National Initiative for Trauma Education and Workforce Development

Join us on Thursday, June 11th for our consultation call! Dr. Betsy Bledsoe will be facilitating the call from 1:00pm-2:00pm EST.

Register here:
https://bhslearn.unc.edu/nitewd/consult-06-11-26

Being a mental health provider is hard work. The balance between taking care of your clients and yourself can be difficult to find. Even though the work can be demanding, self-care is crucial and can help prevent secondary trauma. Here are some tips from NCTSN on self-care.

https://www.nctsn.org/resources/taking-care-of-you

Our mission to train mental health providers on evidence-based, trauma-informed practices goes beyond training those already working in the field. NITEWD has started training nearly 50 MSW faculty to train MSW students on Trauma-Informed Core Components before they enter the workforce at our in-person and virtual Faculty Summer Institutes. These efforts have contributed to the Core Components and Skills for Trauma-Informed Practice MSW course to be offered in over 30 states.

Our asynchronous online course introduces the core components and skills for trauma-informed practice through three case studies. Register for the course here: https://bhs.unc.edu/core-components-skills-trauma-informed-practice-2026

Robin Hernandez-Mekonnen at Stockton University areas of focus are child welfare, system reform, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and the intersection of child welfare and immigration, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration. Robin has been affiliated with NITEWD since 2023.

This resource by the NCTSN designed for children who have experienced Complex Trauma. It helps them learn about what it is and different ways to cope. It also helps those who care for them learn how to have conversations with them.

Click here to download the resource:
https://www.nctsn.org/resources/what-complex-trauma-resource-guide-youth-and-those-who-care-about-them

On this Memorial Day we are sharing a resource from NCTSN for parents to navigate traumatic grief with their child(ren).

Click here to download the resource:
https://www.nctsn.org/resources/helping-military-children-traumatic-grief-tips-parents

A new podcast with NCTSN clinical experts creates a space for conversations around mental health practice.

Click here to watch the first episode

Practice Makes Progress: Clinical Conversations Practice Makes Progress: Clinical Conversations is a podcast series from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), built on a simple idea: real co...

The NITEWD MSW course, Core Components and Skills for Trauma-Informed Practice continues to grow its reach and prepare future mental health practitioners. As the 2025=2026 school year wraps up we are excited to announce that over 60 sessions the course was offered at over 30 universities and reached over 1,200 MSW students.