College Student Wellbeing, Trauma, and Resilience

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Florida State University offers an online curriculum for a Professional Certification in College Student Wellbeing, Trauma, and Resilience.

The curriculum was developed by the Clearinghouse on Trauma & Resilience within the Institute for Family Violence Studies in the College of Social Work. This course provides a rigorous curriculum to inform college administrators, faculty, staff, and policy-makers about individual and systemic factors that impact student resilience and wellbeing.

This course provides a foundation for transforming colleges and universities into trauma-informed environments in which students, faculty, and staff can thrive. It builds participants’ knowledge and skills to apply trauma-informed principles in practical ways across the educational setting. Participants will learn crucial information and obtain resources to build a campus culture that promotes positive mental health, student retention and student success.

This self-paced curriculum includes 20 hours of course content and nine chapters of evidence-based readings, case scenarios, multimedia materials, assignments, and quizzes. 


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Why Earn The Professional Certification in College Student Wellbeing, Trauma, & Resilience?

The Professional Certification in College Student Wellbeing, Trauma, & Resilience enables professionals to develop knowledge and skills to improve service delivery in a wide variety of human services.

The Professional certification offers the following:

  • Validation to your institution that you have received professional training from a prominent university
  • A thorough understanding of the core concepts of both a trauma-informed approach and the building blocks of student resilience
  • Confidence to lead your institution to incorporate knowledge of trauma and resilience into a higher education setting
  • A strong foundation for policy and advocacy efforts for institutions of higher education.

Benefits of this Course Include

  • Enhancing your professional knowledge, skills, and advancing your career potential.
  • Gaining a transformative understanding of how trauma can affect the developing brain, interfere with learning, and impact student success.
  • Relating the role of early adversity to adult physical, psychological and behavioral problems.
  • Learning powerful new principles of trauma-informed approaches applied to the higher education setting.
  • Recognizing the important opportunity colleges have to positively influence resilience and late adolescent brain development.
  • Understanding the components of resilience and how campuses can play a role in building more resilient students.
  • Appreciating how systemic issues such as racism, homophobia, xenophobia, transphobia, and misogyny can impact campus culture and student success.
  • Learning how a culturally sensitive and responsive approach is integral to campus resilience efforts.
  • Acquiring tools to avoid secondary traumatization.

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Testimonials: 

Advisory Team

The research team at the Institute for Family Violence Studies appreciates
the expertise of our Advisory Team:

James Clark, Ph.D., LCSW
Provost
Florida State University

Laura Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Advising
Boston University, Massachusetts

Margaret Mbindyo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/Advising Center Coordinator
Millersville University, Pennsylvania

Linda Scuiletti, Ph.D.
Vice President of Assessment, Planning & Research
Central Carolina Community College, North Carolina

Dr. Craig Stanley III, Ph.D.
Director of Strategic Initiatives & Special Projects
Faculty Development and Advancement
Florida State University

This Professional Certification was created by the Institute for Family Violence Studies

Karen Oehme, J.D., Director
Ann Perko, J.D., Director of Research Dissemination
Lyndi Bradley, MSW, Ed D., Director of Professional Development
Johnna Gracik , Intern
Dana White, Intern

Additional Information:

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Continuing Education Units

Participants must report their certificate to their licensure board to receive credit. We do not report to the licensure boards.

Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Social Workers

  • Continuing Education Units (CEU) programs are set forth and approved for licensure renewal as outlined in the Florida Statutes and by Chapter 491 Licensure Board. This Professional Certification course is approved for and offers 15 contact hours for Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Social Workers.

Participants outside of Florida must submit to their own licensing board to determine credit awarded.

FAQs

About Our Program

1. Cost

How much does the training cost?
The training is currently $349 per person.

Is the registration fee different for non-Florida residents?
No. Participants are charged the same course fee regardless of where they reside.

