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    Trauma-informed Care

    Clinical Practices, Recovery and Social Supports

    A5 - Embodying Trauma-informed Leadership

    Monday, May 5, 2025
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Location: 112AB
    NASW CCB ACCME ANCC NADAAC NBCC
    Embodying Trauma-Informed Leadership explores the impact of relational dynamics on leadership, focusing on how individuals react, change, and are triggered. This session will delve into key concepts such as presence, boundaries before belonging, and befriending triggers, while offering practical steps for fostering a trauma-informed culture. Attendees will learn to integrate relational embodiment practices that support healing, self-mastery, and sustainable leadership transformation.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Differentiate between cognitive and relational approaches to trauma informed care
    • Identify blind spots when using the cognitive approach to trauma informed care
    • Identify sustainable Step1 to begin practicing a relational embodiment approach: Power of Presence
    • Identify sustainable Step 2 to begin practicing a relational embodiment approach: Boundaries before Belonging
    • Identify sustainable Step 3 to begin practicing a relational embodiment approach: Befriending Triggers