IFVS Pathways Home > Trauma & Resilience Certification Program > Trauma & Resilience, Level Two

Florida State University offers an online curriculum for a Professional Certification in Trauma & Resilience: Level Two

The advanced curriculum enables professionals to further develop the knowledge and skills they need to understand the impact of individual and community trauma, along with a practical guide to building resilience. In Level Two, participants who have already completed Level One will learn additional crucial information to improve service delivery to clients, students, human services recipients, patients, and other members of the public.

This self-paced curriculum includes 15 hours of course content across 8 chapters of research-based readings, case scenarios, multi-media materials, assignments, and quizzes.

Participants can access the course materials for one calendar year from the time they receive their log-in credentials.

Click here to Register Now

Why Earn The Professional Certification in Trauma & Resilience?

The Professional Certification in Trauma and Resilience through Florida State University’s Center for Professional Development 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 employer, colleagues, and clients that you have received professional training from a prominent university
A public health approach and deeper dive into common
forms of trauma
Confidence that you are able to incorporate knowledge of trauma and resilience into your own practice
The ability to assist leadership in establishing, strengthening, and maintaining the principles of trauma and resilience throughout the organization.

Benefits of this Course Include

Enhancing your professional knowledge, skills, and career potential.
A transformative understanding of how stress from Adverse Childhood Experiences can affect the developing brain and impact maladaptive client behavior.
A powerful new perspective on trauma-informed approaches to effective service delivery. A discovery of the building blocks of resilience and the hope they offer for healing.
Increased self-awareness, a new outlook on personal development, and ways to avoid secondary traumatization.
Confidence in your ability to enhance your agency, unit, or teams’ effectiveness.
Providing professionals knowledge and tools to help them cope with adversity, along with many valuable multimedia materials available to use and disseminate to clients.

Testimonials:

Advisory Council

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

James Clark, Ph.D., LCSW
Suzanne Harrison, M.D.
Carol Edwards, MSW, Ed.D., LCSW
Craig Stanley, Ph.D., LCSW
Mimi Graham, Ph.D.
Margaret Ashmore, MSW, LCSW
Shalay Jackson, MSW, D.P.H.
Vicky Verano, LCSW
Ellen Piekalkiewicz
Machelle D. Madsen Thompson, Ph.D, LCSW
Joedrecka Brown Speights, M.D., FAAFP
Keithen Matthis, MSW

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

Karen Oehme, J.D., Institute Director
Ann Perko, J.D., Director of Research Dissemination
Lyndi Bradley, MSW, Ed.D., Director of Professional Development

Additional Information:

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Continuing Education Units

Note: The number of CEUs may differ depending on the profession and approval agency as described below

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

Big Bend AHEC CEU Information:

Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers
Course Name: “Professional Certification in Trauma & Resilience: Level Two”
Continuing Education Unit (CEU) programs are planned in accordance with meeting the criteria set forth and approved for licensure renewal as outlined in the Florida Statutes and by Chapter 491 Licensure Board. This workshop is approved for and offers 15 contact hours for Social Work.
Participants must self-report to their own licensing board to determine credit awarded.

Florida Board of Nursing
Course Name: “Professional Certification in Trauma & Resilience: Level Two”
Continuing Education Unit (CEU) programs are planned in accordance with meeting the criteria set forth and approved for licensure renewal as outlined in the Florida Statutes and by Chapter 464 Licensure Board. This workshop is approved for and offers 15 contact hours for Nursing.
Participants must self-report to their own licensing board to determine credit awarded.

Florida Board of Respiratory Care
Course Name: “Professional Certification in Trauma & Resilience: Level Two”
Continuing Education Unit (CEU) programs are planned in accordance with meeting the criteria set forth and approved for licensure renewal as outlined in the Florida Statutes and by Chapter 468 Licensure Board. This workshop is approved for and offers 15 contact hours for Respiratory Therapy.
Participants must self-report to their own licensing board to determine credit awarded.

Florida Board of Dentistry
Course Name: “Professional Certification in Trauma & Resilience: Level Two”
Continuing Education Unit (CEU) programs are planned in accordance with meeting the criteria set forth and approved for licensure renewal as outlined in the Florida Statutes and by Chapter 466 Licensure Board. This workshop is approved for and offers 15 contact hours for Dentistry.
Participants must self-report to their own licensing board to determine credit awarded.

Continuing Legal Education Credits:

Florida Lawyers

Continuing Legal Education credit has been approved as follows:

CLE Credits

– General: 12
– Professionalism: 1.0
– Mental Health & Wellness: 3.5
– Ethics: 1.0

Florida Bar members can report their CLE credit online through the Member Portal. The course number required to report credits is provided upon successful completion of the training.

Participants outside of Florida must self-report to their own licensing board to determine credit awarded.

Continuing Judicial Education Credits:

Judges

The Office of the State Courts Administrator of the Florida Supreme Court has approved a total of 10 Continuing Judicial Education (CJE) units, of which four (4) are Ethics, to judges and magistrates in Florida.

Participants outside of Florida must self-report 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 $299 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:

Active and former U.S. Military
FSU Alumni
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)

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
FSU Alumni
- Full name as it was when you attended FSU, and
- Date of Birth, and
- Graduation Year
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 15 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 8 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 8 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 15 hours to complete the training.

Is there a time frame for 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?

Visit the program webpage: https://ifvs.catalog.instructure.com/courses/tr-l2-2024
Click the Enroll Now button
Fill out the registration form and submit your payment via the secure FSU payment portal.

PLEASE NOTE: Access to this course is on another website. Your login information and the link to the course will be sent to you 1-2 business days after your payment is confirmed. If you submit your payment on Friday or on the weekend, your login information will be sent to you that following Monday.

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 FSU Learn's 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. 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 – 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

*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.