Trauma, Stigma & Belonging

DESCRIPTION: Have the people accessing your service experienced trauma? Do you feel that you and they would benefit if you knew more about stigmatisation how that impacts them accessing your service?  If you answered yes, you are not alone.  Research suggests that stigma can manifest in subtle and largely unintended ways. Specifically, stigma can be related to a lack of skills and confidence when working with people who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) including abuse, neglect, and exploitation. That is why we have invited Lisa Cherry, Author, Researcher and International Trauma Trainer and Consultant, to speak to you about understanding Trauma and Stigma. This course is designed to help frontline workers understand the stigma attached to the trauma people have experienced and how this may impact your work with them. It offers a chance to hear from a highly regarded authority on trauma about how we can improve our relationship, interactions and overall care for people who have experienced trauma and the stigma that sits with that.

This course will examine stigmatising attitudes and behaviours through various instructional activities.

The course covers four key areas:

• Exploration of stigmatisation
• Exploration of how stigma impacts
• How do we challenge the impact of the 'stigma machine'
• Connecting co-production, language and stigma as developing vehicles for change

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Identify and think operationally about the trauma informed principles in practice.
• Explain stigma and its causes, and identify what stigma looks like in their setting
• Describe the impact of stigma on people with lived experience and why it is important for people with lived experiences to share their stories.
• Identify common misperceptions about trauma and stigma
• Describe how stigma can affect access to services.
• Describe what is being done to address stigma and what they can do to make a difference.
• Identify ways to reduce stigma, prejudice, and discrimination.
• Describe how applying recovery-based and trauma-informed awareness in your approach to service delivery challenges stigma.
• Identify strategies to decrease stigmatising language use and explain how to incorporate respectful language in verbal and written language.
• Identify strategies to collectively care for all those involved.

Please note: 

As the session is online and due to the nature of the topic, all attendees are expected to have their cameras on for the entire session (except during scheduled breaks). It is important that the trainer can monitor delegates' engagement and emotional wellbeing throughout the session. 

• If you have any concerns or are aware that your IT equipment may be faulty, please do not book onto the course, as you will not be able participate fully in the session. Subsequently not achieving the learning outcomes necessary to complete the course. 
• Any attendees who turn off their cameras during the session without a valid reason will be removed from the meeting and will not complete the course.