Robert Rhoton – Certified Family Trauma Professional Intensive Training: Effective Techniques for Treating Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Families

Outline

Day 1

• Trauma: The Creator of Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior Traumagenesis
  • Neurobiology/physiology and the creation of adaptive responses
  • Adaptive responses and reason, planning or intentionality
  • Environmental activators of the threat response system
• How Trauma is Created and Maintained in Families
  • Adaptive and maladaptive behaviors
  • Patterns become family culture
  • Family culture becomes a transfer agent between generations
• The Impact of Trauma on Family Culture
  • Patterns and genetics
  • How beliefs and personally relevant truths are established
  • Family homeostasis based on trauma and the resultant behaviors
• Assessing Family Trauma
  • Traumagenic assessment process
  • The 7 domains of assessment for families
  • Family Strengths and Needs and Trauma Assessment FANS-T
• Stabilizing Families for Treatment
  • Reactive adaptation to help families feel safe in therapy
  • Normalize the reactions that operate in the family
  • Build hope through compassion and respect
  • Engage families in the process of treatment

Day 2

• Treatment from a Family-Based Prospective
  • Benefits of treating families over children for trauma
  • Neurobiological sound approach to treatment
• Essentials for Family-Based Trauma Treatment
  • Manage self and keep out of the threat response system
  • Calm parties by educating them on the treatment process
  • Focus on function over behaviors
  • Deal with shame, guilt and judgment
• IATP Treatment Structure for Families
  • Active ingredients applied to family treatment
  • Relationship building: Safety and predictability in treatment
  • Psychoeducation
  • Self-regulation skill building
  • Growth and resilience in families
• Models of Treatment for Families
  • Figley’s family trauma treatment
  • ARC – Attachment, Regulation and Competency
  • CPP – Child and Parent Psychotherapy
  • Brier and Langtree’s Self-trauma treatment structure
  • Relationship enhancement play therapies
• Resolution of Trauma within Families
  • Put families on the pathway to growth and resilience
  • Activities to help families prepare for intervention
  • Examine family culture for activators
  • Create a shared language around common elements