This course does not offer CE Credits. The same course is available for purchase and offers 3 CE hours for behavioral health clinicians. See "related products" below.
Working with adolescents who have experienced trauma requires a thoughtful approach in any setting — and telehealth comes with its own unique opportunities and challenges, such as finding new ways to recognize subtle signs of distress and build trust without in-person interaction.
If you’ve felt frustrated or uncertain about reaching teens through a screen, this powerful course is your step-by-step guide on how to adapt your approach to meet the needs of traumatized teens effectively through telehealth.
Join Dr. Ritchie Rubio, a seasoned child and adolescent psychologist with deep expertise in trauma-informed care, to gain new insights into adolescent trauma, concrete tools to increase client engagement, and an adaptable framework for providing trauma-informed care through telehealth.
Here's what you'll learn:
- Proven techniques to recognize trauma responses, even when physical cues are less visible,
- Strategies to connect with teens on their level—using language, topics, and activities that resonate with them,
- Tools to identify and adapt some of the most trusted trauma-focused interventions for online sessions,
- Culturally sensitive approaches that honor the unique stories of BIPOC adolescents and address racial, cultural, and community-based trauma,
- Practical methods to create a comforting, secure virtual space that fosters healing and trust!
If you want your telehealth practice to be as impactful as in-person therapy for traumatized teens, this course will equip you with the skills and confidence you need.
Enroll now to unlock effective ways to make a lasting difference in the lives of your young clients.
Please note that this is a non-interactive, self-study course that consists of over 3 hours of video instruction and a post-test.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify and describe at least two clinical considerations when using telehealth for working with adolescent clients exposed to trauma and/or experiencing ongoing trauma.
- Appraise the applicability of at least two core elements of trauma-focused interventions in engaging adolescent clients in telehealth.
- Illustrate at least two ways of addressing telehealth inequities and culturally-adapting trauma-focused interventions when working with BIPOC adolescent clients.
From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.
Ritchie Rubio, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Rubio has worked as a clinical child psychologist, play and expressive arts therapist, researcher-storyteller, program evaluator, statistical consultant, data analyst, telehealth trainer/consultant, and associate professor/lecturer in a variety of clinical and academic settings including public health systems, universities, pediatric hospitals, community mental health settings, schools, and research institutes in three countries: the Philippines, U.S.A., and New Zealand. He immigrated to the US from the Philippines at the age of 25, and completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a Child and Family emphasis from the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) through a Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (IFP) grant. He is currently the Director of Practice Improvement and Analytics of the Children, Youth, and Families System of Care at the San Francisco Department of Public Health in California, USA. In that role, he plans and coordinates a clinical practice improvement and evaluation program focused on identifying best trauma-informed and diversity-responsive practices; and utilizing implementation science to design and strengthen clinical assessment and interventions. His clinical work was/is primarily with immigrant and multicultural children/youth and their families. He mostly integrates psychodynamic, attachment, family systems, multicultural, expressive arts, play therapy, and CBT orientations. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Counseling Psychology programs of the University of San Francisco, Pepperdine University, and the Wright Institute. He teaches courses such as Research and Statistics; Crisis and Trauma Counseling; Neuroscience; Child and Adolescent Counseling; Family Violence and Protection; Individual, and Family Development; and Clinical Assessment and Measures.
This course does not offer CE credits, just great content.
The same course is available for purchase and offers 3 CE hours for behavioral health clinicians. See "related products" below.
Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of attendance to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.
This is a non-interactive, self-study course.
To receive your certificate of attendance you must complete the course in its entirety.
To complete a Training Video Course, one must register, log in, select the My Courses option from the menu items, click the Course Title, attend to the video content, and complete the course evaluation, then claim the certificate of attendance.
You can download or print your certificate of attendance by logging into your account, navigating to the course by selecting the My Courses option from the menu items, clicking the Course Title, scrolling to the Certificate of Attendance section, and clicking on the Certificate of Attendance link to either download it or print it.
Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of attendance to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.
Directions for completing a course can be found by clicking here.
This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
This is a non-interactive self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.
