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Continuing education / 6 hours · Intermediate

Trauma-Informed Assessment and Stabilization

Six hours for the clinician who is not a trauma specialist but sees trauma weekly: screening and differential assessment, phase-oriented care, teachable stabilization and grounding skills, and honest referral boundaries for specialist treatment. This course does not certify you in any trauma treatment technique, and says so.

What the course covers

  1. Screening and differential assessment
  2. Phase-oriented care: what comes first and why
  3. Stabilization and grounding skills that clients keep
  4. Working within your scope
  5. Referral pathways and continuity

After this course you will be able to

  • Screen for trauma and differentiate related presentations
  • Apply phase-oriented principles to treatment planning
  • Teach stabilization skills with stop and choice built in

Who this course is for

  • Generalist clinicians who see trauma weekly but are not trauma specialists
  • Teams adopting trauma-informed intake and screening
  • Clinicians who want to know when and how to refer

How it works

Self-paced reading with optional audio, case material worked in full, and short knowledge checks along the way. The course ends with a final exam (60 questions, retake allowed) and a course evaluation. Your certificate of completion issues immediately and stays downloadable in your account.

Common questions

Will I learn EMDR or other trauma treatments?
No, and we say so plainly: technique training and certification live with their own credentialing bodies. This course covers assessment, stabilization, scope, and referral done well.
What stabilization skills are included?
Grounding and regulation skills clients keep, taught with stop-and-choice built in, plus phase-oriented planning so processing work is not started prematurely.
Who reviews this content?
A licensed clinician signs the course before release, and trauma content gets a specialist read. The faculty line on this page fills in at release.
Eligibility. CE credit approvals for this course are in progress with our accreditation partners. Until an approval is confirmed for your license type and state, treat this course as professional development. This page will list the exact approvals the course carries; we do not claim approvals we do not have.

Authorship. This course is authored by a named, licensed clinician and independently reviewed before release. Faculty name, credentials, and disclosures appear here at release.

Refunds. Full refund within 30 days if you have not yet passed the final exam.

Crisis resources. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) in the US. Our courses train professionals and are not a crisis service.