Recognizing the staggering impact of children’s exposure to adverse experiences, costing society upwards of $458 billion annually (Penn Today (upenn.ed.)), the critical need to mitigate the adverse effects of trauma compelled the leadership team at TREC to develop coursework specifically targeted to raising not only trauma awareness but raising trauma-resilient children. Understanding that it can be harder for parents who have faced difficult childhoods to navigate parenting, and it takes skilled support to make a difference in the lives of children who have been exposed to trauma, TREC conceived the Trauma-Resilient Parenting Certification course.

The instructional design team at eLearningDOC worked closely with the subject matter experts at TREC to transform their content and materials into a learning approach tailored for parents with busy schedules and limited time. The training modules were designed to be consumed in easy-to-digest lessons that address each stage of childhood development. Using the science from the ground-breaking work of Dr. Vincent Felitti on Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs), TREC developed a curriculum to address the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). The approach was to introduce the brain science behind child development and then move the learners through each stage of a child’s growth, providing strategies for appropriately addressing behaviors to create healing-centered solutions for family relationships.