Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care: A Conversation with Donna Thompson
This course is eligible for one hour of CE/CME for RNs, LPNs, LVNs, Social Workers, and Long Term Care Administrators. It is pending approval for CME for MDs, PAs, and NPs. This was recorded on 03/22/2022 and the target audience level is Beginner.
Join us for an informative conversation about trauma-informed care with Donna Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Access Community Health Network.
As we begin our one-year exploration of trauma-informed care, Donna, along with Jennifer Sokira, curator of our trauma lecture series, will discuss the crucial need for knowledge and integration of trauma-informed care as it applies to our patients and to ourselves as providers of care.
Through our conversation, you will learn about the 4 R’s of Trauma-Informed Care as well as the 6 Principles of Trauma-Informed Care. We will consider how these transform our daily work with patients and with co-workers, especially during this time of pandemic stress. Begin to adopt a lens for practice that always considers better understands trauma, but also encourages resilience.
This 1 hour CE will provide the introduction and grounding for our monthly series on trauma-informed care.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will list the 4 R's of Trauma-Informed Care
- Participants will identify 6 Principles of Trauma-Informed Care
- Participants will describe one area of their professional practice or professional wellness which would benefit from a trauma-informed approach
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If you have questions about this course please email HOSLDInstructors@AccentCare.com
Presenter Information
Donna Thompson
Chief Executive Officer, ACCESS
When Donna Thompson joined Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) as Chief Operating Officer in 1995, she was very familiar with the difficulties patients faced due to their lack of access to primary and preventive care. For more than 35 years, Donna has been on the front lines of patient care delivery. Now CEO of ACCESS, a post she has held since 2004, Donna demonstrates daily how a focused commitment to high quality community health care can save lives, revitalize communities, and preserve the possibility of a healthy life for hundreds of thousands of patients across the Chicagoland area.
Donna received her BS from DePaul University in 1986, as well as her Master of Science, Nursing Administration in 1989. Donna was named a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow in 2003. She received the 2007 Chicago Athena Award for her leadership in developing community health and was recognized as one of Chicago United's 2007 Business Leaders of Color. She is also a co-founder of the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force. In 2008, Donna received the Chicago National Organization for Women's Outstanding Community Leader Award. In 2009, N'Digo magazine named her one of Chicago's most influential women. Donna is a 2010 graduate of the Kellogg School of Management's CEO Perspectives program. She received the National Medical Fellowship Leadership in Healthcare Award in 2015. Donna is a DePaul University Board Trustee and is on the Boards of Directors of the DuPage Health Coalition (DuPage County, IL); AccentCare, Coppin Food Pantry and Ardmore Roderick (advisory board for one of the nation’s top five Black-owned infrastructure and construction engineering firms).
Jennifer Sokira
Consultant, Curator for AccentCare’s Trauma-Informed Lecture Series
Jennifer Sokira is a Board Certified Music Therapist with 20 years of clinical experience in multiple practice areas including developmental health, hospice, trauma-informed care, disaster response and complex PTSD. Founding Director of Connecticut Music Therapy Services, LLC and former Clinical Director at the Resiliency Center of Newtown, Jen is a passionate advocate for trauma-informed awareness and training, writing and presenting on these topics regionally, nationally and internationally. As a consultant and educator, she supports professionals and organizations who are responding to trauma and community tragedy to enhance their perspective, knowledge, and systems so they can better serve their patients and clients.
Accrediting Information
AccentCare #1237 is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period 1/20/22 - 1/20/25. Social workers completing this course receive 1 clinical continuing education credit.
AccentCare is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Provider Number: P0355
AccentCare is approved to offer select CME listed on this page via the American Academy of Family Physicians.
AccentCare is approved to offer select Long Term Care Administrator credit listed on this page via the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards.