Trauma Informed Parenting

This course helps participants learn the three R's (Regulate, Relate, Reason) and other practical trauma-informed parenting strategies. Trauma support resources for children are described. Participants will recognize the importance of finding activities to have fun with children; recognize the importance of connected parenting and the relationship as the foundational cornerstone; understand how to promote healthy behaviors; and recognize the importance of a parent's self-regulation. Also highlighted are ways to be proactive versus reactive and the difference between discipline and punishment.