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Project TRUST E-Learning Curriculum Launched

Building and Integrating Trauma-Conscious Engagement


With OVC funding, Project TRUST (Trauma Response to Uplift Survivors of Trafficking) at the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants released Building and Integrating Trauma-Conscious Engagement, an e-learning curriculum that supports diverse stakeholders in the anti-trafficking field build trauma-conscious and person-centered practices.

This self-paced, 12-16-hour curriculum includes information about the neurobiology of trauma, coping techniques to be shared with clients, self-care tools addressing vicarious trauma, case studies to help service providers think about trauma’s impact on individuals and how they receive services, tips on organizational structure, and tools for trauma-conscious service delivery.

The curriculum is comprised of two sections and nine modules of content.

Section 1: Understanding Trauma and Human Trafficking

  • Trauma Basics
  • Neurobiology of Trauma
  • Types of Trauma  
  • Trauma Responses

Section 2: Supporting Individuals Impacted by Human Trafficking-Related Trauma

  • Healing Pathways
  • Trauma-Conscious Engagement in Service Provision
  • Tools and Skills for Trauma Response Management
  • Trauma-Conscious Programming and Service Integration
  • Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care

View the curriculum

Date Modified: September 30, 2020
Date Published: June 15, 2022