Do you offer discounts to non-profits?
The vast majority of our participants come from non-profit organizations. As such, we did everything in our power to keep the cost of the training as low as possible. So, while we do not offer discounts to non-profits specifically, we currently offer a 10% discount to the following populations:

  1. Active and inactive U.S. Military
  2. FSU Alumni
  3. FSU Students, Faculty, & Staff

How do I obtain the discount?
You need a promo code that you MUST enter during your registration process. This cannot be applied retroactively. To obtain the promo code you must supply the following information for each population (email to IFVS-Pathways@fsu.edu:

  1. Active and inactive U.S. Military
    • Send an email from your .mil account, OR
    • Scan and email your military orders, OR
    • Scan and email you military ID
  2. FSU Alumni
    • Full name as it was when you attended FSU, and
    • Date of Birth, and
    • Graduation Year
  3. FSU Students, Faculty, & Staff
    • Full name as is found in the Faculty/Staff database

Can I use my State Tuition Waiver?
State Employee Tuition Waivers are restricted to credit courses. This course is non-credit, professional development and therefore does not apply for the tuition waiver.

Do you offer group discounts?
Group discounts are available to associations, agencies, and organizations who are registering multiple participants. Please email us at IFVS-Pathways@fsu.edu to discuss.

2. Course Format

How is the training structured?
Our training is fully online and is self-paced. It includes 20 hours of course content and nine chapters of research-based readings, case scenarios, multi-media materials, assignments, and quizzes.

How does the online course work?

  • The course is made up of 10 Chapters which you must work through by completing assignments and passing each chapter quiz with at least 80% before the next chapter is released.
  • You will be able to retake each quiz until you achieve a passing score.
  • Upon successful completion of all 10 chapters, the final exam will be released and you will need to score at least an 80% to pass it.
  • Once you have passed the Final Exam and completed a Feedback survey, the certification will be released.

How long is the training?
We estimate that it will take you 20 hours to complete the training.

Is there a time frame from me to complete the training?
After you register, the training will be open to you for one year (calendar year). Even if you complete the course in a short period of time, the course materials will remain open to you for the entire year.

3. Registration

Who can register for this training?
The training non-credit, professional development and is therefore open to the public. Participants do not need to apply to the University, rather they simply have to register and submit their payment.

Who should register for this training?
The curriculum enables professionals to develop knowledge and skills to improve service delivery in a wide variety of human services.

Education Requirements
While there are no special degree requirements to participate in this training, please note that the level of instruction is that of an upper-division college course.

How do I register for this training?

4. Where do I take the Training and When does it start?

When are the courses offered?
Registration for the course is rolling and the curriculum is self-paced and fully online. This means participants may begin at any time – after registration and payment has been received.

Where do I access the course?
The training portal is accessed at the FSU Learn Canvas Site. This is NOT the same place participants registered. Participants will be able to access and start the training once payment has been submitted and processed and login credentials have been provided.

Discounts

To obtain Discount Codes, please reach out to IFVS Staff at IFVS-Pathways@fsu.edu or by using the contact form at the bottom of this webpage. Discount codes MUST be entered in the Promo Code field during the registration process and cannot be applied after the registration is submitted. Before submitting your registration, please verify that your total amount due reflects your discount.

We currently offer discounts to the following populations:

All active/inactive U.S. Military – 10% Must supply:

  • Send an email from your .mil account, OR
  • Scan and email your military orders, OR
  • Scan and email you military ID

FSU Alumni – 10% Must supply:

  • Full name as it was when you attended FSU, and
  • Date of Birth, and
  • Graduation Year

FSU Students – 10% Must supply:

  • Full name and
  • Date of Birth

FSU Faculty & Staff & Alumni – 10% Must supply:

  • Full name as is found in the Faculty/Staff database

Group Discounts also Available

  • Reach out to IFVS Staff at IFVS-Pathways@fsu.edu using the contact form at the bottom of this webpage .

*Discounts are not cumulative. Only one discount can be used per student.

REQs

Minimum Hardware Requirements
A functional laptop or desktop computer, tablet or smartphone with a reliable high-speed Internet connection.

Minimum Skills Requirements
Basic computer literacy including the ability to connect to the Internet and navigate the web using URLs, Web search engines and links.

Minimum Time Requirements
The estimated time to complete this certification is 20 hours.

Cancellations

Please note that there are NO REFUNDS. So, be sure that you can take the course before inputting your payment information.

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 Course Content Support and Registration Assistance:

Please contact the Institute for Family Violence Studies at IFVS-Pathways@fsu.edu - 850-645-0024

Research Bibliographies on Trauma & Resilience

Trauma Bibliography
Resilience Bibliography