Silverwoman, MSW, is a passionate practitioner, consultant and educator with over 20 years of experience in the social work sector. Her work is informed by an understanding of how  trauma and oppression how impact our bodies and communities. She has extensive training in trauma-informed therapeutic approaches, clinical supervision and leadership and in applying strategies to assist front-line workers and other practitioners to deepen their skills and align their  work with their values. She has worked in a wide variety of settings and roles including, Director of Counseling for a gender based violence clinic, consultant , street outreach worker, therapist,  youth worker and social work instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University and George Brown College. Her approach is guided by a social justice, anti-colonial, queer/trans affirming and strength-based lens. As a trainer, she embeds a trauma-informed lens and creates brave, reflective learning spaces. She interweaves practical examples, a sense of humour and an ethic of care into all her training, believing, as she does, in a world where everyone should be able to live with dignity, safety and belonging.
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http://karinesilverwoman.com/

Technical Requirements

OMSSA will be hosting this virtual workshop using Zoom, an online, interactive platform that you can join straight from your web browser, or by downloading 'Zoom Client for Meetings' on your computer or tablet. 

Participants will be expected to join the workshop via both video and audio. Participants should therefore have access to a desktop computer, laptop computer or tablet with:

  • a webcam or built-in camera

  • a built-in microphone or a headphone jack where you can plug in a headset or earphones

We strongly recommend that participants use a headset or earphones with a built-in microphone in order to limit background noise. 

System requirements: Click here for more detailed information on system requirements from Zoom.