Blended Learning Course – INTEGRATION

Integration is the second in a series around Trauma Informed Practice. Integration is the second stage of the Trauma Recovery process. Many young people who experience trauma are referred for treatment services or struggle in settings like school as a result of challenging behaviours, out of control emotions, and impulsive or disorganised physicality. Underlying these challenges is often a difficulty with regulation – of feelings, of thoughts, and physical experience. This treatment seeks to cultivate youth awareness of and skills in identifying, understanding, tolerating, and managing internal expertise. Regulation and Integration are addressed through:

1. Supporting youth in developing an appreciation and understanding of feelings, body states, and associated thoughts and behaviours;
2. Helping youth develop an increased capacity to tolerate and manage physiological and emotional experience; and
3. Enhancing tolerance for and skill in building a relational connection.