Training for Healthcare Professionals
The Impact of Intergenerational Trauma on Eating Disorders
Description: Research dating back generations has explored the impact of various forms of trauma, including race-based trauma, on families and offspring. People in healthcare professions, the judicial system, and behavioral health have rarely been educated in treating trauma that is not solely individual and acute. Statistics show that trauma can have an impact on brain development and its effects can define and limit a person from childhood through adulthood – affecting all areas of their life and their mental and physical health. An understanding of the social and local contexts of trauma can enrich relationships with coworkers, help improve the understanding of the root causes of behavioral issues in children, enable teachers to identify trauma effects that impact a child or adolescent’s ability to learn, and provide context for adaptive responses that may lead to risky behaviors and rupture relationships. Understanding how intergenerational trauma effects can hijack a person’s life can also lead to the recognition that intervening and treating trauma can bring many gifts.
Webinar Details
Audience: Primary care and behavioral health providers serving children, adolescents, and young adults
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: Free
Credit: 1 CE Credit or Certificate of Attendance
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the effects of childhood trauma on the developing brain;
- Define intergenerational trauma;
- Describe the connection between trauma, including racial trauma, and risk for medical, behavioral and mental health disorders;
- Describe how intergenerational trauma impacts parenting, money management, work performance and absenteeism, and relationship stability;
- List 3 gifts that are available from becoming aware of intergenerational trauma.
Registration
Please complete the registration form before watching the webinar.
To receive Credit
- Complete the registration form above.
- View the webinar video below.
- Complete the evaluation survey.
- Complete the post-test.
- You will receive a certificate with your 1.0 CE credit by email within 7 business days.
If you have questions, contact us at info@nceedus.org
Presenter
Carolyn Coker Ross, MD, MPH, CEDS-S
Author, Speaker, Co-founder of the Institute for Antiracism and Equity
