Trauma Informed Facilitation

Event Date/Time: August 14, 2024, 10:00 – 11:30 am

Instructor(s): Kelli Downey, Trauma Informed Care Trainer and Consultant

Trauma informed facilitation helps people to engage in conversations and process information in meaningful ways. It is a helpful structure for any meeting, training, or workshop and especially important when we talk about things that make us feel deeply. 

At work, we often come into shared spaces feeling stress and fatigue. We also carry with us our past experiences and possibly trauma. Trauma informed facilitation helps facilitators create accessible and welcoming environments where people can connect, learn and grow. 
This workshop is designed for anyone who leads meetings, workshops, or trainings. You will have the opportunity to engage in reflective exercises and skill-building group discussions.

You will also receive slides and follow-up resources. In the workshop, we’ll:

• Understand how trauma informed principles apply to facilitation and connect to adult learning theory. 
• Learn practical strategies and structures that can be used in your meetings, trainings, or workshops. 
• Explore supportive responses to difficult situations in a trauma informed way.

Our trainers provide digital copies of materials and automated captions during every online training. If you need any additional accommodation to fully participate in this training (such as interpretation, human captioning, or large-print forms), please email your request to training@thearcoregon.org at least two weeks prior to the start of the event. Include the date and title of the training in your email request.